Dear Editor,

The Mayor and City Council wishes to inform all businesses within the central business district, i.e. Lacytown, Bourda and Robbstown, that collection of refuse from their premises would be done after 17:00 hrs (5:00 pm) from Monday to Saturday.
Therefore, business owners should not place bins and other collection receptacles on parapets and other thoroughfares before 17:00 hrs. Moreover, each premises should be equipped with adequate refuse receptacles to facilitate the collection and disposal of waste. The Council has observed that several business owners are in breach of the Scavenging and Cleansing by-laws which state that:
1) Those occupiers of all dwelling-houses, room, stores, warehouses, or other premises within the limits of the town shall, not later than 8 o’clock in the morning of every day (public holidays excepted) have the yards, enclosures and entrances thereof (including the pavement in front of the entrance) and, whenever they form part of the occupied property, the pavements in front of and around the said property swept and cleansed. They shall also place within the gateway of such premises in a conveniently accessible position a movable receptacle in which shall be placed all house refuse of such premises for the purpose of removal by the Council through its servants; and where such premises are not occupied it shall be the duty of the owner to have the pavements daily swept and cleansed, and the rubbish removed or deposited as aforesaid for removal.

2) The covered receptacle to be provided by the occupier of every premises shall be movable, be of metal or metal lined or be made of such other material as may be prescribed by the Council, and of a capacity not exceeding, in the case of dwelling-houses, three cubic feet and in the case of business premises and hotels, twelve cubic feet. Every such receptacle shall be provided with a well-fitting cover made of material to be prescribed by the Council, shall at all times be kept in good repair, and shall be kept covered when in use.

3) When on any business premises or hotel the receptacles provided exceed three cubic feet in capacity, the occupier of the premises shall provide the necessary assistance to the scavengers for emptying the contents of such receptacles into the scavenging carts.

4) In all cases where two or more persons occupy the same premises, or where any houses or premises are let out in rooms where there is a common yard, basement, or entrance, the owner and all the occupiers thereof using such yard, basement or entrance shall be liable for their cleanliness and for depositing the house refuse in a movable receptacle as aforesaid, and shall also be liable for any offence against these bylaws. If one receptacle is insufficient or depositing all the house refuse as many as may be found necessary shall be provided, or in the alternative one receptacle not in any case of more than twelve cubic feet capacity may be substituted, provided the conditions of by-law four are complied with.

5) The occupiers of all houses, stores, warehouses, or other premises within the limits of the town shall keep their drains free from any obstruction and in the case of tenement yards the owners thereof.

6) In the case of buildings, yards and places of a public character, such as churches, chapels, schools and other persons in charge of such buildings, yards or other places, shall be deemed to be the occupiers.

7) In all cases where by these by-laws the occupiers of premises are bound to perform any act, if there shall be no occupier or of there is a difficulty in ascertaining who the occupier is, the owner of such premises shall be liable.

8) The occupier of houses or other premises who fail to remove branches or trunks of trees, or the waste products of any trade or manufacturer from the premises, after forty-eight hours’ notice to remove the same shall have been served on such occupier by any officer of the Council, shall be guilty of any offence punishable on summary conviction.

Yours faithfully,
Debra Lewis
Public Relations Officer