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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.778. SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE IN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF PREMISES, FIXING A SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR SAID SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: From and after the passage and adoption of this ordinance, Section 1 of Ordinance No.778 shall be amended to read as follows: All garbage, waste, trash and refuse within the City of Jonesboro, and no other person firm, or corporation shall be allowed to collect same except the said City of Jonesboro.
That effective (January 1, 1961) it shall be the duty of each and every owner or his agent or occupant of any house, building, flat or apartment, or tenement in the City of Jonesboro where people reside, board or lodge, or where animal or vegetable matter is prepared or served, and at all times, to subscribe to the garbage and refuse collection and disposal service provided by the City of Jonesboro; and to maintain in good order and repair the necessary garbage cans or other receptacles approved and provided for by Ordinance No.778, and to deposit daily their accumulation of garbage and other waste, trash and refuse in such receptacles as is more fully provided for and required by Ordinance No.778.
It being the express purpose of and intent of this Ordinance to require and provide for city-wide garbage and refuse pick-up and disposal.
Section 2: Section 11 of Ordinance No.778 is amended as follows in regard to residential family units:
The fee for such collection shall be paid monthly in advance and shall be as follows:
Each single family residence, flat, apartment or housekeeping unit $1.00 per month for each housekeeping unit.
All fees for commercial establishments and all other fees shall remain as now set and collected, or as hereafter fixed or set by re...
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