560 TOWN OF TAOS
ORDINANCES
Y / 970
NUTNIBER .
, e cur in IenRth or n6t
1lVVr F .,, lie
c11 feel and tied In bun.
+lies Ent t,scredili ion (L'+ feet
Io rilametrr or fifty,
00) pounds
i ,+cl^ht
SECTION R. rrnm and after the
(late of this ordinance, the Toti n
o' Tans. ns dllIV a tit hmrized .. .
�r lit ha,r then P j•Iuslvreright, I
rather and collect refuse %•ithln
%ald Town and It $11,111 he unlAC,-
ful fnr Anv other Persnn In rnl-
lrcf or Ct+I her refuse w,thio said
T^%n.
It shall further be re0ulrrd
from and After the date of this
Ordinance that all Mrsnns In the
Tot 11 or Tans use the refuse vol.
lecilon system provided M' the
Town or Its designee. Tills sec.
lion shall 1101 apply in an), per-
snn hnuling clean sawdust. ma-
nure for frrtllizer or wastes from
building nnt,rallons: rock, %asterrAn h1111d11R mnterials. or othcr
j Isrash
resulting from rnmir•urtinn
nr• mnjOr remndeling. if tilt, same
he hauled In a sanitary manner•
and under reasonable regulations.
fixed ho the To%•n.
el, ef us nalli c rolle tc rmovedand dbs is such sa nahenecdleslyoffenle and filty
In relation In nny person, plac•r•
hllldinc premises or highway. it
shall be unla,+•fui fm• an coller.
Ior in usr cart, truck ,chino
for tilt, conveyance of refuse of
run}' kind. nr any offensive or ilt-
smellinq matter, unless the r•nrt,
truck or vehicle Is staunch, ti-lit
and sn rnnatructed as to wholiv
revcnt le"Ifgc m' smell, or un-
eas the cart, trunk Or vehicle Is
Iprovided with enver securely fast-
coed Over the top thereof, and be
so constructed as to prevent the l
deposit of wrh refuse, or any por•-I
Lion ;hereof. to or upon the i
streets through %hich the cart,I,
tril-k or vehicle may be driven.
Every cart, truck or vehicle used
by any coliertor shall be kept;
clean and In good condition-
SI C'CiUI: 10. That for the pur-
pose of defraying the expense of
providing a refuse collection ser-
vice. there is hereby assessed
against every person owning.uper-
ating or controlling any house,
residence• shop establishment. It()-
let. restaurant, market,
apartment, tenwit. house Or nther
place of business, refuse cullec-
tlun fees as they shall be ap-
proved by the Town of Taos,
whether alone or In conjunction
with others, and as they shall be
In effect At any given time. Such
fee or fees shnll he payable at,
a place and lime dehetherenlone
the •Town Of Tans,
or- in conjunction with others.
SI;CTIUIC 11. Every person who
shall violate any section of this
Crrdinanc•c, upon conviction there-
Of. shr+ll he punished by a fine,'
as fullu%s:
lot less than 35.00, nor more
than 310.011 for the first uftense;
Not less than Slo.00. nor more
than 3'-"J.UU for the second of-
fense: and
\nt less than $20.00, nor more
than 35U.00 for each subsequent
ofrt,nse: 0r.
13y imprisonment in the To%n,
sail, not exceeding ten days. or'
uy both such fine and imprison-
ment.
li,cry per>on in %hose name A
colicetlon fee shall be past due
shall fill y a penalty rot' each
month lhal Is past due equal tn'
the :,nioutil that. is past due. A,
cnlrction rep shall he past due 15.
days after the billing date for that:
fee
SECr10X 12. The Town Police
Magistrate snall not have the
power to suspend any of the fines'
provided fur by this ordinance
SFCTIUX 13. It any provisional
or this ordinance sh,1ll he held In-1
valid for any reason, the remain-
ing prnvisinns of this ordinance,
shall remain In lull force and et-I
feel.
SECTION 14. All ordinance or
parts of ordinances in conflict)
herewith Are hereby repealed.
APPROVED. PASSED AND
ADOPTED. IMF Sth day Of June,
19'0,
SEA 1.)
