Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask.
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- [1913]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Municipal ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to public health : adopted from July 1, 1911 to December 31, 1911, by cities of the United States having a population of over 10,000 in 1910 / compiled by direction of the Surgeon General by John W. Trask. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![gatherers, and in no case shall said receptacles be placed in or upon any alley, street, sidewalk, or other public place. Any person or persons maintaining any nuisance as above set forth is declared to be the maintainer or maintainor of a nuisance: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall prevent any person or persons from using and consuming his, her, or their garbage for any purpose not inconsistent with the object of this section. [Part of ordinance No. 18, adopted July 11, 1911.] POMONA, CAL, GARBAGE—COLLECTION, REMOVAL, AND DISPOSAL. Section 1. For the purposes of this ordinance the word “garbage’’ is defined to be all animal and vegetable refuse from kitchens and all household waste that shall have been prepared for or intended to be used as food or shall have resulted from the prepa- ration of food. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to remove or con- vey or to cause or permit to be removed or conveyed, any garbage upon or along any- public street, alley, or other public place in the city of Pomona: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation with whom the city of Pomona has entered into or may hereafter enter into a contract for the collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, or to any employee of such con- tractor, during such time as such contract shall be in force. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of every owner, manager, or person in possession, charge, or control of any boarding house, restaurant, hotel, store, apartment, or eating house, and of every person occupying a dwelling or flat within the city of Pomona, to provide, or to cause to be provided, and at all times to keep, or to cause to be kept, as in this ordinance prescribed, portable vessels, tanks, or receptacles for holding garbage. Each such vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be constructed of metal and shall be water tight and shall be so constructed as to contain not less than 3 nor more than 16 gallons, and shall be provided with a handle or handles on the outside thereof and with a tight-fitting metal cover. Such cover shall not be removed except when neces- sary to place garbage therein or to take garbage therefrom. Each such vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be kept or placed in the manner following: Where there is an alley other than a blind alley in the rear of the premises, such vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be placed on the premises within 5 feet of the rear property line. Where there is no alley other than a blind alley in the rear of such premises and there is a side entrance to the rear of such premises, each vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be placed on the premises at an accessible point not less than 50 nor more than 100 feet from the front property line. Where there is no alley other than a blind alley, nor such side entrance, each such vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be placed on the curb in front of the premises during the hours fixed for the collection of garbage therefrom. Each such vessel, tank, or receptacle shall be accessible to the garbage collector when called for; provided, how- ever, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any person occupying a dwelling within said city who actually disposes of the garbage from the kitchen and household on his own premises by feeding the same to fowl or animals where the same is not prohibited by ordinance. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner or an officer or employee of said city, or an employee of the person, firm, or corporation holding a con- tract with the city of Pomona for the collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, to interfere in any manner with any such vessel, tank, or receptacle, or the contents thereof, or to remove any such vessel, tank, or receptacle from the location where the same was placed by the owner thereof, or to remove the contents from any such vessel, tank, or receptacle. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, or to cause or permit to be placed, in any such vessel, tank, or receptacle any substance other than garbage. Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to deposit, or to cause or permit to be deposited, any garbage upon or in any public street, alley, or other public place or upon any premises in the said city. Sec. 6. The city clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Pomona Daily Review, and 30 days thereafter it shall take effect and be in force. [Ordinance No. 352, adopted Sept. 5, 1911.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28717569_0191.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
