Ordinance 0906Ordinance No. 906
NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ALA -
MEDA MUNICIPAL CODE. BY AMEND -
ING :SUBDIVISION : (b) OF SECTION
15 -611 AND AMENDING SECTION 15-
612 THEREOF,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ALAMEDA as follows:
SECTION 1, Subdivison (b) of Section
15 -611 of the Alameda Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Garbage. The term "Garbage," when
used hereinafter, shall be applied to and be
construed. to. mean animal and vegetable
waste resulting from .the preparation, han-
dling, cooking and consumption of foods.
It is composed largely of organic matter
and its natural moisture content, The term
does not include, .within its meaning, food
processing wastes from canneries,. slaughter
houses, packing plants or similar . industries,
nor large quantities of condemned food
products. Garbage originates. primarily in
kitchens, stores, markets; restaurants, hotels
and : other places where food is stored,
cooked, or consumed.
SECTION 2. That Section 15 -612 of the
Alameda Municipal Code be, and is hereby,
amended to read as follows:
Section 15- 612. Deposit of Glass, Etc.,
Upon Street or Private Premises,.or in Sew-
er, Etc,, Prohibited. NO person shall, in the
City of Alameda, 'throw into or deposit up-
on any public street, highway or grounds,
or upon any private premises, or anywhere
except in such places as may be designated
for that purpose by the Superintendent of
Streets, or provided by ordinance, any glass,
broken ware, dirt, rubbish, broken ice,
brine, salt, garbage or .filth, or suffer or
permit the same to be deposited thereon.
No person shall empty or throw or deposit
in any cesspool or manhole or flushing hole
of any sewer any glass, broken ware, hay,
straw, dirF, rubbish, filth, butchers' offal or
blood.
(a) Garbage may be deposited into the
sewer systems through a mechanically op-
erated disposal device under the following
conditions:
. 1. The garbage disposal device. must be
attached to the sewer in accordance with
the Plumbing Code of the City and installed
in a manner satisfactory to the Plumbing
Inspector.
2. The device must be capable of grind -
ing the garbage simultaneously with a flow
of water. of not less than two (2) gallons
per minute, or in such additional quantity
as is necessary to cause the ground garbage
to flow readily through the sewer system.
The garbage shall be ground to the point
where it is capable of meeting the follow-
ing requirements:
At least 40% shall pass a No. 8 sieve.
At least 65% shall pass a No. 3 sieve.
At least 100% shall pass a 1 /2ro sieve.
Sieves shall be U. S. standard.
3. The use of garbage grinders for the
purpose of preparing garbage for deposit
into the sewer system shall be limited to:
(a) Family homes and dwelling units.
(b) Restaurants, hotels and establish -
ments where food or drink is pre -
pared and consumed on the prem-
ises.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after the
expiration of thirty . (30) days from the
date of its final passage,
WALTER V. HOWE,
Presiding Officer of the Council.
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regu-
larly adopted.and passed by the Council of
the City of Alameda in regular meeting as-
sembled on the 21st day of January, 1947,
by . the following vote, to wit:
AYES: .CounciImen Jones, Osborn, Sween-
ey and Vice President Howe, (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: President Branscheid, (1) .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the official seal
of said City this 22nd day of January, 1947,
J. P. CLARK,
City Clerk of the City of Alameda.
Publish Jan. 22, 1947.