Iturnaldo S. Garcia
\i A%*Mt
ATTEST:
Dolores P. laas
To%'rt Clerk
f l,crat Ku. 1211, Pub, June 1R,
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ORINANCI. NO. 11gY
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING Affidavit of Publication
FOR AND •REGULATING THE
COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF
REFUSE; •VESTING ; IN THE
TOWN OF'TAOS OR ITS DESIG-
NEE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO
GATHER AND "COLLECT: REF- 53,
USE W SAID TOWN; AS-
SESSI AND CO G THE Coun of Taos
FEES;THI;RLF()R;' R VIDING County
PENALTIES' FOR,THE VIOLA-
TION-HEREOF-AND iT - E. Pee 1 e r
FOR'FAIL- I. .........................................»..................».•..e....»....»................»..»»....»»..»..... .»..»..».....». »». »..»..,
URE TO PAY FEES; AND RE-
CnNFLICT ALL EREWITHANCES IN being first duly sworn, declare and say that I am the (Business Manager) (Editor) of the
HE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TAOS. NEW MEXICO: .....Ta4S....]1 xa.wr........._.................................................................. a weekly newspaper,
SECTION I. The entorctment of
a general system of refuse collet- published in the English Language, and having a general circulation in the City and County
lion is hereby declared to be
necessary for the health and vet- of Taos, State of New Mexico, and being a newspaper duly qualified to publish legal notices
tare of the community. p
SECTION Z. Person defined. and advertisements under the provisions of Chapter 167 of the Session Laws of 1937; that the
The word "person" as used In publication, a copy of which is hereto attached, was published in said paper once each week
this ordinance shall include every
Perron, agency, firm or corpora-
tion owning, operating or control-
, Iing any house, residence, shop, for............PPP.....................consecutive weeks, and on the same day of each week in the regular
establishment, hotel, restaurant,
market, office, apartment or ten-t issue of the paper during the time of publication, and that the notice was published in the
ant house or any place of busi-
ness within the corporate limits
of the Town of Taos.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of newspaper proper, and not in any supplement, once each week for......Q R P........................weeks
this ordinance the word "refuse"
as used herein, shall Include any
and all rejected or waste food, of- consecutively, the first publication being on the..........1.8.........day of.............4h ire.............................
fal, swill, carrion, ashes, waste
paper, trash, rubbish and waste
or unwholesome materials of 19...70,and the last publication on the........18..........day of........�1.une. 19.... .0;
ever kind and character. """"""""'"""""""''
Orsoccupying anyobuilding,olot�o that payment for said advertisement has been (duly made) or (assessed as court costs); that
sfeEe Town o aiufrallow o mit t remn the undersigned has personal knowledge of the ma s and things set forth in this affidavit.
upon said lot or premises any ref-
use except during Intervals be-
tween regular collections as here-
inafter provided. No person shall
transferor alspose of refuse In _»... ......»....» ..»».».......... .. ..... ............................................................
any manner other Than as pre-
scribed In this ordinance; It shall
be unlawful to deposit any such
refuse on the public streets, al-
leys or public ways except In prop-per,_ __ _ �. Subscribed and sworn to before me this.........$..................................
er receptacles or to deposit It up-
on vacant lots in or out of re-
ceptacles with Intent to avoid its 1 .54 7!1
collection under the terms here-Taz 8---- ----- day of...................SE'zt.eL'her...............................A.D., 19.,. »
of.
SECTION S. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to burn any 0W t__25 .7�4 1
refuse or waste matter within the
Town. .............t....». ........................................................................................................
SECTION 6. Every owner or oe- Notary Public
cupant of any premises where
I refuse Is created or accumulated
shall provide upon such premises, My commission expires
In a suitable place, one or more
galvanized garbage receptacles of ,b I ly 16, C)ry 1
not greater than thirty (30) gal-
lons capacity each, with tight fit- »»........ .c.» ::'::_ .,. ,,, ». »....................................................
ting covers therefor, In sufficient '
numbers for receiving and hold- ,
Ing all refuse created uppon such
Premises between the times of
collection and removal.
SECTION 7. All xarbage re-
ceptacles shall be kept fn a clean
and Rood condition by the owner
or person using same and such
receptacles shall at all times be
located in such places as to be
readily accessible for removing
and emptying the same, but shall
not be placM within the limits of
any street or alley within the cor-,
porate limits of the said Town.
