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

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Section 9. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have the authority to Purchase such equipment and employ such personnel as may be necessary to carryout the provisions and intent of this Ordinance, and also shall have the authority to lease, contract for, rent, or purchase the necessary.land to be used as land -fill areas. ARTICLE II - COLLECTION Section 1. The garbage shall be collected by said City of South Bend at least once a week on such days and during such hours'as may be designated by said Board of Public Works and Safety, and said collections shall be made from alleys, where it is possible or feasible, and in those areas where the collect', by way of alleys is not possible or feasible, as determined b-- the Board of Public Works and Safety, the collection then shall be made from such points an in such manner as may be hereafter designated by said Board of Public Works and Safety. Section 2. Said collection will be made of all garbage that is contained in said containers, and in no event shall said collectors pick up, rake or sweep up garbage or household rubbish or trash from the ground. Section 3. The collections of such garbage shall be made once a week by said City of South Bend, of such garbage that is contained in said containers, of all dwelling units in all private residences, duplex units, apartment houses; it is not the intent of this ordinance to provide for the collection of garbage from restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, meat markets or other types of corner cial establishments. Section 4. Said containers shall be placed at all times in such places as to b readily accessible for the removal or emptying by the City of South Bend, and shall be placed in such a manner and in such a place, that said containers will not constitute a public nuisance in any respect. Where alley collections are to be made, said containers shall be placed within five (5) feet of the alley line at the time and day of collection, but shall not at any time be placed within the limits of said alley itself. Tn those areas where, in the opinion (3)