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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 120, No Ordinance Number1 120/ AN ORDINANCE DEFINING "GARBAGE", "RUBBISH" A lD "I'MISANCES" cREATED BY TIIE IMPROPER COLLECTION, TRANSPCRTATION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUBBISH Il Z"3E CITY OF PADUCAH, KEN`UCI'Y; PRESCRIBING RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO IIIE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AID RUBBISH, DESIG- NATING SITES FOR 7"dE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND RUBL-ISH; PROVDI110 A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND FLXIAG THE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION TIIIdtEOF _E IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COI;II.:ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION I. For purposes of this ordinance the word "garbage" shall mean and include the organic waste of animal, fish, fruit, or vege- table natter arising from or attending the storage, dealing in, preparation or cooking of food for human consumption from houses, kitchens, hotels, restaura�.ts, stores, market and commission houses, and the viord "rubbish" shall mean and in- clude ashes, clinkers, cans bottles, paper, boxes, weeds, grass, broken crockery and similar household trash, and any other kind of trash or waste material excep garbage, trees and tree limbs. SECTION 2. The term "nuisance" as used in this ordinance shall mean any decayed flesh, fish, fowls, vegetables or other unwholesome substance of any kin or character, or any garbage or rubbish as defined herein, vinic h is permitted to accumulate on any premises in the City of Paducah for such time, or is collected transported or disposed of in such na nner as to cause an unsanitary condition, o as to be offensive to the sight or smell or dangerous to human health, or which renders any premises, including the hereinafter dumping sites injurious to health, and it shall be unlawful for any parson or persons, firm, company or corporation to cause or permit any such nuisance upon any premises within the city, or in any building occupied or controlled by him, them or it, either as owner or tenant, or in any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public way, or to cause or permit such nuisance in the trans pordiation of garbage and rubbish, or in its disposal upon the hereinafter mentioned dumping sites or on any persons private property. SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to store garbage in any container other than a leak proof, tightly covored metal container which may readily and conveniently be handled by one man. SECTION a. it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or assoc- iation to dispose of garbage or rubbish in any manner other than by buryinC it, and garbage shall be covered over with a sufficient amount of earth to eliminate all foul odors and in such manner as will not create a nuisance as defined herein, or be offensive to any person or dangerour to human health. 121 SECTION 5. Garbage and rubbish shall be collected, transported and disposed of in strict compliance with all laws, with all ordinances of the City of Paducah, and with all rules and regulations of the City -County Health Depart- ment which are now in effect or which may hereafter be adopted or promulgated. SECTIONS 6. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company or assoc- iation to dump and dispose of garbage or rubbish at any place within the city except on his or its own private properties, or on either of the hereinafter described tracts of land: (1) The North Sixth Street dump held under lease and main- tained by the P%unicipal Service and Supply Company as a dumping ground by contract with the users, said dump being more particularly described as follows: "Beginning at the southwest corner of the intersection of 6th Street and Flournoy Street; thence in a southerly direction and with the west property line of Flournoy Street 425 feet to 7th Street; thence in a westerly direction and with the north property line of 7th Street 400 feet; thence in a northerly direction and parallel with Flournoy Street 310 feet; thence in a westerly direction and parallel with 6th street 125 feet; thence in a northerly direction and parallel with Flournoy Street 45 feet; thence in a westerly direction and parallel with 6th street 275 feet to the east property line of Terrell Street; them o in a northerly direction and with the east property line of Terrell Street 70 feet to the south pro- perty line of 6th street; thence in an easterly direction and with the south property line of 6th Street 800 feet to the point of beginning." (2) The property known as Guthrie's Pit, the same being more particularly described as follows: "Beginning at a point where the east property line of "B" Street is intersected b.J the north property line of 17th Street, said point being 305 feet north of the northeast corner of the intersection of "B" Street and Guthrie Avenue; thence in a westerly direction and with the north property line of a 60 foot street known as 17th Street a distance of 66 feet to the beginning of a curve havin-; a radius of 120 feet to the center line of 17th Street; thence in a northwesterly and northerly direction continuing along the curving easterly property line of 17th Street a distance of 141.4 feet to the end of said curve; thence in a northerly direction continuing along the easterly line of 17th Street a distance of 138 feet more or less; thence in a westerly direction and with the north property line of 17th Street a distance of 15 feet more or less to the southeasterly property line of a proposed 50 foot street; thence in a northeasterly direction and with the property line of said proposed 50 foot street a distance of 348 feet more or less to the south line of 16th street in Eaumers Addition said point beinE 739.67 feet north of the north property line of Guthrie Avenue and being the northwest corner of Lot No. 19 in block No. 'C' owned by the Citizens Savings Lank,Trustee; thence in a southerly direction along the westerly line of Lot 19, block 'C', Baumer's Addition, owned by the Citizens Savings Bank, Trustee, parallel with and 269.67 feet fro. -.1 'A' Street, a distance of 277.67 feet to the southwest corner of the Citizens Savings Eank Trustee lot; thence in an easterly direction and with the south line of the Citizens Savings Bank Trustee lot, a distance of 23.67 feet to the line of a lot owned by J. M. Dunn and wife; thence in a southerly direction parallel with 'A' Street and with Dunn's west line 146 feet; thence in a westerly direction and with Dunn's north line, parallel with Guthrie Avenue 90 feet; thence in a southerly d1rection and with the east line of "B" Street, if extended 11 feet to the point of beginning." 122 Provided, however, no garbage or rubbish shall be dumped or disposed of upon any portions of the above described lanfs which the City of Paducah, by and through its City Engineer, shall lay out and designate for the purpose of providing adequate drainage of adjoining lands, or for the purpose of hereafter establishing streets or other public brays through said lands. SECTION 7. A violation of any provision or requirement of this ordinance is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation upon conviction of any such violation shall be fined not less than ';;10.00 nor more than :;x100.00, or shall be imprisoned not less than five days nor more than 30 days, or shall be both so fined and imprisoned, and each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 8. The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any provision, section, paragraph, sentence, or part thereof shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such dicision shall not affect or impair the remainder of the ordinance, it being the legislative intent to ordain and enact each provision, sentence, paragraph, sentence, or part thereof, separately and independently of each other. SECTION 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Ma o Passed by the Board of Commissioners August 8, 1950 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, August 8, 1950- U