No cardboard, corrigated pa-
per, fiber or wooden boxes, cas-
es, tuba, barrels or other contain..
ers having a cubic capacity
equivalent to ten (10) fluid gal-
lons or more, shell be put out
for removal, as refuse for collec-
tion as such in said Town, with-
out first being broken up and col-
lapsed as flat as possible and tied
in bundles, and no such bundle
shall exceed fifty (50) pounds In
weight, or exceed four (4) feet In
length; provided further that tree
Urn a or other vegetation of any
kind shall be out fn length of not
over four (4) feet and tied In bun-
dles not exceedtn[ two.(2) teat
In,diameter or tilt'. (00) pounds
In weight.S x ON g. 1!rota and atter the
date o[ this ordinance, the Town
of Taos, its duly authorized
r�er rrruri r
rll fern length
And lied h dIII bun
dies not e1.credinz fwn e,;1, feel
In diameter or fifty 1501 pounds
in ttr1g111.
SECTiON R. Frnm And After. Ihr
dale of this ordinance, the Town
o' Taos. Its duly Authorized .
ar�nts. 1,01*uanis, nr empingrrs
%ui,it ha%r Ihr l,>;rlUSlvr i'Igltt in
rather* And rnllrrt rrruac tr•Ilhln
`aicl 'rnv•n And it $hall he unlatt.
ful for anv other person to (.W.
Irv•1 or cWher refuse within said
Tmtn. it shall further be rrquh-ed
ream and After the dale of this
nrdlnanre front Ail Peraont in the
7'oun or Tangy Use the refuse rot•
Irr.•tlon system provided M• till,
Tnu•n or its designee. This sec_
Itnn shall not apply In Any per.
lcnn hauling r•lean sawdust. mn-
nure for fer•liilzer or wastes from
building operations: rork, tt asl6
srron hullrihrg materials, or other
trash rescilting from r•nns/rUrllnn'
or major rentndOing. if the same
Ire hauled In a sanitary manner
and Under reasonable regulatlons
fixed ht• the Tmcn.
NEC'T)ON 0. All refuse shall he
rodleeted, rrmnvcrl and dIs-
reneedlesclys
� S offensive nand aftithy
In relatinn In any person. plal,e,
birlidln; premise., or highwav. it
Shall be unlawful for any enller-
for .to use enrt. Iruak nr vehicle
for the cooucyancio of refuse of
any kind. nr any offensive or Ill.
smclling matter', unless the f-ort.
trur•k or vehicle Is staunch. tlThl
And sn ennsiructerl As In 1t'11011y
•prevent Iral:age or smell• nr un-
less the cart, truck or vehicle Is
Iprtwiderf with coyer securely fast-
ened over the top thereof, and be
so constructed as to prevent el
deposit of snnh refuse, or any poi-,
lion thereof. in or upod lhl':I
streets through 1e,hich tie car t,lr
truck or vehicle may be driven.
Every cart. truck or vehicle 4sed'
by any collector shall be kept,
clean and in good condition-
SECI'IC):: 1u. 'That for the pur-,
pose of defraying the expense of
Providing a refuse c•nllectian scr-
ylcc. there Is herchy Assessed
against every person ci vning. uper-,
ating or controlling any house•
residence, shop establishment• hn-
1c1, restaurant, market, office•
a prartment, tenant house or nther
ace of business, refuse rullec-.
proved ebya 1e
theTow shall s
of a Tao ,'
whether alone or In conjunction
,,•till others. And As they shall be i
In effect at any given time. Such
fee nr fres shall he payable, at.
A place and time dehe rimed by
,hi, Town of Tans,
or nt conjunction with others.
SI'.CTiON 11. Every person %%hit
Shall ululate Any sertion of this
[ndn,ance, upon convictinn there.
of• shall he punished by a fine,'
a% rullotks:
,:nt less than 35.M1, nnr mur(I
than Fln.00 for lice first offense:
::ot less than t1o•tih, nor more
Phan 52U.UU for the second of-
fense: and
Sol less than t2f).Oo, nor more
than ,55o.00 for each subsequent
ofrense; or.
