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ORDINANCE NQ, 1660
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<br />AN QRDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1310, PASSED BY THE
<br />CITY COUNCIL ON THE 14TH DAY QF DECEMBER, 1953, AND QRDINANCE
<br />NO. 1591, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 18TH DAY OF JUNE,
<br />1962; PRQHIBITING LITTERING OF THE STREETS OR PREMISES OF AN-
<br />OTHER; PROVIDING FQR A PENALTY THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR A
<br />PERMIT FQR EACH PERSQN HAULING GARBAGE, LITTER, OR REFUSE,
<br />FOR HIRE, AND DEFINING THE TYPE OF VEHICLE REQUIRED TO BE
<br />USED IN SUCH HAULING; PROVIDING FOR EACH VEHTtiCLE TO BE KEPT
<br />COVERED IN MOVING FROM HQUSE TO HOUSE; PROVIDING FOR A MIS-
<br />DEMEANOR FOR EACH VIQLATI4N; PROVIDING FOR THE CANCELL,ATION
<br />OF THE REQUIRED PERMIT; DEFINING LITTERp REFUSE, AND GARBAGE;
<br />REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
<br />THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
<br />Section 1, It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, or cor-
<br />poration, their agents or employees, to knowingly, willfully, negligently, or
<br />carelessly throw, deposit, place, tast, scatter, dump, pile, leave or lay any
<br />litter upon any public street or upon any premises belonging to another person,
<br />or to permit any litter to blow from any vehicle on any street, sidewalk, or the
<br />premises of another person.
<br />Section 2, Litter, as defined herein, shall mean any filth, garbage,
<br />ashes, paper, boxes, tacks, glass, wire, bottles, trash, and refuse.
<br />Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation,
<br />their agents or employees, to pick up, haul, or remove from any premises,
<br />any garbage or refuse, for hire, as garbage is defined in 5ection 4 of
<br />Ordinance Noo 1310, and as refuse is defined in Section 5 of Ordinance No.
<br />1310, without fir st having applied to the City Engineer of the City of Paris
<br />and received a permit from the City Engineer for such operation.
<br />Section 4. That no person, firm, or corporation, their agents or em-
<br />ployees, shall be granted a permit to use any vehicle in said operation that
<br />does not have a solid bottom, solid sides, and is equipped with a top, con-
<br />structed of either wood or metal, and in sections so that the same may be
<br />easily opened and closed when picking up garbage or refuse, or a standard
<br />packer type vehicle designed for such services.
<br />Section 5, That no person, firm, or corporation, their agents or em-
<br />ployees, shall move such vehicle from house to house while picking up gar-
<br />bage, litter, or refuse, or shall move said vehicle upon the streets of the
<br />City of Paris, or sha11 move said vehicle to and from the Sanitary Land Fill,
<br />without the cover being closed to eliminate blowing of trash, litter, and
<br />rubbish, nor shall they move a packer type truck from such place to place
<br />without the contents thereof being compacted.
<br />Section 6. That each time said vehicle is moved from one house to
<br />another house while picking up or hauling trash, garbage, or rubbish upon
<br />the city streets, or moved to and from the Sanitary Land Fill, without all of
<br />said top being closed, shall be a misdemeanor, and shall constitute a separate
<br />offens e.
<br />Section 7. That any person, firm, or corporation, its agents or em-
<br />ployees, who violate any section of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of
<br />a misdemeanor, and the penalty therefor shall be a fine not to exceed Two
<br />Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
<br />Section 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
<br />are hereby repealed.
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