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BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the
County of Inverness that By-law No. 18, Garbage Collection, be
repealed and re-enacted as follows:
1.
In this By-law:
BY-LAW 16
GARBAGE COLLECTION
(1) " Combustible" means capable of being consumed by
fire;
(2) "Garbage" includes filth and ordure;
(3) "Incombustible" means incapable of being consumed by
fire and, without restricting the generality of the
foregoing, includes tin cans and other metallic
objects, and bottles and other objects of glass,
crockery or similar materials;
(4) "Wet garbage" means wet combustible material and also
material of animal or vegetable nature such as table
scrapings, fruit or vegetable peelings and fresh
grass, but does not include anything of fluid
consistency;
(5) "Container" means garbage bag no larger than 30" by
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2.
No person shall engage in the business of removing and
collecting garbage, or similar material within the
Municipality unless he/she holds from the Municipality a
license-for that purpose which is in force.
3.
(a) For the purpose of collecting garbage or similar
material hereinbefore defined, the Council shall divide,
the Municipality of Inverness into sections and shall upon
designated days of the week, collect or cause to be
collected, from such sections the accumulation of garbage
or other similar materials placed for collection
hereinafter provided. The Council may change the
boundaries of such sections from time to time and shall
give such public notice of the said boundaries as it may
determine to be sufficient.
(b) For the purpose of garbage collection as outlined in
sub-section (a) above, the Municipality of Inverness shall
be divided into the following districts:
(1)
Pleasant Bay and adjacent area.
(ii)
Cheticamp and adjacent area.
(iii)
Inverness and adjacent area.
(iv)
Port Hastings, Judique, Whycocomagh and
the intervening areas.
4.
Every application for a license under this byilaw shall be
made in writing, in duplicate, on a form provided
therefore by the Municipality and signed by the person
applying therefore.
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5.
A license issued under this by-law shall
be valid until
the first day of April followings the date of its issue,
unless sooner revoked or suspended, and upon application
it shall be renewed by the Council on payment of the
required license fee, except when provisions of this
by-law have been violated by the applicant.
6.
Every application for a license whether new or renewal
shall contain the following information concerning the
applicant:
(a) His/her name in full and address.
(b) The provincial registration number of any vehicles to
be used by him/her in his/her business.
(c) The collection area of the Municipality in which
he/she intends to carry on his/her business.
(d) The location of any place of deposit intended to be
used by him/her and shall be accompanied by the license
fee. If a person licensed uses any vehicle different from
that mentioned in the license, he/she shall report this to
the Munic~pal Clerk within ten (10) days thereafter.
7.
If there is not already a licensed garbage collector for
the collection area of the Municipality mentioned in the
application form, or for part thereof, the Council shall
issue a license on receipt of the following:
(a) A completed application form.
(b) The required license fee.
(c) The approval of the place of deposit mentioned in
the-application, by the local Board of Health of
the Municipality within whose jurisdiction the place
is situated.
8.
The fee for such a license shall be Fifty ($50.00) Dollars
per annum. The fee shall be the same for part only of a
year as for a year, except that the fee for a license for
a period of less than six months shall be one-half the
annual fee.
9.
The fee for garbage collection shall be based on an
assessment basis and charged against each ratepayer of the
Municipality.
10.
A garbage collector shall collect all garbage for the area
specified in his/her license not less than once each week,
on a day determined by the Municipality and of which notice
shall be given to the householders in his/her district
either by newspapers or other media, provided that the
garbage is properly packed in garbage bags no larger than
30" by 37" and placed at the location as required by these
by-laws.
11.
The collection area in which the licensee is licensed to
collect garbage shall be specified on his/herAlicense.
12.
No person being the owner or operator of any vehicle used
in the collection of garbage shall permit such a vehicle
to remain parked on any Municipal Streets when not
actually in use.
13.
Every vehicle used in the collection of garbage shall be
so sufficient to prevent any of the contents of the
vehicle from falling out of or otherwise being spilled or
scattered from the vehicle while in motion.
14.
A license issued under this by-law may be suspended or
revoked by the Council if the licensee fails to carry on
his/her business in accordance with the terms of this
by-law or carries on such business in a manner so as to
be a nuisance to all or any part of the public.
15.
All cardboard boxes or cartons shall be flattened out
and they and newspapers shall be securely tied into neat
packages and bundles, and need not be placed in a
container.
16.
A package of papers or a container containing garbage to
be collected shall be placed readily accessible to the
collector within ten feet of the curb on the street
where the garbage is to be collected and if upon a side-
walk then in such a position as to interfere as little
as reasonable possible with pedestrian traffic. It shall
not be placed on or near the sidewalk earlier than nine
o'clock in the evening of the day preceding the
collection.
17.
If for any reason garbage is not removed on the day
provided for collection, it shall be removed from the
sidewalk by the householder not later than midnight on
the day on which the garbage should have been collected.
18.
Every occupant of property in the Municipality shall have
all garbage removed from his/her premises at least once each
week. If there is no occupant, then the owner shall do so.
19.
A garbage collector is not required to remove more than
four garbage bags of garbage with a combined weight of
seventy five (75) pounds.
20.
A garbage collector is not required to remove the contents
of a container if the contents or part thereof is of a
fluid consistency.
21.
A garbage collector shall not deposit garbage at any place
of deposit other than that specified in his/her application
unless in an alternative place directed by the Council.
22.
It is an offence for any person to put garbage in a
container in a way other than provided by this by-law.
23.
No person shall throw any dirt, filth or rubbish on any
street, road, land or highway in the Municipality.
24.
Wrecked or derelict motor vehicles, bodies or parts, dead
animals, garden refuse and waste and broken or discarded
household furniture or furnishings shall not be included
with garbage or similar materials for the weekly
collection, but shall be deposited by the ow~er at
his/her own expense, in a place of disposal designated by
the Council.
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25.
Waste material or rubbish left by any contractor or by the
owner of any premises following construction, alteration
or repairing of any building shall be removed by such
contractors as promptly as possible and will not be
collected by the Municipality.
26.
Every person who violates or fails to comply with any of
the provisions of this by-law shall be liable on
conviction to a penalty not exceeding One Hundred ($100)
Dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding ten (10) days.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the foregoing
bylaw is a true copy of a bylaw duly
passed at a duly'called meeting of the
Municipal Council of the Municipality
of the County of Inverness duly held
on the 11th day of July A.O., 1994.