11y imprisonment in the To1,n
jail, not exceeding icn days. or
by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
K1 cry per>nn in whose name a
roll,elan ref shall be past due
strait p;,' a penally for each
Month that is past due equal to'
the amount that. Is Pasl due. A
rnllerlinn fir shalt he Past clue 13,
days after the billing date for that'
fey
bLC-rim 12. The Town Poiice
Magistrate snail not have the l
pmlcr to suspend any of the ftnes'
provided for by Ihls ordinAnce. i
SECTION 13. If any pinvislons(
nr lhis ordinance shall be held in-1
valid for any reason, the remain-,
ing prnvistnns of this ordinance l
shall remain In full force and of-�
fret.
.SEC-Tlnl: 14. All ordinance nrl
parts for rn'dinanves in conflict i
herewith err hereby repeated.
APPROVED. PASSED AND,
ADOPTED, this Rth day of June.
1(I-,(I. i
i FEA 1.)
I;um:rlfln c- Gar<la
.MAYOR
1'r"rEsT.
Potores It )lass
Town t•lerlt
(legal N(i. ] ']1, Pub. June I9,1
i
TOWN OF TAOS, TAOS, NEW ==
=
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Taos Town Council of the Town of Taos,
New Mexico, at a regular public meeting '-eld at 7:30 P.M. , on Wednesday,
July 133 1977, at the Taos Town Hall, Armory Street, Taos, New Mexico,
adopted -nd passed the following Amendment to Ordinance No. 560 to in-
clude the following paragraph:
Every owner or occupant of any premises, be it public
residential, or commercial, shall provide properly constructed
refuse container racks to prevent spillage of garbage cans
or secure said cans in such a manner so that animals cannot
tip said cans over.
The effective date of this Ordinance shall be sixty (60) days from
July 13, 1977•
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of July, 1977.
MAYO$
ATTEST:
TOWN CLERK
t
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ORDINANCE NO. -560
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND REGULATING
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE;
NESTING IN THE TOWN OF TAOS OR ITS DESIGNEE
THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO GATHER AND COLLECT
REFUSE WITHIN SAID TOWN; ASSESSING AND
COLLECTING THE FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF AND FOR
FAILURE TO PAY FEES; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINMT",ES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO:
SECTION L. The enforcement of a general system of refuse
collection js hereby declared to be necessary for the health and wel-
fare of the community.
SECTION 2. Person defined. The word "person" as used in
this ordinance shall include every person, agency, firm or corpora-
tion owning, operating or controlling any house, residence, shop,
establishment, hotel, restaurant, market, office, apartment or
tenant house or any place of business within the corporate limits
of the Town of Taos.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of this ordinance the word
"refuse" as used herein, small include any and all rejected or
waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, waste paper, trash,
rubbish and waste or unwholesome materials of every kind and
character.
SECTION 4. No person owning or occupying any building, lot
or premise :.n the Town ,of Taos shall suffer, allow or permit to
remain upon said lot or premises any refuse except during inter-
vals between regular collections as hereinafter provided. No
person shall transfer or dispose of refuse in any manner other
than as prescribed in this ordinance; it shall be unlawful to
deposit any- such refuse on the public streets, alleys or public
ways except in proper receptacles or to deposit it upon vacant
lots in or out of receptacles with intent to avoid its collection
%order the terms hereof.
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SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any
refuse or waste matter within the Town
SECTION 6. Every owner or occupant of any premises where re-
fuse is created or accumulated shall provide upon such premises,
in a suitable place, one or more galvanized garbage receptacles
of not greater than thirty (30) gallons capacity each, with
tight fitting covers therefor, in sufficient numbers for receiving
and holding all refuse created upon such premises between the times
of collection and removal.
SECTION 7. All garbage receptacles shall be kept in a clean
and good condition by the owner or person using same and such
receptacles shall at all times be located in such places as to
be readily accessible for removing and emptying the same, but
shall not be placed within the limits of any street or alley
within the corporate limits of the said Town.
