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2078 Waste and Offensive Matter DisposalORDINANCE NO. 2078. (Published in the Salina Daily Union August 1917) An ordinance r4lating to waste and offensive matter and providing for the care and disposal thereof. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to -throw, place or deposit, or leave or cause to.be thrown, placed or deposited or left in any of the public streets, highways, alleys, lanes, parks or thoroughfares of the City of Salina, any dirt, filo, sewerage, sweepings, rakings, dung, excrement, compost, papers, cans, stable manure, boxes, leaves, ashes, grass, weeds, vegetables, slops or litter of any kind, from and after the taking effect of this ordin- ance . Sec. 2. The vacant space in the rear of any business lot, house or mercantile establishment, between the rear of the build - Ing and -the alley, if any such vacant space there be, shall, at all times, be kept clean and clear of all of the matter set forth in Section One herein, and theoccupaunt or occupants of the ground floor of any such business house or mercantile establishment, as soy forth herein, shall be and is hereby charged with the duty of keeping the said space clean,,except such refuse or filth as may be deposited by other occupants of such building, whose duty it shall be to remove the same. Sec. 3. It shall.be the duty of the owner, or the occupant of the ground floor, if.the same be not occupied by the owner, to keep the ground floor, and the space between the rear of the build- ing and.alley clean and free from all matter enumerated in Section One Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any business house, restaurant, hotle, boarding house or mercantile establishment, within thirty days from the taking effect of this ordinance to provide a tight metal recepticle in which to place or deposit all matter set forth in Section One (1) herein. And the contents of all such recepticles shall be removed in a careful and cleanly manner when the same becomes filled, or the contents emit offensive odors or become unsanitary. All such recepticles shall be provided with fly -proof covers and shall be kept closed except at such times as matter is being placed therein, or removed therefrom. IS] HO 2bPCH 1 1 1 1 See. 5. Noting in this ordinance shall prevent any person who may be building on or otherwise improving his property from ineumbering the streets, avenues or alleys of said City, under a proper permit from the proper officers of the City. Sec. 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication once in the official city paper. (SEAL) Attest: Passed and approved, August 6th, 1917. Chas. E, Banker, City Clerk. STATE OF KANSAS ) ) SS. COUNTY OF,SALINE ) Edd Mathews MAYOR* I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the,city of Salina, Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council and approved by the Mayor of the city of Salina, Kansas, August 6th, 1917; and a record of the vote on its final adoption is found on Page/ -/,f -,/—Of Journal No. 8. Said ordinance was published in the Salina Daily Union, August 1917, City Clerk.