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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 28, 1968—PAGE 7 GARBAGE COLLECTION AND ANTI-LITTER ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of THE CITY OF NEWBERRY: That the City Code of the City of New berry, Chapter 7, be amended by striking out Sections 7.1 through Section 7.7. and sub stituting in lieu thereof the fol lowing: CHAPTER 7—DISPOSITION OF GARBAGE, ASHES AND RUBBISH. General—from after the pass ing of this ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drop, throw, sweep or in any way de posit any garbage, ashes, rub bish, paper or any refuse on any street, sidewalk, alley or public way except as hereinaf ter prescribed in this ordinance. Section 1. Definitions . Garbage: The word “Gar bage” shall be held to mean the refuse of animal or vege table stuffs resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. B. Ashes: The term “Ashes” will be held to mean refuse resulting from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible ' material which have no live embers. C. Rubbish: The term “Rub bish” shall be held to mean all refuse other than garbage, ashes or dead animals incident to the ordinary conduct of the household or of retail business. D. Building Materials. The term “Building Materials” shall be held to mean materials such as lumber, bricks, plaster, loam and other substances ac cumulated as a result of re pair* 3 of existing buildings or construction Of new buildings. E. Small dead animals: The term “Small Dead Animals n shall be held to mean cats, dogs, and other animals of sim ilar size. F. Industrial Waste: The term “Industrial Waste” shall be held to mean all waste gen erated from manufacturing plants, factories, lumber mills, wholesale stores, bottling works, printing establishments and garages. G. Hazardous Refuse: The term “Hazardous Refuse” shall be held to mean materials such as poison, acids, caustics, in fected materials and explo sives. H. Person: The term Per son” shall be held to mean a person, firm, company, corpor ation or association. I. Single Residential Unit: The term “Single Residential Unit” shall be held to mean any dwelling place occupied by one family. J. Multiple Residential Unit: The term “Multiple Residential Unit” shall be held to mean any duplex, apartment, or groups of apartments under a single roof and used for dwell ing places of more than one family. K. Refuse Receptacles: The term “Refuse Receptacle” shall be held to mean a receptacle for refuse constructed of metal or plastic, strong, not easily corrodible, rodent proof, water tight, with tight fitting lid, provided with handles suffic ient for safe and convenient handling and shall have a ca pacity of not less than 10 gal lons nor more than 32 gallons. Receptacles must be easily ac cessible to truck and or collec tors. L. Bulk Container: The term “Bulk Container” shall be held to mean a metal container of not less than 1 Cu. Yd. or larger than 6 Cu. Yds. Said container to be constructed in accordance with the specifica tions issued by the City of Newberry (copies of specifica tions may be obtained from the City Manager’s Office) and shall be placed at a location easily accessible to the truck handling equipment. M. Waste Paper Bins: The term “Waste Paper Bin” shall be held to mean an enclosure approved by the City Health Department located at the rear of the building but accessible by truck. N. Retail and Commercial: Retail and Commercial estab lishments shall be held to mean any office, retail store, restau rant, hotel, religious, charitable or governmental offices or pri vate clubs. Section II. Administration The collection removal and disposal of all waste from pre mises by the City shall be un der the jurisdiction of the Sup erintendent of Sanitation and Streets. Section III. Pre-Collection Practices: A. Number of Receptacles: Every person producing or hav ing refuse collected by the City shall provide and keep on the premises or property occupied or used by him refuse recept acles, bulk containers or waste paper bins as specified herein to handle accumulations of re fuse on said premises or prop erty in the interval between collections by the city. B. Material to be Placed in Receptacles: Garbage and rub bish must be placed in refuse receptacles or bulk containers as specified herein. Ashes or building material in small quantities resulting from nor mal household use may also be placed in refuse receptacles, provided total weight of filled receptacle shall not exceed 50 lbs. C. Material Not Required to be Placed in Receptacles: Shrubbery trimmings, tree trimmings and leaves in quan tities too great to be