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All,<BR>
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While Sarah provided the noise ordinance, we have a much older law that is more applicable.<BR>
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Chapter 36 has to do with trash and garbage collection. Call the Code Officer with your complaints. Let Ms. Ferguson contact Crescent Cities and Jemal about their contractors' violation of the law. Call the police during the day and ask to speak to Capt. Timmons. Let him know that you will be calling when you hear the arrival of the trash truck and you expect the available officer to respond to let the driver know that he is violating the town's law <BR>
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In Chapter 36, you will find the following: Note 36-9(b).<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Helvetica">36-9. Independent or commercial collection of garbage, trash, and waste.<BR>
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(a) All garbage, trash, and waste collected by an independent or commercial agency shall be contained in a container or receptacle made of durable materials, watertight, provided with a tight cover, and shall be so constructed that the contents can be easily removed. All such containers shall be placed at the rear or rear side of the premises at all times, until readied for collection as provided in this section, except that the receptacle shall not be adjacent to a public street, if at the side shall not be immediately adjacent to residential housing, and if at the rear shall not create a nuisance and a public health hazard to the immediate residential neighborhood.<BR>
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(b) Collection of such garbage, trash and waste shall be between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.<BR>
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(c) Any waiver or variance from the aforesaid conditions, that is, location of receptacles and hours of collection, may only be granted by written permission from the Mayor and Council for good cause shown.<BR>
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(d) All special refuse containers or "dumpsters" (except those temporarily placed on a property due to construction, renovation, or rehabilitation), whether or not serviced by independent or commercial agencies, shall be screened on up to three sides by an enclosure consisting of chain link fence with woven slats, stockade-type or board-on-board fence, or other similar type screening enclosure constructed from chain link, painted or treated wood, or other materials approved by the Council, and shall be of sufficient height and type so as to block or screen the special refuse container or dumpster from street-level view. Gates in the fence or enclosure shall be kept closed whenever the special refuse container or dumpster is not being loaded or unloaded. Waiver of any or all of the requirements of this subsection may be approved by the Council upon application for special refuse containers or dumpsters that are not visible from public thorofares or which under the circumstances cannot be practically screened.<BR>
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36-15. Violations and penalties.(Repealed and replaced 5/23/97.Effective 6/12/97)<BR>
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Violations of §§ 36-2 through 36-14 of this chapter are declared to be a municipal<BR>
infractions, the penalty for which shall be fifty dollars ($50) for each initial offense and one<BR>
hundred dollars ($100) for each repeat offense, which is defined as an identical or substantially<BR>
similar violation committed within thirty (30) days after the initial offense.<BR>
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Hope this clarifies things.<BR>
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Gerry Kiernan<BR>
Ward 5<BR>
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