Show AN ABSURD CITY ORDINANCE titz THE city council will have to con elder aider this evening the ordinance in relation iop to receptacles for ashes we hope it will be thoroughly overhauled before it lie ie acted upon in the first place it needs cha charging eging in principle in in the next place it needs correcting in diction As it stands it requires every tenant or occupant of a building in this city to provide a receptacle for ashes which must be a close and secure metallic or earthen vessel or brick or stone room this will entail great and unnecessary expense if it means what it says say why will not a good aeb pit answer the purpose just as well as a metallic or me talio vessel as the framer abells spells it all through the ordinance if it t is meant to make a pit of certain depth and dimensions dug in the ground meet the laws lawla requirements require meats why not say may so if not what reason is there lor for requiring some kind of a Ives vessel w when he in an ash pit aou would id be J just its as safe if not safer far more convenient and vastly less lea costly the ordinance says 44 see sec 1 that it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of every building within the fire limits of sa said idelt city and ot of the agent having the same in 1 I 1 n c charge ie I 1 to provide a close and seen secure r e m c or earthen vessel or brick or stone room or bin as a receptacle for ashes and it shall be the duty of such owner or agent or servant and of every tenant or occupant of any building within the fire limits of salt lake city to remove from such receptacle cle when the same is filled and no cetta M ashes es except manufacturers where ashes are used shall be kept or deposited in any part of the city in anything other than such or other earthen vessel brick or atone room or bin nor shall any person deposit any ashes upon the street streeta who is the owner of every build ing within the fire limits who is the occupant of them all must the owner or occupant and the adirent ax entin in charge each provide a or other vessel if 9 why will it need two to for every building within the fire limits 1 and is it necessary for every tenant or occupant also the owner and agent to get into the metal lc 11 or other vessel when the ashes are put in it t requires them to I 1 remove from such auch receptacle when the same game la Is filled 2 how can they get out if they do not bat got get 1021 in then who are the manu manufacturers fao that are claued classed as beav a shea who are the manufacturers where ashes are used the ordinance makes it the duty of the chief or assistant chief engineer of the fire department or any fire wardon warden or police officers or health officer of the city to give notice to supply such receptacle recep tace or remove such ashes it does not specify which of these is in to perform this duty and we do not have any fire cardew in this city the whole thing is as crude and mi misspell mis spelt espelt and badly worded as even the city attorney could make it and if passed in its prevent present form would nob only prove a cumbersome expensive and oppressive place piece of city legislation but the laughingstock of every intelligent person who reads it better refer it to a committee of revision or make a new ordinance that will provide what is wanted in plain common sense english |