8436-93 Amending Various Sections Throught Chapter 16 Refuse

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(b) Where only inert refuse is disposed of by a firm or individual on his own property, the IIealth Officer may issue a Such disposal shall be performed in such a manner as not to create a nuisance or hazard to the public health. ARTICLE 7 . SANITATION FUND Sec. 16-52 . Receipts and disbursements. (a) The administration of this chapter and the operation of the City trash and garbage pickup shall be financed by an appropriation or transfer to an appropriately designated fund classification. (b) All revenues derived from the collection of rates fees and charges for trash and garbage pickup shall become and be a part of the trash and garbage maintenance and general expense fund and shall be deposited, held and used as a revolving fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred for, but not limited to, billing and collection of fees, purchase of equipment and maintenance of equipment . (c) The waterworks of the City of South Bend shall bill fees and charges for the trash and garbage pickup and shall collect such fees and charges and deposit such moneys to the revolving fund provided for in subsection (b) of this section. (d) The waterworks shall be compensated for their efforts in the billing and collection of fees . (e) The Department of Public Works shall present to the Common Council of the City of South Bend an annual budget before November 1st of each year. The budget shall be received and approved by the Common Council before November 30th of each year. ARTICLE 8 . NUISANCES; PENALTY Sec. 16-53. Conditions constituting public nuisances. (a) In addition to what is declared in this article and Code to be a public nuisance, those offenses which are known to the common law and the Statutes of Indiana as public nuisances may, when found to exist within the City limits, be treated as such and be proceeded against as provided in this article and Code, or in accordance with any other provisions of law. Wherever the word "nuisance" is used in this article it refers to a public nuisance. (b) No owner, occupant, tenant, or any other person having a substantial interest in any real or personal property within the City, or any agent thereof, shall permit or allow to remain on or within such property or upon public ways abutting such real property any materials, trash, garbage, debris or any other matter which is detrimental to public health, comfort, safety or to the aesthetic well—being of the community. (c) The following conditions shall be considered to constitute public nuisances for the purpose of this chapter: (1) Litter.