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Home My WebLink About43 Public Health & Sanitation " ORDIHANCE HO. 43 AN OHDINAHCE HELJITIIW. TO '1'1lli PUBLIC HE~LTn AND SAHITArrOlJ '"lITEIN THE COH~ POE.ATE LI~JITS OF 'rIfE GrEY OF l'JIEHIDIAN, .ADA COUNTY, IDAHO; DJ2:Ji'INIlJG Tqji; TcRU "GAHBAGE .him H:J;JTUSE" AND THE V10hD "PERSON"; llHOVIDING FOn. T:F-~ ESTAB- Llmn,jEHT, I;L-\INTENJ1lTCE AIJD OPEM'rION 0]' A UNIVEHSi11 C01.1PULSOHY SYSTEI,f OF G.i~RBi1Gji; COLLECTIOH j,ND DISfOSAL; REPEJ~LIlJG ALL OHDIIUiHCES IlJCOIJTLICT m.;RbYlr11H AND rHOVIDING 11 P.c;ltALTY }'OH T~'ill VIOLATION 0Ii' ANY PIWVISIONS l' iL:I;REO:F'. BE IT OHDAD~~D BY rElI.!!; i.lAYOR l~HD CI1'YCOUUCIL 01" TrEE CI'ry OF Ll'!!;RIDL~n, ID~lIO: Section 1. That the rnaintenance of' the public health and sani- tation requires and it is the intention hereof, to make the collection, removal and disposal of c;arbage, refuse find rubbish in the City of' Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, compulsory and universal under the exclu- sive supervision of said Ci~y: Section 2. That the term "garbaee and refuse" as used in this ordinance shall be taken to mean all waste and discarded materials from dwellings, flats, roomine houses, hotels, clubs, restaurants, boarding houses, eating places, shops and places of business, including rubbish and debris, waste and discarded food, animal and vegetable matter, brush, 'grass, weeds, waste papers, cans, glass, ashes, offal, boxes and cuttings from trees, lawns and gardens. "Waste," shall not include materials sub- ject to manufacture into by-products. That the term "peroon" ohall mean every natural peroon, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation. 'Section~. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the 01'0- visions of this Ordinance, there is hereby created and established a Department of such City to be known as "City Sanitary Service Department." Section 4. That the management and control of said department shall be vested in a commission to be known as the City Sanitary Service Commissioner, who is to be appointed as hereinafter set forth. Se ct ion D. That the l\!layor S118.11 at the time of appointuent of .other appointive officers of the City, or upon the passage and approval of this Ordinance as required by law, appoint the Oity Sanitary Service ComI.lissioner, subject to the confirmation of the c.:i ty COLlncil; that the d~ties of such Commissioner shall be as prescribed by this Ordinance and such other and further duties as the City Douncil May from time to time prescribe. Section 6. That the City Sanitary Service Corrrrnissioner, under the direction of the City Council, shall have general supervision oVe~ the garbage and refuse conditions of the City, shall direct and super- vise the collection, removal and destruction of any and all garbage, . offal, cn~ refuse substance under any and all contracts which may be hereafter entered into as set forth in this ordinance. ." Sec~.io1t '7,. T~t the collection, removal, disposel <:iIld destruc- tion. of .gal-bag. i\J:1Ii refp..se as contemplated under the pr?vision~ of th.is Ordinance shall be done and oerforued by contract coverlni~ perlods not exceedinr five (5) years; that in the awardine of any such contract, the .;;. . City Council shall have authorlty to enter into such contract and recelve &'luiications or proposals therefor, and may, if it deems advisable, cauoe 1: .L . to be published in the official newspaper of said City, a notlce at least ten (10) days before letting such contract inviting sealed proposals for the furnishing of all necessary equipment and for doing the work herein conteroplated; that all proposals shall be sealed and filed with the City Olerk on or before the date and hour named thereill; and the City Council shall have ~he power to refuse any and all bids and shall award the con- tract to the person or persons who in its opinion submit the lowest bid and is best qLlali1'ieci and best eq.llipped to perform the contract contem- plated and renderLIL; of services required by said contract. That Llntil such time as the population with the present corporate limits of the C~ty of ~eridian or as hereafter may be extended shall not exceed 3,000 as. shown by the United SLutes censLls, the contni ctor to whom a 'bid may be awa1'ded as in this ordinance provided and VJi th \'}hom a contra ct .