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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY REPEALING SECTION 13-4 THEREOF, PER- TAINING TO THE SEPARATION OF GARBAGE AND TRASH; BY AMEND- ING SECTIONS 13-2, 13-5, 13-14.1, AND 13-24, PERTAINING TO THE RECEPTACLES FOR GARBAGE AND TRASH, THE DISPOSAL OF SAME AND THE CHARGES FOR HANDLING REFUSE; AND BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION NUHBERED 13-23.1, PROHIBITING tNCINERABLE REFUSE FROM THE LANDFILL, AND A NEW SECTION NUMBERED 13-23.2, PROHIBITING THE DEPOSITING OF CERTAIN REFUSE WITHIN THE CITY. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 13-4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be, the same hereby is repealed. 2. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961, be amended by amending Sections 13-2, 13-5, 13-14.1, and 13-24 thereof, and by adding thereto new Sections numbered 13-23.1 and 13-23~2, such amended and new sections to read as follows: Section 13-2. Receptacle for garbage and trash, generally. It shall be unlawful for any garbage or trash to be set upon the streets of the city, unless the same is placed in properly sealed plastic or polyethylene refuse bags that meet or surpass the minimum standards of the National Sanitation Foundation, or in water tight receptacles made of substantial plastic or galvalized iron or other metal of not less than 10 nor more than 32 gallons capacity and such receptacle shall be covered by a tight fitting cover of substantial plastic or of galvalized iron or other metal. No substance other than gar- bage or trash shall be placed in such bags or receptacles. It shall be unlawful for garbage to be placed, deposited or allowed to remain on any premises unless the same is placed or kept in a tight metal receptacle with a tight fitting cover and such cover shall be kept on such receptacle at all times, except when the receptacle is being filled or emptied. Plastic or polyethylene bags if used for on premises storage of garbabe or refuse shall be used as liners in metal receptacles with tight fitting covers and such covers shall be kept on such receptacles at all times, except when the receptacle is being filled or emptied.