Ordinance 504
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AN ORDINANCE OF rrHE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 428 RELATING
TO THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE IN THE CITY OF GILROY AND
REPEALING ORDINANCE NOo 429 FIXING THE RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND ESTABLISHING NEW RATES TO BE CHARGED BY THE
GARR\GE COLLECTOR.
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THE COM}10N COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DO~S ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 13 of Ordinance No. 428 of the City of
Gilroy is hereby amended to read as follows:
PRICES TO BE CHARGED FOR COLLECTING GARBAGE AND RUBBISH:
It shall be unla~ful for any garbage collector to charge
any person, as herein defined, any sum of money for the hauling and
collection of any garbage or rubbish in the City of Gilroy in excess of
the following prices:
.EQli GARBAGE AND RUBBISH AI ~ COLLECTION:
Three cubic feet or less:
One collection weekly. 0 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . .$ 090 per month
Two collections weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . 1.50 per month
COllections"daily.. . ~., . . . . . . 0 . . . 0 . 0 3.60 per month
FOR EACH CUBIC FOOT OF GARBAGE AND RUBBISH IN EXCESS OF THREE
CUBIC FEET:
10~ per cubic foot additional for one collection weekly
lO~ per cubic foot additional for two collections weekly
5~ per cubic foot additional for collections daily
EQB RUBBISH COLLECTION ONLY
One barrel or 75 pounds or less:
One collection weekly . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Two collections weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Three collections weekly .. . . . 0 . . 0 . . .
Collections daily . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . .
$ .65 per month
1.15 per month
1.60 per month
2.50 per month
One-half load (one full load equals 2t cubic yards)
One collection weekly . . . 0
Two collections weekly . . .
Three collections weekly. . .
Collections daily 0 . . . . .
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. . . . . . . $5.00 per month
. . . . . .. 6.50 per month
. . . . . .. 8.00 per month
. . . . . . . 12.00 per month
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Collection from 55 gallon incinerator $1.00 per collection
Collection from 35 gallon or less incinerator - 50~ per collection
As used in this ordinance a barrel shall mean 35 gallons and shall
be equivalent to 75 pounds.
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Da~ly collections for the purpose of this ordinance meaa
collections daily except Sundays and HOlidays.
One full load (Not to exceed 2t cubic yards) at anytime $3.50.
Where garbage is kept upstairs at apartment houses and rooming
houses, an extra charge of fifty (50~) cents per month shall be made.
Where rubbish is so placed as to make it difficult of access
and requiring additional time for its removal and collection, an extra
charge shall be made at the rate of One ($1.00) Dollar per hour.
SECTION 2. Section 2 of said ordinance Noo 428 of the City of
Gilroy shall be amended to read as follows:
DEFINITION QE TERMS.
(A) For the purpose of this ordinance the fOllowing words shall
be defined as hereinafter set forth, to-wit:
PERSON is hereby defined to mean human beings, corporations,
partnerships, and associations of person.
REFUSE is hereby defined to mean and include debris, garbage,
and rubbish as hereinafter defined; discarded or abandoned used clothing,
bedding, mattresses, carpets, linoleum or oil cloth, sweepings or cleanings
from buildings, yards, lawns or gardens; used and discarded empty bottles,
tin cans, or containers; broken crockery and glassware; old, discarded or
abandoned metals, wirls, packing or wrapp;ng materials including paper,
ashes, or broken bDcks, or any other discarded, abandoned or useless matter
which, by its presence or accumulation may injuriously affect the health,
comfort, safety or convenience of any portion of the community by increasing
the danger of disease, injury or damage to person or property or hazard by
fire; and shall include all other organic or inorganic matter rejected,even
if it has salvage value, abandoned or discarded by the owners or producers
thereof as useless or offensive.
GARBAGE is hereby defined to mean all kitchen and table leavings
or waste, offal, swill, and all discarded accumulations of animal, vegetable 1
or other matter resulting from the preparation or consumption of food or
food-stuffs, or the storage of, or business of dealing in, any of the same;
also abandoned dead animals.
RUBBISH is hereby defined to mean all classes of combustible refuseo
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SECTION 30 Ordinance No. 429 of the City of Gilroy is hereby
repealedo
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
ADOPTED AND
passage and approvalo
PASSED this :l-'f. day Of~ 19'&, by the.
from and after its
following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen Pate,Rush,Kennedy,Gallo,White,Ronald
NOES:
Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
Approved:
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Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
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