No cardboard, corrigated paper, fiber or wooden boxes, cases,
tubs, barrels or other containers having " cubic capacity equivalent
to ten (10) fluid gallons or more, shall be put out for removal,
as refuse for collection as such in said Town, without first being
broken up and collapsed as flat as possible and tied in bundles,
and no such bundle shall exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight, or
exceeC four (4) feet in length; provided further that tree limbs
or other vegetation of any kind shall be cut in length of not
over four (4) feet and tied in bundles not exceeding two (2)
feet in diameter or fifty (50) pounds in weight.
SECTION 8. From and after the date of this ordinance, the
Town of Taos, its duly authorized agents , servants, or employees
shall have the exclusive right to gather and collect refuse
within said Town and it shall be unlawful for any other person
to collect or gather refuse within said Town. It shall further
be required from and after the date of this ordinance that all
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persons in the Town of Taos use the refuse collection system
provided by the Town or its designee. This section shall not
apply to any person hauling clean sawdust, manure for fertilizer
or wastes from building operations; rock, waste, scrap building
materials, or other trash resulting from construction or major
remodeling, if the same be hauled in a sanitary manner and
under reasonable regulations fixed by the Town.
SECTION 9. All refuse shall be collected, removed and disposed
of in such manner as not be needlessly offensive and filthy in
relation to any person, place, building premises or highway. It
shall be unlawful for any collector to use cart, truck or vehicle
for the conveyance of refuse of any kind, or any offensive or ill
smelling matter, unless the cart, truck or vehicle is staunch, tight
and so constructed as to wholly prevent leakage or smell, or
unless the cart, truck or vehicle is provided with cover securely
fastened over tb- pop thereof, and be so constructed as to prevent
the deposit of such, refuse, or any portion thereof, in or upon
the streets through which the cart, truck or vehicle may be
driven. Every cart, truck or vehicle used by any collector shall
be kept clean and in good condition-
SECTION 10. That for the purpose of defraying the expense of
providing a refuse collection service, there is hereby assessed
against every person owning, operating or controlling any house,
residence, shop establishment, hotel, restaurant, market, office,
apartment, tenant house or other place of business , refuse collection
fees as they shall be approved by the Town of Taos, whether alone
or in 'conjunction with others, and as they shall be in effect at
any given time. Such fee or fees shall be payable at a place and
time determined by the Town of Taos, whether alone or in conjunction
with others.
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SECTION 11. Every person who shall violate any section of
this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine, as follows:
Not less than $5.00, nor more than $10.00 for the
first offense;
Not less than $10.00, nor more than $20.00 for the
second offense; and
Not less than $20.00, nor more than $50.00 for each
subsequent offense; or,
By imprisonment in the Town jail, not exceeding ten
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Every person in whose name a collection fee shall be past due shall
pay a penalty for each month that is past due equal to the amount
that is past due. A collection fee shall be past due 15 days
after the billing date for that fee.
SECTION 12. The Town Police Magistrate shall not have the
power tom suspend any of the fines provided for by this ordinance. i
SECTION 13. 'If any provisions of this ordinance shall be held
invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions of this ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 14. All ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 8th day of June, 1970.
(SEAL)
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Towri'Clerk
i
(Affidavit of Publication attached next page)
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ORDINANCE NO. 560
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND REGULATING
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE;
VESTING IN THE TOWN OF TAOS OR ITS DESIGNEE
THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO GATHER AND COLLECT
REFUSE WITHIN SAID TOWN; ASSESSING AND
COLLECTING THE FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF AND FOR
FAILURE TO PAY FEES; AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. The enforcement of a general system of refuse
collection is hereby declared to be necessary for the health and wel-
fare of the community.
SECTION 2. Person defined. The word "person" as used in
this ordinance shall include every person, agency, firm or corpora-
tion owning, operating or controlling any house, residence, shop,
establishment, hotel, restaurant, market, office, apartment or
tenant house or any place of business within the corporate limits
of the Town of Taos.
SECTION 3. For the purpose of this ordinance the word i
"refuse" as used herein, shall include any and all rejected or
waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, waste paper, trash,
rubbish and waste or unwholesome materials of every kind and
character.
