Ordinance Providing for the Collection and Disposal of Garbage and Trash and Providing Penalties

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ORDINANCE NO. 3926 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: ARTICLE I - IN GENERAL Section 1. WHEREAS, the accumulation of refuse substances, such as garbage and other waste of obnoxious, unsanitary, unsightly or hazardous character on the premises of private residences, or other places, constitutes a public nuisance and menace in the City of South Bend, and greatly increases the danger of the spread of infectious, contagious and epidemic disease, and that it is imperative and urgent for the preservation of the health, safety, sani- tation and peace and public welfare of the people that proper and adequate regulations be adopted to require property owners, tenants, occupants or lesse of certain property to obtain and use containers and receptacles of sufficient size and material in which to deposit refuse substances, as hereinafter pro- vided, it is hereby ordained that it is a public necessity and an aid to healt: sanitation and welfare that a regular and orderly collection of garbage and a proper system of disposal of the same be undertaken by the City of South Bend under the supervision of the Board of Public Works and Safety, the City Engineer and the Superintendent of the Street Department. Section 2. Definitions. Garbage. For the purpose of this ordinance, the word "garbage" is defined to be arery refuse accumulation of animal, fruit or veget- able matter that attends the preparation, consumption, decay, dealing in or with the storage of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables and all such kitche; or table refuse. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City of South Bend to pick up, collect and dispose of all garbage at all residential units as herein set forth but providing that such garbage be placed in containers and receptacles as herein set forth. Industrial waste and trash and rubbish of all kinds, types and nature, other than that picked up by the City, may be picked up and collected only by such haulers as may be licensed by the City of South Bend as herein provided or as may be hereafter provided for by the Board. (1)