placed in receptacles may be placed at the front of the premises in the grass strip between the street and the sidewalk where said strips are available, other wise they shall be placed off that portion of the street right- of-way normally used by ve hicles. Tree limbs shall not be longer than 6 feet in length nor have diameters greater than 8 inches. D. Rubbish, ashes or building materials not resulting from normal household use must be removed from premises by oc cupant. E. Material allowed to be placed in waste paper bins: Only card board boxes, car tons, and bulk paper may be placed in bins. No small loose paper or any paper having gar bage shall be allowed in bins It shall be the duty and res ponsibility of each business es tablishment to maintain its waste paper bin in such a man ner that it will not cause a health problem or became a nuisance. When a waste paper bin is found to contain waste matter other than paper, the owner shall be required to have container or bin cleaned out and contents hauled away at his own expense. F. Other Limitations: It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or place, throw or sweep any garbage or rubbish paper, trash or filth of any kind in any alley, street, side walk, storm drain, manhole or other public place or place any garbage or rubbish upon pri vate property vacant lots or open places within the limits of the City of Newberry, S. C. unless the same shall be enclosed in suitable containers as specified herein. G. Exceptions: Business and commer i c a 1 e s t a b- lishments having no accessible rear entrance may place re fuse receptacles or bulk con tainers at curb in front of the business establishment between hours of 6 p.m. and 9a. m. All refuse receptacles on bulk containers placed on side walk at curb by such establish ments must be removed by 9 a. m. following collection. H. The carrying or carting through the streets of the city of swill or garbage in open vessels or vehicles is * hereby prohibited. I. Enforcement: It shall be the duty of the health officer and Chief of Police of the City of Newberry to see that the provisions of this section are enforced except where other wise specifically provided by City Ordinance. Section IV. Limitation on Quantity Subject to conditions and lim itations in this ordinance, the maximum amount of waste that any person may produce at any given location and have disposed of by the City shall be as specified hereafter. Quanti ties in excess of these amounts must be disposed of by the person responsible. A. Residential: Residential garbage and rubbish shall be limited to a volume equal to that of three (3) 32-gallon re ceptacles per single family; residential units of two (2) 6 cubic yard bulk containers or its equivalent in small bulk con tainers per ten residential units per collection, and not to ex ceed twelve (12) such receptac les per single family residential units of four (4) such bulk containers per 10 residential units per week. Leaves and trimmings, placed at the front or side of the premises in the grass strip between the street and sidewalk, where said strips are available, or off that por tion of the street right-of-way normally used by vehicles shall be limited to no more than one- half truck load per residence per week. Within the capabili ties of the City of Newberry (labor and equipment availabil ity) the city will, upon request, remove excess amounts of limbs and trash at the rate of $7.50 per hour. B. Retail and Commercial: Small retail and commercial establishments, religious, chari table and governmental build ings, and private clubs shall be limited to a volume equal to that of ten (10) 32-gallon receptacles of two (2) 6-cubic yard bulk containers or its equivalent in smaller bulk con tainers per collection; and not to exceed that of twenty such receptacles or six (6) such bulk containers per week. C. Large retail business and commercial establishments hospitals, hotels, and restau rants shall be limited to a vol ume equal to that of ten (10) 32-gallon receptacles or two (2) 6-cubic yard bulk containers per week. D. Industrial Waste may be collected by the city from such as defined in the ordinance pro vided such establishments fur nish bulk containers which can be collected by city equipment and provided such waste shall be limited to a quantity equal to that of four (4) 6-cubic yard bulk containers or several small bulk containers, totaling no more than forty-eight (48) cubic yards per week. To avoid damage to city equipment, such containers shall not be used for the disposal of small scrap metal, iron or similar mater ials. Small scrap metals, iron, and similar materials must be