19670926 1967-5that
ORDINANCE NO. 1967-5
AN ORDINANCE regulating the accumulation of
trash, litter, rubbish or other waste matter
to prevent the same from being carried onto
streets, sidewalks, public places or private
property.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Fairfax
1. Chapter 10 of the City Code of the City of Fairfax is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 10-3 Trash, litter, rubbish, etc., on commercial,
industrial, or other property.
(a) It shall be the joint and several responsibility of the
owner and occupant of commercial and industrial land or buildings to
provide a sufficient number of containers for storage of refuse to
prevent overflow between times of collection, and to maintain the
premises in accordance with the standards of this chapter.
(b) The owners and occupants of all developed commercial or
industrial property within the limits of the City are hereby required
to install and maintain trash receptacles on the edge of all sidewalks
or other designated pedestrian walkways within said property. These
receptacles shall be placed at a maximum of sixty (60) feet apart,
unless the Director of Public Works determines that this distance is
not practicable. They shall be of a type and size suitable for the
purpose and clearly designated as receptacles of trash.
(c) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any
private property within the limits of the City to permit the accumula-
tion of trash, litter, rubbish or other waste matter upon said
property in any manner which may cause or permit the said trash,
litter, rubbish or other waste matter, or any part thereof, to be
carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or
other public place or upon any other private property.
(d) The Director of Public Works shall give written notice
to the record owner and the known occupant, or occupants, or their
agents of such property by certified mail of any violation of this
section found by him or his authorized designee to exist and shall
require correction of the condition within five days of the receipt
of said notice.
(3) Any person who shall be in violation of the provisions
of this section and who, upon receipt of written notice from the
Director of Public Works to correct the same, shall fail or refuse
to correct the violation within the time prescribed, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided
by section 1-7.
Introduced:
Adopted:
September 12, 1967.
September 26, 1967.
Attest:
City ~lerk
Mayor
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