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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE 5, COMMONLY KNOWN AS REFUSE REGULATIONS, AND VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN ARTICLE 6, COMMONLY KNOWN AS DISPOSAL SITES AND SANITARY LANDFILLS, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, recognizes the potential public health and sanitation problems, the problems of urban blight and infestation of insects and rodent$, and other health and safety problems resulting from uncontrolled dumping of dirt, garbage, garden refuse, refuse and trash onto public and private areas and into streams within the City. The Council therefore, desires to enact reasonable regulations which will further define and control the dumping of such materials within the City of South Bend. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. Chapter 16, Article 5, Section 16 -37 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is amended as follows: SEC. 16 -37 Definitions, Dumping restricted; landfill areas;fee. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this Article: of this (1) DIRT shall be defined as stated in Section 16 -1 (1) Code; (2) GARBAGE shall be defined as stated in Section 16 -1 (2) of this Code; (3) GARDEN REFUSE shall mean leaves, weeds, grass cuttings, vines, shrubbery, brush, and limb trimmings; (4) REFUSE shall be defined as stated in Section 16 -1 (7) of this Code; (5) TRASH shall be defined as stated in Section 16 -1 (8) of this Code. (b) No person shall dump any garbage, garden refuse, refuse, e-r hou-sehfl -jrl- rnibibtsh or trash of any type, kind or nature except in such areas as are designated by the Board of Public Works and Safety as land -fill areas, and or upon such terms and regulations as may be provided for in this Chapter or which may be enacted the Board of Public Works.and- Safety. (c) A licensed hauler or any other person may dump or dispose of any garbage, garden refuse, refuse, or trash of any kind, type or nature in those areas designated by the Board of Public Works end - Safety as land -fill areas. Such person dumping in such land -fill areas may be charged a fee to be determined by the Board of Public Works and- Safety or other governmental agency.