File #: ORD-59:1745    Version: 1 Name: Policy concerning garbage on city streets
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/3/1959 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 8/3/1959
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO THROW, PLACE, OR OTHERWISE DEPOSIT ANY PAPER, CANS, BOTTLES, OR OTHER TRASH, REFUSE OF GARBAGE UPON ANY OF THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; OR TO DRIVE OR OPERATE ANY VEHICLE UPON SAID STREETS UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS SO CONSTRUCTED OR LOADED AS TO PREVENT ANY PART OF ITS LOAD FROM DROPPING, SHIFTING, LEAKING OR OTHERWISE ESCAPING FROM SAID VEHICLE AND ONTO THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; TO PROVIDE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: MIN-59:15
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AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO THROW, PLACE, OR OTHERWISE DEPOSIT ANY PAPER, CANS, BOTTLES, OR OTHER TRASH, REFUSE OF GARBAGE UPON ANY OF THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; OR TO DRIVE OR OPERATE ANY VEHICLE UPON SAID STREETS UNLESS SUCH VEHICLE IS SO CONSTRUCTED OR LOADED AS TO PREVENT ANY PART OF ITS LOAD FROM DROPPING, SHIFTING, LEAKING OR OTHERWISE ESCAPING FROM SAID VEHICLE AND ONTO THE STREETS IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; TO PROVIDE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro. Arkansas:

SECTION 1: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to throw, place or otherwise deposit any paper, cans, bottles or other trash, refuse or garbage upon the streets in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

SECTION 2: Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drive or operate any vehicle of any kind or character upon any of the streets in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any part of it’s load from dropping, shifting, leaking, spilling or otherwise escaping from said vehicle and onto the streets of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

SECTION 3: A Writ of Attachment may be issued against any vehicle used in violating the provisions of this Ordinance for the collection of any fine assessed for such violation.

SECTION 4: Any person, firm or corporation driving or operating any vehicle upon any of the streets in the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas shall be liable for all damages which said streets or structures may sustain as a result of a violation of this ordinance.

SECTION 5: Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00, and in addition thereto may be assessed and ordered to pay a...

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