Ordinance 0055ORDIVAE CE E 0. 55.
An Ordinance enumerating and providing for the punishment and
abatement of nuisances.
Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Edmonds.
SECTIOE 1: Whoever shall kill or slaughter within the limits,
of the Town of Edmonds any animal, the flesh of which is intended
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to be sold or offered for sale, or whoever shall kegp in any yard,
per, corral or enclosare within the limits of said'Town any beeves,
sheep, swine, or other animal for sale or to be slaughtered for
any longer period than three days, shall be.deemed guilty of a
public nuisance, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a -P&.af�
fine in any sum not lep.s than five dollars nor more than twenty-five
dollars for each offense.
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SECTIOU 2: Whoever shall expose for sale or offer for sale or
ell within the Town of Edmonds, any spoiled, tainted meat, fish,
fruits or vegetables, or the flesh of any calf less than four weeks
old when slaughtered, shall be deemed guilty of a public nuisance
and or convictior_ thereof, shall -be punished by a fine of not less
than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment
�7 not exceeding thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
0'y' BECTIO17 3: Whoever shall cast or keep in or adjoining a street,
alley, or square or public place, or in any yard, lot or block,
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within the Town of EdLmonds, or in the waters of 2uget Sound within
the Town limits, any bones, putrid, unsound, unwholesome, or refuse
tUeef or meat of animals, whether salted or otherwise, or any hide
r or skin of any kind, or the whole or any part of any dead animal or
fish, or any unsound, putrid, unwholesome substance, or the offal,
garbage or any offensive part of any animal, shall be deemed guilty
of a public nuisance, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both
fine imprisonment.
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SECTIOL 4: Whoever shall suffer or permit any cellar, vault,
ain, sewer, yard, grounds or premises, belonging to or controlled
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such person. to become, from any cause, nauseous, foul, offensive
or injurious to the Public health and disagreeable to adjacent
residents or persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both such fine
fV,4,al�ard imprisonment.
` + SECTIOU, 5: Whoever shall cause or permit any nauseous, foul
liquids
putrid or substance likely to become foul or putrid to
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be discharged, placed or to flow from or out of any premises into
or upon azy adjacent premises or any public street or alley, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
n� shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or im-
�t prisonment not more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprison-
ment.
ISECTION: 6: L11 obstructions to streets, alleys or crossings
sidewalks of the Town of Edmonds, and all excavations in or
under the
same which are,by Ordinance prohibited or which may be
made without lawful permission, are hereby declared to be nuisances,
and the persons erecting, keeping or maintaining the same, shall
in addition to any penalty specially denounced against the same, be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty
amfined
days; or by both such fire and imprisonment.
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I 7: Ary person who shall deposit or burn or cause to
e deposited or burned in any street or alley of the Town of Edmonds,
which is open to travel, any hay, straw, paper, wood, boards, boxes
manure, or other rubbish or material without special permit from
the Mayor or Council, shall be deemed guilty of a ruiserce, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
AA aoll twenty-five dollars.
r SECTI M 8: Whoever shall keep, use or maintain within the Town
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Edmonds, ary pees, lot, stable, place or premises, in which any
P.�hogs, cattle or fowls may be confined, or keep in such manner as to
�"nt,be nauseous, foul or offensive, or from any cause become annoying,
to
any person, family or community, shall be deemed to be a nuis-
ance and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less thar.
Q.4/I'five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
Ill �SECTIOII 9 • Wherever judgment shall be
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person or persons for keening, creating or_maintaining any nuis-
ance, it shall be the duty of the Court before whom such conviction
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is had, to order the defendant, or defendants in such action, to
forthwith abate and remove -such nuisance, and if the same is not
done by such offender within twenty-four hours, the same shall be
abated or removed by the authority of the Town Marshal, said order
shall be entered upon the docket of the Court and be made a part
of the judgment in the action.
SECTION 10: Any person having been found guilty of creating,
keeping or maintaining any nuisance, who shall neglect or fail toe
abate or remove such nuisance, within twenty-four hours next after
his conviction thereof, shall for each twenty-four hours there-
after, in which such nuisance is continued, be subject to a like
penalty as that originally incurred.
SECTIOU 11: Whenever any nuisance is of such a character and isan
so situated that the same can be abated without the invasion or
destruction of private property, and the further cortiruarce thereof
is likely to result in Expense or damage to the Tour or injury to r a�
any person, it shall be the duty of the Town Marshal, to abate and
remove the same summarily without waiting for conviction of the
author thereof.
TION 12: Ever; person found guilty of any . nuisance shall be ,
liable For all costs anexpenses of abating the same , which when � �
such raa.sance has beer removed by the Town officers, the said costs
and a 7-,enses shall be taxed as a part of the costs of ary pro: ecla-
tion against the party liable and be recovered as other costs are
recovered, after the same shall have been ascertained, when done by
the town, under authority of the Mayor or Town Marshal.
Passed by the Council this 19th day.of July 1895.
Attest: J.H.Dowd, Clerk. C.T. Roscoe, Mayor.
Town of -Edmonds, ss.
I, J.H. Dowd, Clerk of the Tovrn of Edmonds, in the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing
copy of Ordinance numbered 55, entitled,"An Ordinance enumerating
and providing for the punishment and abatement of ,nuisance" with �-
the original thereof as passed by the Council, and that the same
is a full, true and correct copy of said Ordinance, and of the
whole thereof. I further certify that the same was published ac-
cording to law in the weekly "Edmonds Lyre" on the second day of
August 1895. J.H.Dowd, Clerk.
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