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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1043 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1968/10/28e Original ORDINANCZ, NO. 1043 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE WITHIN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA BY PRIVATE GARBAGE AND REFUSE COLLECTORS THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Private Garbage and Refuse Collectors shall be regulated as follows: Section 2:940.01. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Ordinance and the following words and terms wherever they occur in this Ordinance are defined as follows: Section 2:940. 05. "Private Garbage and Refuse Collectors" shall mean any person who shall offer to, or engage in the collection of garbage or refuse from any house, apartment, public or private institution, or commercial establishment within the City of St. Louis Park. Section 2:940. 10. "Garbage" shall mean animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food. Section 2:940. 15. "Refuse" shall mean all wastes (except body wastes), including but not limited to rubbish, tin cans, paper, Christmas trees, ' cardboard, grass clippings, ashes, glass jars and bottles, sod, dirt, rocks, construction material, trees, leaves, hedge or tree trimmings, and wood normally resulting from the operation of a household or business establishment, but not including garbage. Section 2:940.25. "Commercial Establishment" shall mean any premises where a commercial or industrial enterprise of any kind is carried on, and shall include clubs, churches, and establishments of non- profit organizations where food is prepared or served or goods are sold. Section 2:942. License Required. No person shall engage in the collection of garbage or refuse in the City unless he shall have secured a private garbage and refuse collector's license to do so in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and Section 2:14 through 2:18 of the Ordinance Code of the City of St. Louis nark. ,0 0 e Section 2:944. Application for License. Applications for such collector's license shall be made in writing on forms provided by the City and shall be filed with the City Clerk containing the following information: Name of business, owner's name, number of vehicles to be used in City, description of vehicles as to physical character- istics, year and name of manufacturer, approximate number of customers served, schedule of charges which will be made for hauling, schedule of collection routes, location of dumping area, statement that applicant has public liability insurance in the amount of at least $100,000 for injuries including accidental death to any one person and in an amount not less than $300, 000 on account of one accident, and property damage insurance in an amount of not less than $50,000, telephone number where applicant can be conveniently reached, statement that person making application is an owner or officer of business and statement that applicant has paid all license fees and taxes required. Section 2:946. License Fee and Term. The annual fee for such collector's license shall be $75.00 for the first truck and $15. 00 for each additional truck and all such licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year. Section 2:948. Transfer of License. Any license issued pursuant to this ordinance shall be transferred only upon application for such transfer in writing, conforming in all respects with the provisions of this ordinance governing the filing of an original application; and said application for transfer shall be accompanied by a transfer fee of $25.00. Section 2:950. Bond. No such collector's license shall take effect until the licensee shall file with the City Clerk a bond with corporate surety in form approved by the City Attorney in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,300) per truck licensed, conditioned that the licensee will pay any fines imposed upon him for violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the City, shall strictly comply with and do all things required by said ordinances, and will indemnify and hold the City, its officers and agents, harmless from any damage or claim resulting from or related to the collection of garbage and refuse by the licensee. Section 2:952.01. Regulations. The following regulations shall apply to all private garbage and refuse collectors under the provisions of this ordinance. Section 2:952.05. Vehicles. Vehicles used by private garbage and refuse collectors to transport garbage and refuse over the streets and alleys of the City shall have a fully enclosed metal body which is tightly sealed and properly maintained, and operated to prevent offensive odors escaping therefrom, and solids or liquids from leaking, spilling, dropping, or blowing from the vehicle. -2- io Vehicles must be kept in good repair and in clean and sanitary condition and are subject co periodic inspection by the Health Department or other Inspectors of the City. Vehicles shall be equipped with brooms and shovels for use in sweeping up all garbage and refuse ,spilled during collection et hauling thereof. Section 2:952. 10. Disposal. Disposal of any garbage or refuse collected by any private garbage and refuse collector shall not be made within the City except at places specifically authorized by the City. Section 2:952. 15. Scattering of Garbage or Refuse. No person shall and no licensed collector shall permit or allow any of his employees to cast, spill, place, sweep, or deposit anywhere within the City any garbage or refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer, parkway or other public place, or into any other premises within the City. Section 2:959. Revocation of License. Any license issued hereunder may be revoked if false statements have been made in the application therefor and may be revoked upon failure of a licensee to comply with the requirements of the ordinances of the City of St. Louis Park. Section 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdeieanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100,00) or by imprisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days. Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 1969, provided however, that prior to such effective date all steps necessary to procure and issue licenses hereunder may be complied with by applicants and the City to issue licenses for the license period commencing January 1, 1969. Adopted by the City Cou• - Octobe.28, 19 Reviewed for admist ation: Approved as to form and legality: 0 -3- ty Attorney 1,0 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin SS. W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of Local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated m and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to rtirye the City of St. Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of ue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business s for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- tained by the managing officer or persons In its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said, news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1. 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper Is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed ORDINANCE NO . 104'3 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein m the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks; that it was first so published on Thura • the 31 day of and was thereafter printed and published on every Thura. Oct. 19 68 to and including Thurs. the 31 day of Oct. 18 68 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice. to wit: abcdefghi jklmnopgrstuvwxyz • i.- Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of ri r (Notarial Seal) ' arbara Samuelson, Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn. it My Commission Expires November 8, 1971 19(f::;) r -(Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1043 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE COL- LECTION AND TRANSPORTA- TION OF GARBAGE AND REF- USE WITHIN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA BY PRIVATE GARBAGE AND REF- USE COLLECTORS THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1. Private Garbage and Refuse Collectors shall be regu- lated as follows Section 2:940 01 Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Ordinance and the follow- ing words and terms wherever they occur in this Ordinance are defined as follows Section 2.940.05. "Private Gar- bage and Refuse Collectors" shall mean any person who shall offer to, or engage in the collection of garbage or refuse from any house, apartment, public or private in- stitution or commercial establish- ment within the City of St Louis Park Section 2 940 10. "Garbage" shall mean animal and vegetable wastes resulting''from•the4handhng, prep- aration, cooking, and consumption of food Section 2:940.15. "Refuse" shall mean all wastes (except body wastes), including but not limited to rubbish, tin cans, paper, Christ- mas trees, cardboard, grass clip- pings, ashes, glass jars and bot - Ales, sod, dirt, rocks, construction (material, trees, leaves, hedge or tree trimmings, and wood normal- ly resulting from the operation of a household or business establish- ment, but not including garbage ISection 2:94025 "Commercial ,Establishment" shall mean any premises where a commercial or industrial enterprise of any kind is carried on, and shall include clubs, churches, and establish- ments of non-profit organizations where food is prepared or served or goods are sold Section 2:942 License Required. No person shall engage in the col- lection of garbage or refuse in the City unless, he shall have secured a private garbage and refuse col- lector's license to do so in accord- ance with the provisions of this ordinance and Section 2 14 through 2 18 of the Ordinance Code of the City of St Louis Park Section 2.944 Application for Li- cense Applications for such col- lector's license shall be made in writing on forms provided by the City and shall be filed with the City Clerk containing the following information • Name of business, owner's name, number of vehicles to be used in City, description of vehicles as to physical character- istics, year and name of manu- facturer, approximate number of customers served, schedule of charges which will be made for hauling, schedule of collection routes, location of dumping area, statement that applicant has pub- lic liability insurance in the amount of at least $100,000 for in- juries including accidental death to any one person and in an amount not less than $300,000 on account of one accident, and,, prop- erty damage insurance in an amount of not less than $50,000, telephone number where applicant can be conveniently reached, state- ment that person making applica- tion is an owner or officer of busi- ness and statement that applicant has paid all license fees and taxes required Section 2.946 License Fee and Term. The annual fee for such collector's license shall be $75 00 for the first truck and $15 00 for each additional truck and all such licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year Section 2.948 Transfer of Lf- cenes Any license issued pursuant to this ordinance shall be trans- ferred only upon application for such transfer in writing, conform- ing in all respects with the provi- sions of this ordinance governing the filing of an original applica- tion, and said application for transfer shall be accompanied by a transfer fee of $25 00 Section 2:950 Bond No such col- lector's license shall take effect until the licensee shall file with the City Clerk a bond with cor- porate surety in form approved by the City Attorney in the penal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) per truck licensed, conditioned that the licensee will pay any fines imposed upon him for violation of i the provisions of the ordinances of the City, shall strictly comply with and do all things required by said ordinances, and will indemnify and hold the City, its officers and agents, harmless from any damage Section 2.952 05 Vehicles Ve- hicles used by private garbage and refuse collectors to transport garbage and refuse over the streets and alleys of the City shall have a fully enclosed metal body which is tightly sealed and prop. erly maintained. and operated to prevent offensive odors escaping therefrom. and solids or liquids from leaking, spilling. dropping, or blowing from the vehicle Vehicles must be kept in good repair and in clean and sanitary condition and are subject to peri- odic inspection by the Health De- partment or other Inspectors of the City Vehicles shall be equip- ped with brooms and shovels for use in sweeping up all garbage and refuse spilled during collection or hauling thereof Section 2,952 10 Disposal Dis- posal of any garbage or refuse collected by any private garbage and refuse collector shall not be made within the City except at places specifically authorized by the City Section 2 952 15. Scattering of Garbage or Refuse. No person shall and no licensed collector shall permit or allow any of his employees to cast, spill, place. sweep or deposit anywhere within the City any garbage or refuse in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the ele- ments upon any street, sidewalk, Talley, sewer, parkway or other public place. or into any other premises within the City Section 2.959 Revocation of Lf- cense Any license issued hereun- der may be revoked if false state- ments have been made in the ap- plication therefor and may be re- voked upon failure of a llcenseeh to comply with the requirements_ of the ordinances of the City of St Louis Park Section 2 Penalty Any person violating the provisions of this ordi= nance shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction shall"' be anuonehhu dbred dollars a fine of not more,, ($100 001. Dr by imprisonment for not to ex ceed ninety (90) days Section 3 Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect Jan.. uary 1, 1969, provided however, that prior to such effective date J. all steps necessary to procure and issue licenses hereunder may be" complied with by applicants and the City to issue licenses for the license period commencing Jan- uary 1, 1969 Adopted by the City Council o tober 28, 1968 (s)LEONARDJ THIEL, Attest Mayor , (s)EARL E HANSON. , City Clerk Reviewed for administration +. (s)CHRIS CHERCHES Approved as to City Manager +4 form and legality (s)H H BURRY, City Attorney (Oct 31, 1968)--D -'` a 'ntitled: • ORDINANCE NO. 1043 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND REGULATING THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE WITHIN 'THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA BY PRIVATE GARBAGE -AND REFUSE COLLECTORS _ .t c•C1UO3d w -v Date ae:11:.:.S-Date 10/21/68 vi.,lved 10/28/68 z ;cart? .�,: _c.ln -gate ;;a _ved 10/31/68 _yffective Date te/15/68 '-'de Reference File No. _ Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUISPARKSUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of le