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HomeMy WebLinkAbout481 ~ jI!: JIli"'1'~ j... ORDINANCE NO. .tf f / AN ORDINANCE RE~UIRING THE DISPOSAL OF ALL REFUSE AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO DISPOSE OF THE S~~ ~L~ PRESCRIBING A 1lETHOD FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE COST A1ID~ENSES OF THE DISPOSAL THlIREOF. AND A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION. ...... The Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino do ordain as fOllows: Section 1. The accumulation of shavings, straw, sacks, bags, litter, weeds. grass, or other combustible waste or fragments in any yard, lot, or upon any premises within the corporate limits of the City ot San Bernardino, is hereby declared a nuisance and the owner, occupant, or a.ent of any lot or premises within said City who shall permit or allow the accumulation or existence of any shavings, straw, sacks, bags, litter, grass, weed., or other combustible waste or fragments Upon /;j!r~ lot or premises owned, occupied, or con'trolleci by him, after notice to remove the same, 88 herein provided, shall be gUilty of a misdemeanor and upon ctnviction thereof shall be fined not le85 than Five Dollars nor more than Fifty Dollars. or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding 25 days, or by both such five and imprisonment. Section 2. It is hereby made the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department of said City, to require the owner, occupant, or agent of any lot or premises, after notice so to do, to clear the same from all shavings, straw, sacks, bags, litter, grass, weeds, or other combustible waste or "fragments. Said notice shall be in writing and shall be delivered to said owner, . occupant, or agent of said premises, personally, or conspicuously posted in a conspicuous place on such lot or premises and if such owner, occupant, or agent shall neglect so to do, for 48 hours after such notioe, then said Chief of the Fire Department iii !I>., , ""-' shall cause said lot or premises to be cleared ot all auch shavings, straw, sacks, bags, litter, graas, weeds, or other combustible waste or fragments, and the expense of such cleariag and disposing of such shavings, straw, sacks, bags, litterJ grass, weeds, or other combustible waste or fragments, together with an additional sum of not ~ess than Five Dollars ($5.00), nor more th'an Ten Dollars (tlO.OO), which shall be chargeable against such owner, occupant, or agent and shall be a lien on ssid lot or premises. Section 3. The Chief of the Fire Depa~tment of said City shall, . without delay, report all such delinquent sums so charged, together with the penalty as provided in Section 2 hereof, to ~. officer having charge and under his control the assessment roll of said City for such fiscal year, who shall add and charge such sum on said assessment roll to the taxes of such delinquent party, and such expense and such penalty are hereby declared to be a lien of equal force as the taxes on such lot or premises for such fiscal year and shall oe collected at the same time and in the same manner as the taxes levied against said property. Section 4. Ordinance No. 87 and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after thirty days after its passage and approval. Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published for three consecutive days in The Evening Index. I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Mayor and Common Council at its meeting held on the 3 the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: ~ ~~ Noes: 11 rz,<.-f , Approved this ~~ Clerk. -L. day of ;I~_ , 1912.", '," - ,,/ ~ ~ .~f<}d-r.w ( yor.