HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2 - Protecting the Health and General Welfare of Residents by Regulating Refuse, Licensing Public Dumps - 03/13/1956 TOWN OF EDffiQ PRAIRIE
ORDNANCE NO, "2"
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH AM
GENERAL WELFARE OF RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF MEN PRAIRIE,
SIN GOUBTY S MINAESOTA, BY BEGMAT ING THE DEPOSITING
AND LEAPING OF REFUSE, RUBBISH AND THE LISE IA SAID TOWN,
THE PROHIBITION OF LEAPING OF GARBAGE AND PROVIDING FOR
THM ESTABLISHMENT, LICENSING AND REGULATING OF PUBLIC DTWS.
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE T0WN OF EDEN PRAIRI3 ORDAINS AS
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Section 1, It stall be walawfu.1 for any person to cause or permit garbage
to be deposited or left upon any street, alley, or other public 1u gkway,
or upon any land witkia the Town of Wax Paairie and/or to fall, neglect or
refuse to remove tke sane from any suck kigkway or land. Garbage small be
construed to mean orgaale refuse resraltiag from the preparation and
serving of fool, decayed and spoiled food and/or otker organic matter of
any source. That no garbage shall be deposited ix or upon any public
duap kereiaafter provided for or established.
_&-atbn ,a, That, a inept in accordance witk the provisions of tkis ordnance,
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, scatter upon or deposit,
or caass to permit to be tkrowa, scattered upon or deposited any other
rubbish, trash, reftiase, waste material or like sabstaxees upon any street,
public kigkway or upon any land in tkis town; provided, kowewer, tkat
any person occupying land owned or in kis posshasioa say place anck matter
tkereon for reasonable periods of time eo long as the same neither cons-
titutes a fire kazard nor an actionable public or private auleance,
Iect,� lon 3. That from time to time the Town Board nay designate by
resolution such land or lands as it may deem desirable or proper for use
as public dumping places wherein and whereon the matter described in
Section 2 of this ordinance say be deposited as hereinafter provided.
Any person desiring to operate a public dump upon such land may make
application in writing to the Town Board fir a license therefor. Such
application shall give t- e name and address of the applicant, a description
of the land to be used, the manner in which svxh use is supposed to be
made, and either evidence or ownership in applicant, or written permission
of the owner to so xse the land. The application ehall be accompanied by
a license fee of $100, The Town Board nays in its discretion, grant or
deny each application. All licenses shall be issued by the Town Olen
and mall a Spire on the 30th d 7 of June ne 3t following the ,granting of the >q.
same unless sooner revoked by the Town Boards
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Section 4. All such licenses shall not be transferrable a incept capon the
consent of the Town Board and all applications for the transfer of such
license sha1i be in writing and shall conform in all respects with the
provisions of this ordinance governing the filing of an original application.
Said application for a transfer is to be accompanied by a transfer fee of $ .0.00.
,Section 5w Snah licenses. when issued& nay be revoked by the Torn Board with.
out notice in the case of the conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction
of the licensee on a complaint alleging the violation of this ordinance or
alleging a violation of any ordinance of this town or of the laws of the
State of Mium sots regarding public health; and sash license may be revolted
at any time by the Town Board of this town upon a hearing providing that the
licensee shall be given at least 5 deyst written notice of said hearing and
shall have an opportunity to appear in person or by agent or attorney and
present evidence relative to the matter under consideration.
Seat_iQn,6. That upon the establishment of such public d=p under such
license the same eball be under the supervision of the Building Commissioner
of this town whose duty it sha31 be to enforce the regulations hersinaftee
set forth.
3ection,7. That all matter deposited in and on such public dumps still be
covered by the operator thereof with earth or ashes at such tines, rss often
and to the ezZent that the Building Commissioner shall from time to time
order and direca.
_$ect 8. No person *all deposit any reftse in a public dump a u:ept between
the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and no dumping shall be done on Sundays
or Holidays a=ept upon and with the permission of said Building Commissioner,,
Section 9a All deposit on a public dumcp of tin cans or other vessels capable
of holding water and all loose paper or material which can be carried by the
wind must be forthwith covered with earth or ashes.
SeatipA 10. No person shall deposit any material at such pr..blic dump likely
to cameo a fire and no fires may be made or had at or upon such public dusrp
ewcept upon a permit first obtained from the fire marshal of this town and
under his supervision and direction. That no foul or offensive odors or
dense smoke shall be allowed to escape from such fires to other property. t:
Section 11. That said fire marshall shall be paid by the operator of such
public dump for his services in granting permits for such fires and for his k
supervision and direction of the same the sun of $2.00 per hour. That in the
event the said fire n rshall shall does it necessary or desirable to call the
Town fire department to a xting%tish any such fire or to protect adjoining or
other property therefrom and the fire department shall answer much call, the
operator of such public dump shall pay the town treasurer the sum of $25.00
for each call so made by said fire department.
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ottor. U. That any person ululating any provision of this ordinaac:e shall
be gatlty of a misdemeanor an7j. shall, be punished by a fine of nolt less than
$100.J0 or by imprisonment in Ow countw jail for not longer than niaoty
90) ems'
,'W%tion 13. That ever/ provislou of Use ord asuce is doclared separable
from every other provision and if a provision be hold invalid, wtch invalid,-
f'oy shall not affeo'e any other provision.
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That this ordinance aball take effect from and after its pablica.tion.
Passe& by the Town Board of the Town of 3den Prairie this 13th day of
March, 1956.
Be JWJ=$SOlt, g
Chairman of the Toxin Board
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Published in the Hennepin County Review March 22, 1956
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That for more tk:an ode year lmmediaUly prior to the publication therein of the printed �,jpoSection
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hereto attached, said newspaper was printed and published in the English language from its known Ito em0Z' tlf0 �y
office of publication within the City of Hopkins In the County of Hennepin. State of Minnesota,
on Thursday of each week in column amd sheet form equivalent in space to 430 running inches of t awl tpwp y➢te
single column two inches wide; has been issued from a known office established in said place of f7t ,111}d
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has had ifl its makeup not legs than twenty-five per cent of its news columns devoted to local
news of Interest to said community it purports to serve, the prose work of which ban been done in
Its said known place of publication; has contained general news, comments and miscellany; has
not duplicated any other publication; has noL been entirely aside up of patents, piste matter and
advert1saments, has been circulated at and near its said place of publication to the extent of 240
copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers; has been entered as second class mall matter in
the local post office of its said place of publlcatioa; that there has been. on file in the office of
she County Auditor of said county the affidavit of a person having first hand knowledge of the Y
facts constituting Its qualification as a newspaper for publication of legal notices; and that its "
publiahers have compiled with all demands of said County Auditor for proofs of its said qualm-
cation.
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kiargaret E. �bllg_WljPuhUc, Hennepin County Minn.
My commission expires Jun 13, 1962