WHN Improvement Committee
If we want our neighborhood to have a good image, ALL residents must maintain a high interest in it; when one or two people let down, erosion starts. Compliance with the following ordinances will show that we are interested:
TRASH & GARBAGE: Use metal, water-tight containers, 20-25 gallons; secure cans so dogs cannot overturn them. Plastic bags are acceptable if tied securely and placed on a rack, etc., so dogs cannot tear open. Oversize items must be tied in bundles not over 4′ x 2′. Rubbish must be in place by 6 A.M. on collection day and must not be in place more than 12 hours before collection and emptied cans must be removed from alley no more than 12 hours after collection. Garbage should be wrapped; use newspaper, bread wrappers or milk cartons. Heloise says put heavier items in bottom of cans which will push trash out more easily and collectors will not have to bang cans.
To dispose of large, bulky items, call City Refuse Department, 353-8877; ask what day they can pick up such items and, on the appointed day, see that they are placed near enough to the alley that the collectors will not have to go on private property to make the pick up.
IF a HOLIDAY falls on a regular collection day, do not put out any trash or garbage until the next regularly scheduled pick-up day. In other words, there will be only one pick-up in a week with a holiday.
PARKING ON STREET: Signs are posted on each street to denote times for removal of cars for cleaning the streets. Be a good citizen and move your car across the street on street cleaning days; raising the hood will not keep you from getting a ticket. Car washing and car repairs are illegal on public streets; trucks must not be parked overnight in residential areas.
CURFEW: All boys and girls under 17 years of age must be off the streets by 10 P.M. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 P.M. Friday through Saturday.
NOISE: Creating unnecessary, loud, disturbing noise violates the antinoise ordinance. Horn honking is illegal, except when driving to warn of impending danger. Be ready and waiting if someone is to pick you up or you have called a taxi.
DOGS: All dogs must be licensed and inoculated against rabies and kept on a leash when not otherwise confined.
You may say this is no life or death matter; we say it can be the death of a neighborhood.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1974.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1974_02.pdf, printed page(s) 2.
