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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20671 2 3 • 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 • 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Jr 3 ORDINANCE NO. A.!:)7 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles adding a new Section to Chapter 8.12 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code, regulating the placement of garbage and refuse in approved containers, defining offenses, and providing penalties. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, as follows: Section 1. Definitions: "Person" - any person, firm, partnership, association, institution or corporation whatsoever; "person" shall also mean the owner, occupant, or party otherwise responsible for any premises from which garbage is collected by the City of Port Angeles. "Knowing" - for the purpose of this ordinance shall mean that a person is aware of facts or circumstances described by this ordinance to define an offense, or he has information which would lead a reasonable person in the same situation to believe that facts exist which facts are defined by this ordinance as defining an offense. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or place for collection a garbage can without a lid, or to fail to secure the garbage can lid in such a manner as reasonably calculated to prevent garbage or refuse from being scattered or deposited by the elements, animals, or other causes, upon any public property, or private property not owned by such person. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person in possession, charge, or control of any premises from which garbage is collected by the City of Port Angeles, knowing that garbage or refuse has been deposited by the elements, animals, or other causes, upon public property, or private property not owned or occupied by such person, to fail to clean up such garbage or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 refuse so deposited in a period of twenty -four hours. Section 4. Any person who violates any of the provi- sions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred ($500) Dollars. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of the Council held on the day of 9k.dlu.4, , 1980. ATTEST: Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Craig Mil er, City Attorney PUBLISHED: 2/47.- /4, f 9 ) M / Y 0 CR STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ss County of'Clallam ) I,,the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, do hereby certify that the hereto attached "City of Port Angeles Ordinance No. 2068," is a true and correct copy of the document (s) indicated above. WITNESS my hand and official seal this 4%. ,-day of $2---770 19 84 . -� emu. e City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles, Washington