HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 04.10.1905 - RubbishAN ORDINANCH PROHIBITING THE LEAVING OR PLACING OF
TRASH, RU'�BISH, EMPTY DRYGOODS BOSS, PAPER9 EXCELSIOR, OR
WASTE MATERIAL OF ANY FIND OR AN INFLA T__kBE NATURE, IN AND
kR0i1IITD TFTR STOPR BUILDINGS OF THIS CITY, LOCATED WITHIN THIS
FI:2E LIMITS OF THIS SAID CITY, .AND FURTHER PROHIBITING THE
PLACING OR U^AVING OF ANY TRASH, DEAD LEAVES, DRAD GRASS OR
".V—;,,EDS OR OT iFR YAZD RLMBry OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, IN A
PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY OF THIS SAID CITY.
BB IT ORDAINv,,D by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown.
That it shall be unlawful for any person or person$,
merchantor firm of merchants or corporation, having a place
of business and doing business in the City of Georgetown, the
said place of business being within the fire limits of this
said city, as heretofore designated, to have, allow, keep,
throw, order to be thrown or cuff;r to be thrown, or kept
in any place or places under his or their control, either ad-
jacent to, back of or adjoining his or their said place of business,
any loose trash, or rubbish, excelsior, papers, hoxes, eithe r
paper or wooden, or other inflammable material, such as would
be likely to faciliatate to any extent the progress of a
fire, or such as would be likely to increase the danger of fire
in and around the said business buildings. It shall further
be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation,
who shall own, manage or control any property whatsoever within
the said above mentioned fire limits of said city, and the
said premises has become vacant, and on which there is no
building of any kind, to leave, or allow the said vacant lot
to have accumulated thereon any trash, rubbish or any of the
material heretofore mentioned in this ordinance, or to leave any
partially burned or destroyed material of any kind on said lot,
or to leave any partially destroyed lumber, shingles or build-
ing material or material of any kind whatsoever on said lot,
provided the space of one week shall be allowed any person or
persons in charge of said vacant lot, or said building which
may have been burned or destroyed, in which to clean off said
los and remove the aforesaid partially burned material from
said lot*
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And provided further, that all merchants of this city
shall be allowed the space of one day -for the purpose of
unpacking and disposing of their laid boxes as aforesaid,
trash, and excelsior, and other packing material, after
the same shall have been unpacked, placed or left in, near
to or adjoining said place of business so located.
That each and every day after the violations of said
ordinance shall be and constitute a separate offense, pun-
ishable as such under the terms and provisions of this ordinance.
Any person or persons as above named who shall be found
guilty of violating the terms of this ordinance, shall be
fined in any sum not less than $5.00 and not more than $25.00.
PASSED AND APPROVED this April 10th, 1905.
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payor.
ATTEST: C.T. Yelfurray,
Secretary.