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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 ...
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