Smyrna times., 1953-10-15
Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE IN RESPECT OF THE
HANDLING AND DISPOSITION OF
CARRIAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH.


AN ORDINANCE IN RESPECT OF THE
HANDLING AND DISPOSITION OF
CARRIAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH.
Ordained. by the Town Council of Smyr-
ma, a municipal corporation of the State
of Delaware. and the municipal governing
body of the Town of Smyrna. as follows;
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person 20 throw, place or deposit any gar
bage, trash. rubbish. ashes. refuse. or other
foreign substance. upon any sidewalk.
crosswalk. avenue. street, lane. alley. park
or other public place within the Town, or
upon any property owned by the Town, or
upon the property over which the police
power of the Town extends. except as pro-
vided in Section 2 hereof.
Section 2. In respect of the handling
and disposition of garbage. trash and rub
bish the following rules and regulations
shall apply:
Rule l. The owner or oecupier of
any given lot shall place all garbage,
trash and rubbish along the curb in
front of such lot in order that it may
be conveniently removed by the col
lector hereof.
Rule 2. All garbage. trash and rub
bish shall be contained in individual
containers and each of a capacity not
to exceed one bushel.
Rule 8. All brambles, sticks, tree
AAAe lint ohdii bS oSN0AN-
ly tied together in bundles, each of
which shall not exceed fifty (50)
pounds in weight.
Rule 4. No waste food or animal or
vegetable matter, or any other waste
matter commonly classed as garbage,
shall be included in any container or
bundle of trash or rubbish.
Rule 5. All garbage. trash or rub
bish containers shall be removed from
in front of any given property within
twenty-four t24) hours after the same
shall have been emptied by the collector
and when full, shall be placed along
the curb in front of the property not
sooner than IL 100 O'Clock noon of the
day preceding the day that the same
normally will be collected BY the col
lector.
Rule g. All garbage shall be un-
wrapped and stored in hy-proof con-
tainers.
Rule Z. No person shall dispose of
any garbage by throwing or placing it
upon any lot within the confines of
the Town or within distance of one
mile of the Town limits.
Rule 8. All persons engaged in the
collection and removal of garbage, in
cluding those employed by the Town
for that purpose, shall collect and
transport the same through or along
the avenues, streets, lanes, alleys or
other public ways of the Town in a
sanitary covered, liquid-tight container
or motor vehicle body only.
Rule 8. No person shall put, place
or throw any garbage, trash or rubbish
collected or gathered from one lot upon
or in front of any other lot within the
Town without the expressed consent
and permission of the owner of such
other lot so to do.
Rule 10. All public waste containers
placed by the municipal corporation
along any of the avenues, streets, al
leys and sidewalks of the Town shall
be used by the members of the general
public as the place or places, of dis
posal of waste paper and material ac-
cumuated by members of the general
public, aforesaid, while using the public
ways of the Town, aforesaid. To this
end no person engaged in business,
either as owner, manager, operator,
employer, or other capacity, and no
person residing in any dwelling, either
as owner, tenant. employee or guest,
shall dispose of or place any garbage,
trash or rubbish in any public waste
container of the Town. aforesaid.
Section 3. Any person violating any
provision of the Ordinance, upon convic-
tion thereof, shall be subject to a fine of
not more than Ten Dollars $4,000 or, in
default of the payment thereof, be i'm
prisoned for period of not exceeding five
! (5) days for each offense.
Adopted by Town Council October 12, 1868.