- .f:9 I I I """. I Ordinance No. 43 55 -2- is entered into, shall have an exclusive license for the collection, removal, disposal and destruction of garbage and refuse for the terD provided in such contract except only as otherwise provided in this ordinanoe. That the sucoessful bidder shall furnish a corporatA surety bond to the City of ~eridian in the sum of ~l,OOO.OO conditioned upon the faith- ful performance of his contract and compliance with all ordinances and all rules and reGulations of the City of' l,.eridian, and all lm'Js and statutes relating to his business, particularly all rules and regula- tions and Batters relatinc to the naintenance of any dunp. That the contractor shall be required to furnish an 8.)propriate c1mnp and I::1aintain it in 8. sanitary r;anner iramediatcl:T upon awarding of a contract as above stated. Section 8. That it shall be the duty of every person in possession, charge or control of any dwelling, flat, rooning hauss, apartuent house hospital, school, hotel, club, restAl1rant, boarding house or eating , place, or in possession, charee or co~trol of any shop, place of business or manufacturinG establishment where i;';arbage tlnd refuse :LS created or GCCilllulatos, at all ti~es to kee~ or cause to be ~ept portable metal, covered cans for tile deposit therein of garbage and re1\1,S8, and to deposit or cease to be deposited the same therein. rrhat it 311a1]" ':;~ the duty of VIa V\Jlwr ~,:f' 1-''-'.J (l'::elling or flat tc furnish or see that his tenants are supplied with such cans, or in case of apartment houses with adequate Qeans of disposing of Bar base and refuse. That large suitable containers for bulk collection of carbage and refuse may \'Ji t:1. th9 8.)l)roval of the sarba{Se cor:l.mis oior~cr3 be used by hotels, restaurants, boarding houses, eating places, apartrlent houses, schools, and hospitals and in the business districts. .:l/",..tf- . "'l%-e- cartons, Grass clip pines , leave s, :xlper boxe s, 8,nd '.vaste paper may be deposited in baskets or other suitahlA ~AnAptacles and sufficient to keep said cartons, gruss clippings, leaves, paper boxes, and_waste )a~er from be iuS blown about by the wind. That this section is subject to the pro~ision that in the case of isolated dwellings or places of business located in sparsely settled portions of the city, or where reasoriable access cannot be had by truck, garbage and refuse therefroI1 may, upon spe cial perrli t of the City Sanitary Servioe Commissioner, be collected, reuoved and disposed of in such r.Kinner a s said commissioner shallA in and by such perni t approve find direct. That garbage containers must be placed Liuediately adjacent to or on the alley where alleys Bre available. If' no alley is availablo trien the garbage collector shall have the right to go in and upon the arJller's IJrernises for the colledtion of said garbage, .drovided he shall not be required to travel a distance or more than 75 feet from the bo~ndary line of said precises. That it shall be the duty of every person within the corporate limits of the City of 1.ieridian to Gause garbage and refuse as clefined "-.. by this ordinance, to be removed or disposed of either L; the Garbage Removal Coptractor of said City, or removed and disposed of by himself. o.,;./) Section 9. 'rhat it shall be unlawful for any person to dump or ~eposit any garbage or refuse upon any street or alley or prdvate or public property in the city of Meridian; or to collect, rer~ove, or dispose of the same except as provided in th&s ordinance; or to burn I any garbage or refuse, with the exception that waste paper, boxes, rub- bish debris brush, grass, weeds, and cutting rrom the trees, lawns, or g~rdent m~y be burned in a furnace or upon parmit from the City SAnitary Commissioner. Section 10. That any collector of refuse shall collect, remove and dlsoose of all garbuee and refuse ill the residential sections of the Cit~ at least once each week, and from hotels, restaur~nts? boarding houses eating places, apartment houses, schools, and nospltals, and in the'tusiness sections of the Oi ty of l'leridian as required. 