SECTION 4. No person owning or occupying any building, lot
or premise in the Town of Taos shall suffer, allow or permit to
remain upon said lot or premises any refuse except during inter-
vals between regular collections as hereinafter provided. No
person shall transfer or dispose of refuse in any manner other
than as prescribed in this ordinance; it shall be unlawful to
deposit any such refuse on the public streets, alleys or public
ways except in proper receptacles or to deposit it upon vacant
lots in or out of receptacles with intent to avoid its collection
under the terms hereof.
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SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any
refuse or waste matter within the Town
SECTION 6. Every owner or occupant of any premises where re-
fuse is created or accumulated shall provide upon such premises,
in a suitable place, one or more galvanized garbage receptacles
of not greater than thirty (30) gallons capacity each, with
tight fitting covers therefor, in sufficient numbers for receiving
and holding all refuse created upon such premises between the times
of collection and removal.
SECTION 7. All garbage receptacles shall be kept in a clean
and good condition by the owner or person using same and such
receptacles shall at all times be located in such places as to
be readily accessible for removing and emptying the same, but
shall not be placed within the limits of any street or alley
within the corporate limits of the said Town.
No cardboard, corrigated paper, fiber or wooden boxes, cases,
tubs, barrels or other containers having a cubic capacity equivalent
to ten (10) fluid gallons or more, shall be put out for removal,
as refuse for collection as such in said Town, without first being
broken up and collapsed as flat as possible and tied in bundles,
and no such bundle shall exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight, or
exceed four (4) feet in length; provided further that tree limbs
or other vegetation of any kind shall be cut in length of not
over four (4) feet and tied in bundles not exceeding two (2)
feet in diameter or fifty (50) pounds in weight.
SECTION 8. From and after the date of this ordinance, the
Town of Taos, its duly authorized agents , servants, or employees
shall have the exclusive right to gather and collect refuse
within said Town and it shall be unlawful for any other person
to collect or gather refuse within said Town. It shall further
be required from and after the date of this ordinance that all
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persons in the Town of Taos use the refuse collection system
provided by the Town or its designee. This section shall not
apply to any person hauling clean sawdust, manure for fertilizer
or wastes from building operations ; rock, waste, scrap building
materials, or other trash resulting from construction or major
remodeling, if the same be hauled in a sanitary manner and
under reasonable regulations fixed by the Town.
SECTION 9. All refuse shall be collected, removed and disposed
of in such manner as not be needlessly offensive and filthy in
relation to any person, place, building premises or highway. It
shall be unlawful for any collector to use cart, truck or vehicle
for the conveyance of refuse of any kind, or any offensive or ill-
smelling matter, unless the cart, truck or vehicle is staunch, tight
and so constructed as to wholly prevent leakage or smell, or
unless the cart, truck or vehicle is provided with cover securely
fastened over the top thereof, and be so constructed as to prevent
the deposit of such refuse, or any portion thereof, in or upon
the streets through which the cart, truck or vehicle may be
driven. Every cart , truck or vehicle used by any collector shall
be kept clean and in good condition-
SECTION 10. That for the purpose of defraying the expense of
providing a refuse collection service, there is hereby assessed
against every person owning, operating or controlling any house,
residence, shop establishment, hote3., restaurant, market, office,
apartment, tenant house or other place of business , refuse collection
fees as they shall be approved by the Town of Taos, whether alone
or in conjunction kith others, and as they shall be in effect at
any given time. Such fee or fees shall be payable at a place and
time determined by the Town of Taos, whether alone or in conjunction
with others.
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SECTION 11. Every person who shall violate any section of
this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine, as fol? ,)ws:
Not less than $5.00, nor more than $10.00 for the
first offense;
Not less than $10.00, nor more than $20.00 for the
second offense; and
Not less than $20.00, nor more than $50.00 for each
subsequent offense; or,
By imprisonment in the Town ,jail, not exceeding ten
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Every person in whose name a collection fee shall be past due shall
pay a penalty for each month that is past due equal to the amount
that is past due. A collection fee shall be past due 15 days
after the billing date for that fee.
SECTION 12. The Town Police Magistrate shall not have the
power to suspend any of the fines provided for by this ordinance.
SECTION 13. If any provisions of this ordinance shall be held
invalid for any reason, the remaining provisions of this ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 14. All ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 8th day of June, 1970.
(SEAL)
MAYOR
ATTEST:
A
Town'Clerk
(Affidavit of Publication attached next page)