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ORDINANCE NO. 5959
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5745 PROVIDING FOR THE COLIECTION
t';(ARBAGE, WASTE, TRASH AND REFUSE IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, PRO-
'f�I3�TNG FOR INSPECTION OF PREMISES, FIXING A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR tAID'
42AVICES, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, PROVIDING FOR
?- ISPOSITION OF ANY SURPLUS OF FEES COLLECTED UNDER THIS AMENDMENT „'.
RlD EALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND FOR OTHER PURP0838.
-bE. IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSASs
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 5745 is hereby amended to read
Section 1. From and after the passage and Approval
of this ordinance, all garbage, waste, trash and refuse in the City
of Little Rock shall be collected regularly by the employees of the
City of Little Rock and for said service the Sanitation Department
of the City of Little Rock, or its duly authorized employees, shall
collect fees as set out in the following schedule;
(1) For the purposes of this ordinance, the calendar -year
is divided into four quarters, the first quarter covering the
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months of January, February and March; the second quarter covering {
' 1%6 months of ,April, May and June; the third quarter c overing ' the
months of July, August and September; the fourth quarter covering
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the months of October, November and December.
(2) A fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per quarter, or fractional
part of a quarter, payable in advance, is hereby levied for each
single family dwelling house actually occupied as a residence.
(3) A fee of Seventy -five Cents ($0.75) per quarter,
payable in advance, is hereby levied for each unit of a multiple,
family dwelling house actually occupied as a residence.
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in`i8tib- Sections 2 and 3 of this Section are hereby levied on and
coVlectible from that person who in contemplation of law is the
head of the family residing in the dwelling house unit. "The head
of the family” is defined as one who controls, supervises and /or
manages the affairs about the house.
(5) In the event that in contemplation of law there is no
head of the family, the fees set out above are hereby levied on and
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shall be collectible from each adult residing on the premises, pro-
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vided, however, that not more than one fee per quarter shall be paid
for each dwelling house unit in which there is no head of a family.
(6) All business and /or commercial houses shall be charged
for the collection of garbage and /or rubbish and /or trash at the
rate of 1OX per 20 gallon can, collected twice a week. Said fees
due the City of Little Rook under this Sub- Seotion are hereby
levied on and shall be collectible from owners, managers or officers
of said business or commercial house.
Section 2. The Mayor, City Health Officer, and the
Sanitation Committee of the City Council shall have the authority
to establish fees in keeping with the above schedule for the col-
lection of garbage and trash from any businesses or residences
which are not listed in the above schedule.
Section 3. Garbage within the meaning of this ordinance
shall be construed to include all rejected food waste, and to include
every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter used
or intended for food, or intended for the preparation, use in cook-
ing, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruits, and /or
vegetables.
Section 4. Rubbish and trash within the meaning of
this ordinance shall include refuse other than food stuffs, such as
paper, clothing, grass, leaves, wood, ashes, and tin cans, and all
such rubbish must be placed in a separate container, separate and
'( distinct from container containing garbage.
Section 5. The occupants of every private and busi-
ness building shall provide a metallic can or cans with tight fit-
ting covers for the holding of garbage, and same shall be placed .
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at a point on premises where the garbage collector can conveniently
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have access to same. Garbage cans must not be larger than Twenty (20)
gallon capacity, and shall have handles suitable as aids in loading
the cans.
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Section 69 All garbage must be drained of liquid
substances before same is placed in garbage can.
Section 7. From and after the passage and approval
of this ordinance (a) it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to burn any garbage except in incinerators that have
been approved by the Health and Fire Departments; (b) it shall be
unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to dump or throw gar-
b age, trash, refuse, leaves or any accumulation of same on any va-
cant lot, street, or alley in the City of Little Rock; (o) it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to collect or move
garbage in the City of Little Rock until they first secure a written
permit from the Health Department and pay the license and inspection
fee provided for herein; (d) there is hereby levied a license and
inspection fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per year or frac-
tional part thereof for each conveyance or vehicle used in the
collection of garbage under the terms of Sub - Section (c) of Section 7
herein, which said fee shall be paid at the office of the City Col-
lector in advanoe.
Section 8. Garbage shall be collected from private
residences by the City at least once each week during the months
from October 1 to April 1 and at least twice each week from the
months April 1 to Aotober 1, and it is hereby made the duty of the
occupants of every dwelling in the city to have garbage on their
respective premises properly placed in approved cans and available
for regular collections.
Section 9. The fees herein provided for shall be
payable in advance, shall be collected at such places and
manner as the Mayor and Sanitation Department from time.to time
prescribe. In the event thatfee provided for herein is not
paid promptly when due, a penalty of 50X for e ach delinquent fee
is hereby levied upon the person delinquent in payment and said
penalty shall become a part of and be collected with regular A
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fees heretofore levied. In the event that any fee levied herein
remains unpaid for a period in excess of thirty days from the time
the fee first becomes due, the City of Little Rock is hereby au-
thorized to institute civil suit for the recovery of said fee with
any penalties that may have attached thereto, plus court costs.
Section 10. Inspectors employed by the Health
Department and /or the Garbage Department of the City of Little
Rock shall make regular inspections of all premises, alleys, and
vacant lots and /or properties in the City of Little Rock and shall
have the power to notify the owner or owners thereof of any unsan-
itary conditions existing thereon. Wit#in Ten (10) days after such
notice, it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of such prem-
ises to immediately cause the removal of such unsanitary conditions
and if such owner or owners do not so comply within Ten (10) days,
the Inspectors of the Health and /or Garbage and Sanitation Depart-
went shall be authorized to immediately correct such unsanitary
condition. In addition, any person, firm, or corporation failing
to obey such notice and continuing to maintain an unsanitary oondi-
tion shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined as hereinafter set out.
Section 11. Any person, firm, or corporation vio-
lating any provision of this ordinance, or failing to pay any of
the fees herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction in the Little Rock Municipal Court shall be fined
in any sum not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Twenty-
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Five Dollars ($25.00)•
Section 12. It is distinctly provided that this
ordinance does not in any way obligate City employees or City trucks
to clean or pick up refuse or debris resulting from construction on
property where buildings are being repaired or are under oonstructioms
nor wood nor limbs resulting from removal of trees on private prop-
erty.
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Section 13• In the event that the fees collected
under this ordinance exceed the cost of maintaining the functions
contemplated under this ordinance, any such surplus shall be paid
into the general funds of the City of Little Rock to be used for
the maintenance of the Little Rook Health Department,
Section 14. In those instances where fees have.
been paid in advance upon the effective date of this ordinanoe
under theterms of Ordinance No. 5745, the Sanitation Department
shall make appropriate adjustments and /or refunds.
Section 15. If any part or parts, sections or
sub - sections of this ordinance be held to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordim nce. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the re-
maining parts of this ordinance if it had known that such part
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or parts, sections or sub - seotions thereof would be declared
unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 16. All ordinances and parts of ordi-
nances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 17. WHEREAS; it is necessary to make proper
precaution and regulation and for the collection of garbage, the
proper collection of same is necessary for the protection of the
Citizens of the City of Little Rock, an emergency is hereby de-
clared to exist and this ordinance is found to be necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and
safety, and the same shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
Passed; July 29, 1940
Approved
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