Regulating the Public Disposal garbage and Rubbish within the Corporate Limits of the City of South Bend

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(b) Plans and specifications for any incinerator exceeding a capacity of 800 lb /hr. shall be prepared by an engineer registered in the State of Indiana, and such plans and specifications must be approved by the Indiana State Board of Health, and the Health Department. (c) A permit and license shall be required to operate an incinerator which exceeds a capacity of 800 lb /hr. The permit fee shall be +. $100.00. The annual license fee shall be $5.00 per 100 lb /hr. capacity of the incinerator. (d) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or in charge of a fuel burning, combustion or process equipment or device, or portable boiler, or open fire used for the purpose of refuse disposal to cause, suffer, or allow the emission or discharge of smoke or particulate matter from any single such source into the atmosphere in such quantities as in the discretion of the Health Officer, would contribute to a pbblic nuisance or hazard to the public health. SECTION VII. GARBAGE GRINDING. (a) Nothing in the previous sections shall be construed to prevent the disposal of garbage by private or municipal garbage grinders provided that collection, treatment and final disposal methods are adequate. (b) The operation and site of any garbage grinder with a capacity of 800 lb /hr, shall be approved by the Health Department, Board of Public Works and Safety and the Board of Zoning Appeals of South Bend, Indiana. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall refer all requests to the Area Plan Commission for study and recommendation. SECTION VIII. OTHER METHODS. (a) Refuse may be disposed of by other methods specifically approved by the Health Officer and Board of Public Works and Safety. (b) Where only inert refuse is disposed of by a firm or individual on his own property, the Health Officer may issue a permit with approval of the Board of Works and Safety for disposal of same upon a reasonable, but not necessarily full, compliance with the operational standards set forth in Section •V provided however, that such disposal shall be performed in such a manner as not to create a nuisance or haza4d to the public health. SECTION IX. PENALTIES. (a) Any person violating any provisions of this Ordinance shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 to which may be added imprison- ment for any determinate period not to exceed 30 days, and each