56 ~ J ~..J -3- Section 11. ThHt i~nediately upon awarding of a contract as above stated, the council, by ordinance, shall then adopt a schedule for charges for the services perforICled, said schedule being tlle maxir:1UI:rl charge the said contractor can charge for the services so performed. Oection 12. That the City of ~cridiQn reGerves the right to and may have the option to require the separation of paper or 81.\'ill or other component parts of refuse, and may require the deposit t~lereof in separate Cans or recepticles and may prescribe the method of disposal thereof. Section 13. That all charges for the services rendered shall be payable to the contractor, and if not paid on or before ten (10) days from date of bill, such charges shall become delinquent, and upon delin- quency, the said contractor shall notify the City S&nitary Service Conrnis- .sioner who may suspend service for non-payment of such accounts, but such suspension shall not relieve the person owing such account from the duty of complying with the provisions of this ordinance. Sect ion 14. Tllb, L e very person sholl dispose of garbage onel rubbish promptly in the manner and in accordance vlith the terms of this ordinance and .upon failure to do so within forty-eight hours after notice from the City Sanitary Service Co::mnissioner, the city Sanitar~r Service COIllnissioner shall institute proceedings against said person in accordance with Gection.2l of this ordinance. .1-. " Section 15. The City of cleridian shall have power from time to time, in an a,:)propriate manner, to set forth and determine rules and regu- lation, duties, responsibilities, and such other matters as may be necessary in the discretion of the City Council for the proper execution of this ordinance. Section 16. The City of Meridian is hereby empowered to carry out all the terms and provisions of this ordinance and to collect and dispose of garbage and refuse in the manner provided herei:c.. Section 17. No person, or persons, shall cast or leave or l<i:eep in or adjoining an~r street, alley, lane, square, or yublic place, or in any yard, bl&ck, or premises within the City of ~eridi6n, any bones, putrid, unsoJ.nd, unwholesome. or ref'-lse beef or meats of any anirnal, whether salted or otllerwise, or any putrid or unwholeSOI:le substance or the offal, Garbage, or the offensive part of any animal. Section 18. IJ'o person or persons shall perrJi t or suffer to accumu- lllte in 'or abotl.t any yard, lot, place or premises, or upon any street or alley or p~blic place oT sidewalk adjacent or abutting upon any lot, block, place or premises owned or occupied by hiw or them, or for which he or they may be acents or a2;ent, i,~i thin the oi ty limits of the City of l,ieridian, refuse, vegetables, decayed or decaying substances, garbage or filth of any kind nor suffer such yard, lot, place or preffiises to be or re8ain in such donditlon as to cause or create noisome or offensive smells or atmos- phere or thereby to be, becone, cause or create a public nuisance. Section 19. It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent or oc- cupant of any lot, yard, place, store, residence, or preLclises of any "' kind, to suffer, allow or permit slops, ddcaying animal or vegetable ma'tter, gbrbage, ashes, tin cans, croc}~ery, glas8vJare, metal or other ..1- substances, to accumulate in any such yard, place, store, residence, or premises or in or upon any sidewalk, alley or other public plnce ad- jacent or abutting on any such lot, yard, place, store, residences or premises, except as set forth in this ordinance. Section 80. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 21. Any person who violates, disobeys, neglects or re- fuses to comply with, or who resists any of the Drovisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof :3ha11 be fineu ill a :::;UHl not exceed ~?lUO. UC) or be imprisoned in the City Jail for not more than thirty days or by bdth such fine and imprisonment. Section 22. This ordinance shall be in full force and take effect from and after its passage and approve! and publication as required by law. Ordinance LJo. q,3 57 -4- Passed by the City Council and approved u:/ the idayor of the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, this 3rd day of January, 1949. ..- AP?ROV~ ~~ . f A~_H z~~ CI'rY OLLHK L'l.i1. YOR I . \ \ \. ...... " I