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A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 778 OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, PROVIDING FOR MAKING OWNERS OF APARTMENT HOUSES RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OF RECEPTACLES FOR GARBAGE FOR THEIR TENANTS AND MAKING SUCH OWNERS LIABLE FOR PAYMENT GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 778 is hereby amended to add the following:
“The owner of any apartment house shall provide the necessary cans or other receptacles at his own expense for each apartment or housing unit contained in his said apartment house and shall be responsible for his tenants depositing daily their accumulation of garbage in such receptacles as herein provided.”
SECTION 2. Section11 of Ordinance No. 778, as amended by Ordinance No. 789 is hereby amended to add the following:
“The owner of any apartment house shall pay the fees to be charged and paid for the collection and disposal of garbage provided herein for all of the apartments, occupied by his tenants.”
SECTION 3. Section 12 of Ordinance No. 778 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The fees chargeable against dwelling houses and other establishments are levied on and collectible from the person in whose name the dwelling house or establishment is rented or from the person who is the owner or occupant, except in the case of apartment houses. A separate fee is hereby fixed for and shall be collected from and paid by each unit of a multiple family dwelling house occupied as a residence, or an apartment house.
The fees chargeable against each unit of an apartment house are levied on and collectible from the owner of such apartment house for each and all of the apartments or housing units contained in any such apartment house.”
SECTION 4. For purposes of this ordinance, an “apartment house” is hereby defined as being any dwelling house which contains two or more housing units or any dwelling house that is occupied by two or more family groups.
SECTION 5. All owners of apartment houses as defined in Section 4 of this amendment are hereby required to notify the City Refuse Disposal Department of the address (street and number), of the apartment houses owned by them, the number of units in each apartment house, the number of rooms per unit and the name and address (street and number) of the owner.
SECTION 6. Any person, firm or corporation who fails to pay the garbage fee in the manner prescribed in this ordinance or who violates any provision in this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $15.00 (fifteen dollars) and each day that any person, firm or corporation violates any provision of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
SECTION 7. Whereas, it has been difficult to enforce provisions relating to the requiring of occupants of dwelling units in apartment houses to provide cans and receptacles for the depositing of garbage for later collection by the City Refuse Disposal Department and relating to the collection of garbage collection fees, due to the frequent moving in and moving out of tenants in such apartment houses and garbage collection and collection of garbage collection fees have not been as efficient as should be for the proper collection and disposal of garbage and other waste materials covered by Ordinance No. 778 and amendments thereto, all of which is necessary for the proper maintenance of the health and safety of the citizens and residents of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and therefore the immediate passage and enforcement of this ordinance being necessary to protect peace, health and safety; an emergency is therefore hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, adoption and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of March, 1951.