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iJTD RUBBISIi IN
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FOR 'ATE
L ?'L CITY
TH IS SE.
HEREOF;
C OIJ,ECYION OF GARBAGE,
OF LIT`.CLE ROCK; FILING
NICE; PROVIDING A Pl3?-
Ai.I D FOR O'I'L ER PURPOSES
BE IT ORDi,IIrED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Or TIC CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, iRKilISAS
Si"CTION 1. From and after the passage and approval of this
Ordinance, all garbage, waste, 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 col-
lect fees as set out in the following schedule:
(1) Fifty Cents (vq0.50) per month for each residence; resi-
dence shall be construed to include also each unit of any
apartment house or duplex as a single residence, when occu-
pied. Provided, however, that a flat fee of Five Dollars
(5P5.00) per year may be paid in advance or Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents (� .50) in advance semi-annually in lieu of the
monthly charge.
(2) During the first Sixty days of the operation of tlis ordin-
ance all business or comtaercial houses shall be charged for
the collection of garbage and /or rubbish at the rate of Ten
Cents 00.10) per twenty gallon can per day. At the end of
said sixty -day period a flat schedule of fees shall be fixed
in keeping witil the average amount of garbage and rubbish
collected as shown by the sixty -day record.
SECTION u. The 1,ltayor, City Fealth Officer, and the Sanitation
Committee of the City Council shall have the authority to establish
fees in keeping with the above schedule for the collection of garbage
from any businesses which are not listed in the above schedule.
SECTION 3. Garbage Sri thin 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 neat, fish, fowl, fruits, and /or
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vegetables.
SECTION 4. Rubbish within the meaning of this Ordinance
shall include refuse other than food stuffs, such as paper, cloth-
ing, 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.
SIECrIlION 5. The occupants of every private and business
building shall provide a metallic can or cans with tight fitting
covers for the holding of garbage, and same shall be placed at a
point on premises where the garbage collector can conveniently have
access to same. Garbage cans riust not be larger. than Tia,enty (20)
gallon capacity, and shall have handles suitable as aids in loading
the cans.
STCTION 6. X111 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 it shall be unla�--,jful for any person, firm, or corporation
to burn any garbage except in incinerators that have been approved
by the Fealth and Fire Departments, and it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation to dump or throwy garbage, trash, refuse,
leaves, or any accumulation of same on any vacant lot, street, or
alley in the City of Little Rock. 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 De-
partment and pay ;jq@,ft for each conveyance used in the col-
lection of garbage,
SECTION 8. Garbage shall be collected from private residences
by the City at 1e ast once each week during the winter months, and dt
least twice each week during the summer months, 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. Fees herein provided for shall be collected at
such times and in such manner as the 14ayor and sanitation department
from time to time prescribe.
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 oi,ners thereof of any unsanitary
conditions existing thereon. ?ithin Ten (10 days after such no-
tice it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of such premises
to immediately cause the removal of such unsanitary conditions and
if such owner or owners do not 50 comply within Ten (10) days, the
Inspectors of the Eealth and /or Garbage and Sanitation Department
shall be authorized to irmediately correct such unsanitary con -
dition. In audition, xty -Jerson, firLj, or corporation failing to
obey such notice and continuing to maintain an unsanitary condition
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
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fined as hereinafter set out.
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• SJ?CTIOII ll. Any person, f irra, or corporation violating 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
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AXkAX Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00),
SECTIOIT 12. It is distinctly provided that this Crdinance
does not in any way obli�7ate City employees or City trucks to clean
or pick Grp refuse or debris resulting from construction on property
where buildings are being repaired or are under construction, nor
wood nor limbs resulting from removal of trees on private property.
:'EC'ION 13. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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and regulation and
lection of same is
the City of Little
and this Ordinance
1ME'M,Z; it is necessary to raake proper precaution
for the collection of garbage, the proper col-
necessary for the protection of the Citizens of
Rocs;, an emergency is hereby declared to exist
is found to be necessary for the immediate pre-
servation of the public peace, health, and safety, and the same shall
b:1 in full force and effect from and after it ssag nd approtal.
PASSED: une 1 1939 • APPROVED:
Mayo r
A TT 'S
"C APPROVED %IJ Clerk
BY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN SPECIAL GENERAL ( REFERENDUM) ELECTION
.HELD NOVEMBER 7th. lA��