Chapter 5.92
GARBAGE REMOVAL—SCAVENGERS
Sections:
5.92.010 City scavenger defined.
5.92.020 License or permit required.
5.92.060 Conveying contents of cesspools, etc.
5.92.090 Rates for city scavengers.
5.92.100 Advance compensation.
5.92.110 Owner’s duty to keep clean.
5.92.010 City scavenger defined.
Any person, company or corporation engaged in the business of city scavenger for the purpose of removing the contents of privy vaults, cesspools, sinks or private drains, and of removing garbage, offal, swill, ashes and other house refuse, and every person, company or corporation engaged in said business shall be deemed a “city scavenger” within the meaning of this section. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 1, 1974)
5.92.020 License or permit required.
No person, company or corporation shall, within the city, engage in the business of city scavenger without having first obtained a license therefor in the manner provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the owner or occupant of any premises upon which is situated any privy vault, sink, cesspool or drain, or upon which there may be any garbage, offal, swill, ashes or other house refuse, may be permitted to do so upon a written permit therefor, first had and obtained from the Snohomish health district, and then only in such manner as the health district may in said permit direct. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 2, 1974)
5.92.030 Bond.
Applications shall be accompanied with a good and sufficient bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned that said applicant will faithfully comply with the provisions of any and all ordinances of the city then existing or that may thereafter be enacted touching such business, and will also comply with and obey all orders, directions and regulations of the Snohomish County health district. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 3, 1974)
5.92.040 License fee.
The license fee to be paid by any such person, company or corporation for a license to engage in the business aforesaid, is fixed at the sum of one hundred dollars per year, to be paid annually in advance. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 4, 1974)
5.92.050 Manner of work.
The cleaning, emptying and removal of the contents of any privy vault, sink, cesspool or private drain shall be done in an inoffensive manner and any such scavenger having begun such scavenger work, shall without interruption or delay, finish the same, and shall in every instance leave the privy in as good condition, upon the vault, as when the work was undertaken. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 5, 1974)
5.92.060 Conveying contents of cesspools, etc.
The contents of any privy vaults, sinks, cesspools and private drains so removed by any scavenger shall be conveyed in airtight tanks or vessels to such place and in such manner as the health officer may direct. Such tanks or vessels shall be kept clean and inoffensive when not in actual use. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 6, 1974)
5.92.070 Permit required.
No licensed person, company or corporation shall within the city, move or cause to be removed, the contents of any privy vault, sink, cesspool or private drain without a permit first had and obtained from the health officer of the Snohomish health district. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 7, 1974)
5.92.080 Hours of work.
No scavenger shall engage in the work of removing the contents of any privy vault, except between the hours of ten p.m. and five a.m. or conveying any garbage, refuse or others materials for which a scavenger license or permit is required on Hewitt Avenue or within one block of Hewitt Avenue in city between the hours of nine a.m. and seven p.m. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 8, 1974)
5.92.090 Rates for city scavengers.
A. The city scavenger shall receive no compensation from the city for any services performed for any person, firm or corporation other than the city. Such compensation shall be collected by them from the person or persons, firm or corporation for whom the work shall have been performed.
B. The schedule of charges to be made by the city scavenger shall be as set by resolution of the city council.
C. All payments for such services shall be in advance.
D. Charges made for services performed for which no charge is expressly provided in this chapter shall be reasonable and any person claiming an unreasonable charge for such services shall have the right to complain in writing to the city council as to such charges, and the city council shall have the right to fix a reasonable charge for such services and when so fixed such determination by the city council as to such charges shall be final. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 9, 1974)
5.92.100 Advance compensation.
City scavengers may demand and receive their compensation if so demanded and received in advance, except in the case of removing the contents of house receptacles by the month, the work for the same must be completed within twenty-four hours after such receipt. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 10, 1974)
5.92.110 Owner’s duty to keep clean.
It is the duty of every owner or occupant of premises in said city to have the same cleaned of all garbage, refuse and other such material whenever deemed necessary by the health officer. (Ord. 295-74 Ch. 23 § 11, 1974)