separated and will be collected on a call basis. Reference in this section to small scrap me tal, iron and similar material shall in no way be construed to mean junk automobiles, trucks, equipment, or other si milar bulk materials which shall be the sole responsibility of the owner for removal. Section V. Restrictions on Collections 1 A. Receptacles on streets or Sidewalks: All recep tacles for business or com mercial establishments shall be made available to the collectors not later than 10:00 p. m. All receptacles placed on City streets or sidewalks shall be removed not later than 9:00 a. m. following collections and no receptacles shall be placed on any sidewalk or street between the hours of 9:00 n.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday nor between the hours of 10:00 p.m. Saturday through 6:00 p.m. Sunday. •B. Bulk containers: Such containers shall at all times be kept in a place easily ac cessible to city equipment and no service shall be given to those establishments permitting objects, obstructions or vehi cles to hinder in any way what soever the servicing of said bulk containers. C. Industrial Waste: Indus trial waste may be collected by the city from such estab lishments as defined in this ordinance provided such estab lishments furnish bulk con tainers which can be collected by city equipment, and provid ed such waste shall be limited to no more than four (4) six (6) cu. yd. bulk containers to taling no more than forty-eight (48) cu. yds. per week. A Con tract or Agreement setting forth a Service Charge may be negotiated by the City Mana ger for services in greater quantities than the amounts set forth in this paragraph. D. Industrial Plants Outside Corporate Limits: Those indus trial plants located outside the corporate limits of the City of Newberry purchasing all utili ties from the City of Newberry may negotiate a Contract or Agreement with the City Man ager for trash and refuse col lection service. E. Hazardous Refuse: No hazardous materials shall be collected. F. Dead Animals: Small dead animals will be collected without charge between 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p.m. upon notifi cation to City Street Depart ment and provided the body is in a location accessible to the collector. Owners of large dead animals shall be responsible for their removal and disposal pro vided that such animals may be disposed of at a City Land fill without cost if brought to said Landfill between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. G. Lot Clearing: No mater ials such as trees, shrubbery or underbrush resulting from land being cleared either by or der of Health Department or otherwise, or for construction or demolition either resulting from order by the City of New berry or otherwise, will be col lected by the city. Section VI. This Ordinance shall be in full force and ef fect from and after except that portion re lating to bulk containers shall not become effective until Jan uary 1, 1969. Section VII. All Ordinances or parts of ordinances incon sistent herewith are hereby re pealed. DONE this day of , 1968. HELP WANTED—Sales Abili ty. Young single girl with pleasing telephone voice to work in office sales for mobile home manufacturer. Must be willing to travel occasionally for show promotions. Contact Alvin Whitmire for appointment, tele phone 697 - 6796. Empress Homes, Inc., Kinards, S. C. M14-3tc NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of Wilbur E. Epps deceased, are hereby noti fied to file the same, duly verified with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make pay ment likewise. FURMAN EPPS HAROLD EPPS Executors RED No.1,Newberry, S. C. March 15, 1968 Mar21-3t THE ONE YOU LOVE ... May be sick and in need of medical help because of exces sive drinking. Since 1960 Fair- view, Inc. has admitted some eleven thousand patients, 1,124 of them during 1967. We have operated a hospital program of withdrawal of alcohol and phy- . sical recovery. The charge is only $85.00, payable on admis sion, and this includes physi cian’s fees. Fairview has no charity fund for hospitalization, but if the patient desires to remain for the 30 day rehabilitation we do have aid funds for this pro gram. Phone: Ridgeway, S. C. 337- 2259 Hospital; 337-2255 Ad ministration. 14-3tc —Adv. FINAL NOTICE! County Taxes There will be a penalty of 7% added to all unpaid 1967 Taxes at the close of business APRIL 1,1968 All Taxes not paid by April 15 will go into execution with further penalties and will be placed in the hands of the Tax Collector. Please see the undersigned and ar range your Taxes and save these heavy penalties. J. RAY DAWKINS, County Treasurer