HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 405 LITTER ON STREETS & ALLERS NUISANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 405
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 348, PROHIBITING
THE THROWING OR PLACING OF ANY OFFAL, WASTE PAPER,
RUBBISH, TRASH, OTHER WASTE MATTER OR DEBRIS IN OR
UPON THE STREETS OR PUBLIC ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF
REXBURG, IDAHO, OR FILLING OR DEPOSITING IN OR UPON
THE STREETS OR PUBLIC ALLEYS OF SAID CITY ANY EARTH,
SAND, GRAVEL OR OTHER MATERIALS EXCEPT WHEN
AUTHORIZED BY A PERMIT, DECLARING ANY SUCH THINGS
TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF REXBURG, IDAHO:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or association of person or
any company or corporation to pile, place or deposit in or upon any street or
public alley of the City of Rexburg, Idaho, any offal, waste paper, rubbish, trash,
glass, bottles, cans, bones, ashes, cinders or any other refuse, debris or waste
matter or material of any kind; or to pile, place or deposit in or upon any street or
public alley of said City any earth, sand or gravel, or any stone, brick, blocks,
lumber or other materials except for immediate use in the leveling, grading or
otherwise improving such streets or alleys, or in the construction of a building or
buildings, on land immediately contiguous to the street or alley where same is
place, and in such cases only after a permit so to do shall have been obtained from
the Chief of Police of said City.
Section 2. Any offal, waste paper, rubbish, trash, glass, bottles, cans,
bones, ashes, cinders or any refuse, debris or waste matter or material of any kind
pile, placed or deposited in or upon any street or public alley of said City shall be
deemed, and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance; and any person or
association of person, or any company or corporation who shall throw, pile, place
or deposit or cause or directs to be piled, thrown, placed or deposited in or upon
any street or public alley of said City any of the matter substance, things or
materials mentioned in this ordinance and shall allow same to remain in or upon
such street or alley in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine of not
less than $5.00 and not more than $100.00 and the cost of the prosecution and in
default of the payment of such fine and costs, or either, shall be confined in the
city jail and put to work for the benefit of the City, at the rate of $2.00 per day for
each day he shall work, until such fine and costs are paid.
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PASSED by the City Council this 3 day of October, 1956.
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APPROVED by the Mayor this 3 day of October, 1956.
Mayor J. Fred Smith
Attest:
City Clerk Loretta M. Rigby