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Affirmative resolution
Belmopan City Council (Control Of Refuse) Bylaws, r. 23 · Revised Edition 2020
These bylaws shall be subject to affirmative resolution of the National Assembly.
MADE by the Belmopan City Council in consultation with the Minister responsible for Local Government this 1st day of September, 2005.
(ANTHONY CHANONA) Mayor 58 Belmopan City Council SCHEDULE I [By-Law 4(2) and 6(1)] ADDITIONAL REEFUSE COLLECTED After notification from the owner or occupier of any premises,
in addition to the regularly collected domestic or commercial garbage, the Council will collect refuse as detailed below.
• Packaging - Bulky or heavy packaging including large stiff containers such as wooden crates and plastic boxes.
• Garden or yard waste - Any and all vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance operation must be arranged by the owner or occupier to facilitate removal. Tree limbs must be cut so as not to exceed feet (3 ft) in length or thirty-five pounds (35lbs) in weight.
• Construction waste - Any and all debris and waste products generated by civil engineering and construction projects including building alterations,
landscaping and earthworks.
• White goods - Discarded refrigerators,
ranges,
water heater, freezers, and other similar large appliances.
• Derelict vehicles or parts thereof • Any other refuse that is considered unsuitable to collect with a compactor collection vehicle.
Belmopan City Council 59 SCHEDULE II [By-Law 6(2)] LEGAL NOTICE To: ______________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ Whereas on inspection of premises situated at:
__________________________________________________________ For which you are the occupier, I, __________________, City Administrator of the Belmopan City Council, being satisfied of the presence of material mentioned in Schedule I deposited in front of your premises, namely ___________________________ do hereby require you within _____24 hours from the service of this notice that you abate same and for that purpose remove said material and dispose of it at __________________,
and hereafter maintain your premises to a standard that is satisfactory to the Council.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in default of your complying with this notice you will be required to pay to the Council the sum of ______________________________ as payment for the removal of the material mentioned and to enforce the law on that behalf. Failure to pay this amount will result in the imposition of a fine not less than one hundred dollars and not greater than five hundred dollars.
DATED THIS _________ DAY OF _______________ 20_______ Signed: _______________________ CITY ADMINISTRTOR Belmopan City Council 60 Belmopan City Council SCHEDULE III [By-Law 12(1)] VIOLATION TICKET FOR A LITTERING OFFENCE Date of Issue _______________ Ticket No. _________________ Amount of fine:
One thousand dollars per person operating a business/body corporate/ unincorporated body Five hundred dollars for any other person Name of person/ body corporate/ unincorporated body: _________________ Address of person/ body corporate/unincorporated body: _______________ ______________________________________________________________ Date and time of offence: ________________________________________ Place where offence occurred: _________ Corporate/__________________ Brief description of litter: _________________________________________ Due date of payment: ____________________________________________ Name of officer (IN BLOCK LETTERS) issuing ticket: _________________ Designation of issuing officer: _____________________________________ Notes:
(a) This ticket has been issued in respect of a littering offence which is defined in Bylaw 10 of the Belmopan City Council (Control of Refuse) Bylaws 2005. (b) You should pay the fine stated on the ticket at the Belmopan City Hall within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of issue of the ticket, by delivering a duplicate copy of the ticket.
(c) If the fine is not paid within fifteen calendar days, a charge will be made of one hundred and thirty dollars per person operating a business/body corporate/ unincorporate body or thirty dollars in the case of any other person for every day the fine is unpaid.
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(d) You have a right to ask for a court hearing. If you wish to exercise that right,
you must within fifteen (15) calendar days of the issue of this ticket inform the Council in writing of your intention to do so.
(e) If the fine stated in the Violation Ticket remains unpaid for a period of thirty days (30) calendar days and you have not requested a court hearing, you shall be charged and summoned to appear in court. In the event of a conviction, you shall be fined one thousand dollars in addition to the fines stated on this violation ticket. The Council will also claim its legal and administrative cost associated with taking you to court.
(f) It is an offense to refuse to give your name and address or a false name and address to the authorized officer.
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