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ORDINANCE 423x Q1 _ ORDINANCE N0, 42. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUBBISH AND THE ACCUMULATION OF MANURE WITHIN SAID CITY, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. The Board of Trustees of the City of El Segundo do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the word "garbage" is defined to be all animal and veget- able refuse from kitchens and household waste that shall have been prepared for, or intended to be used as food, or shall have resulted from the preparation of food. For the purposes of this Ordinance, "combustible rubbish" is defined to be paper, pasteboard, carpets, rags, boxes, clothing, books, boots, shoes, straw packing, barrels, and similar articles that will incinerate through contact with flames of ordinary temperature. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term "Non - combustible rubbish" is defined to be ashes, bottles, broken crockery, glass, tin cans, and other metallic sub- stances and like or similar articles or substances that will not incinerate through contact with flames of ordin- ary temperature. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to remove or convey, or to cause or permit to be removed or conveyed, any garbage, combusti- ble rubbish or non - combustible rubbish, upon or along any - 1 - public street, alley or other public place within the City of E1 Segundo, California, without first applying for and receiving a permit therefor in writ- ing from the Board of Health of said City in the manner hereinafter designated, provided however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation with whom the City of E1 Segundo has entered into, or may hereafter enter into, a contract for the removal, disposal and con- veyance of such garbage, combustible rubbish and non - combustible rubbish, or to any employee of such contractor during such time as such contract shall be in force. SECTION 3. Any person, firm, or corpora- tion, desiring to obtain a permit to remove or convey garbage, combustible rubbish, or non - combustible rub- bish, upon or along any public street, alley or other public place shall file an application therefor in writing with the Board of Health of said City, which application shall be signed by the applicant, and shall contain his address. In such application, the applicant shall agree to conform in all respects to and obey all Ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo now in force, or that may hereafter be adopted, and all regulations of the Board of Health of the said City relative to the removal, disposal and conveyance of garbage, combustible rubbish and non - combustible rub- bish. SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of every -z - V owner, manager, or person, in possession, charge or control of any boarding house, restaurant, hotel, apartment or eating house, and of every person oc- cupying a dwelling, or flat within the said City of E1 Segundo, to provide, or to cause to be pro- vided, and at all times to keep or to cause to be kept as in this Ordinance prescribed, portable ves- sels, tanks, or receptacles for holding garbage. Each such vessel, tank or receptacle shall be con- structed of metal, shall be water tight, shall be so constructed as to contain not less than three nor more than sixteen gallons, and shall be provided with a handle or handles and with a tight fitting metal cover. Such cover shall not be removed except when necessary to clean the same, or to place garbage therein, or to take garbage therefrom. During the hours fixed for the collection of garbage in the City of E1 Segundo, each such ves- sel, tank or receptacle containing any garbage shall be placed on the curb in front of the premises, shall be easily accessible to the garbage collector when called for, and shall be immediately removed as soon as emptied, provided however, that where there are open public alleys in the rear of any premises affected by this Ordinance, then and in that event such vessel, tank or receptacle shall be placed upon the rear of said premises so that the same may be easily accessi- ble to the garbage collector from said alley when called for. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, - 3 - drFL or to cause or permit to be placed in any such vessel, tank or receptacle, any substance other than garbage. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner,or person acting for the owner, or an officer or employee of said City, or any employee of the person, firm, or corporation holding contract with the City of E1 Segundo for the collection, re- moval and disposal of garbage, to interfere in any manner with any such vessel, tank or receptacle, or the contents thereof, or to remove any such vessel, tank, or receptacle from the location where the same was placed by the owner thereof, or to remove the con- tents of any such vessel, tank or receptacle. SECTION b. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to deposit or to cause or permit to be deposited any garbage, combustible rub- bish or non - combustible rubbish, or any refuse of any kind whatsoever, upon or in any public street, alley, or other public place, or upon any premises in the said City, except as in this Ordinance provided. Non - combustible rubbish may be deposited upon any low ground after the person, firm or corporation proposing so to deposit the same, shall have obtained a permit therefor in writing from the owner of the premises upon which it is proposed to deposit such non- combustible rubbish, and also a permit in writing from the Board of Trustees of said City, and provided far- ther that combustible rubbish may be deposited and burn- ed upon private property after the person, firm or - 4 - corporation proposing so to deposit and burn the same shall have obtained a permit therefor in writ- ing from the owner of the premises upon which it is proposed to deposit and burn such combustible rub- bish, and also a permit in writing from the Board of Trustees of said City. Such permits for burning com- bustible rubbish shall not be required however, in any ease where such rubbish is deposited and burned upon premises owned or occupied by the person so de- positing and burning such rubbish, and provided further that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation depositing any combustible rubbish as herein permitted, to fail, refuse or neglect to burn such rubbish immediately after so depositing the same. Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be revoked by the Board of Trustees at any time without notice, and upon such revokation, all rights thereunder shall immediately cease. SECTION 6. During the hours fixed for the collection of non - combustible rubbish in the City of E1 Segundo, such non - combustible rubbish shall be placed in tight wood or metal containers in the same manner as hereinabove provided for the placing of garbage containers. Said non- oombustible rubbish con- tainers shall have a capacity of not less than five gallons, nor more than thirty gallons. SECTION 7. All manure and cleaningefrom stables where arq horses or other animals are kept, and all cleaningefrom chicken yards shall be by the - 5 - owner deposited in an enclosed bin constructed of boards or netting so as to exclude flies and to be kept covered, and no person, firm or corporation shall accumulate or allow to accumulate any such manure or cleanings in an amount to exceed one cubic yard in volume, nor shall such accumulations be allowed for more than five days at a time. SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $250.00, or by im- prisonment in the City Jail of the City of E1 Segundo for a period of not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which any violation of any pro- vision of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided by this Ordi- nance. SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be published once in the "E1 Segundo Herald ", a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said City of E1 Segundo, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days - 6 - after the final passage thereof. Passed and approved this day of 1918. Cmi President of the Board qT Trus- tees of the City of E1 egundo. ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. i CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. I, WM6 City ClerkAof the City of El Segundo, do hereby certify that the fore- going Ordinance, being Ordinance No. &L-i- , was passed by the Board of Trustees of the City of El. Segundo, signed by the President of said Board, and attested by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of the said Board, held on the ,, day of 1918, and that the same was passed b�i A/be follow. ng vote: Q- ` --./— A, /I , � _`mod AYES: Trustees NOES: Trustees ABSENT: Trustees city l erk� o f he City of El Segundo. - 7 -