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11/09/09 RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 8.28, MISSOULA MUNICIPAL CODE ENTITLED, “GARBAGE AND RUBBISH” AMENDING SECTION 8.28.020 ENTITLED JURISDICTION TO REMOVE EXTRATERRITORIAL POWERS. [reinsert "city" into text. Word was inadvertently stricken in draft.] 8.28.020 Jurisdiction. The provisions of-this chapter shall apply to all areas within the city city and to all areas within four and one-half miles radius of the city limits. (Ord. 2096 1979). [The following are recommended strike-out amendments to the original draft ordinance to remove all references to the four and one-half miles jurisdiction throughout the ordinance.] 8.28.030 Enforcement authority. B. The city-county health officer has primary responsibility to make the determinations required in Sections 8.28.050D and 8.28.080F. In addition, the city-county health officer has primary responsibility for enforcement of all provisions of this chapter outside the city limits but within four and one-half miles of the city limits. The city-county health officer also has authority to enforce all provisions of this chapter within the city. 8.28.100 Littering. A. It is unlawful for any person to throw, discard, place or deposit litter in any manner or amount on any public or private property within a four and one-half mile radius of city limits except in containers or areas lawfully provided therefore. 8.28.130 Dumping on vacant lots. It is unlawful for any person to dump, place, or leave, or cause to be dumped, placed, or left upon public property, including any of the streets, avenues, or alleys of the city any rock, gravel, dirt, earth or soil, garbage or rubbish, unless permission to do so is first obtained from the street department of the city; or to dump, place, or leave or cause to be dumped, placed or left upon any vacant or unoccupied private lot or lots within the city or a four and one-half mile radius of the city limits any rock, gravel, dirt, earth or soil on private property, unless permission to do so shall be first obtained from the owner or owners of the vacant or unoccupied lot or lots. (Ord. 2096 §12, 1979). 8.28.140 Burning and burying garbage. Except in case of composting, it is unlawful for any person to burn or bury any garbage, rubbish, or litter in any yard or open space within the city or a four and one-half mile radius of the city limits, unless a disposal site license has been obtained from the Solid Waste Bureau of the Montana State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences. (Ord. 2685 1989: Ord. 2446 1985: Ord. 2096 §11, 1979). [The above prohibitions on littering, dumping, burning, and burying are prohibited throughout the county per the 1994 Missoula County: REGULATION 3: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: VIII. ILLEGAL DUMPING., VI. BURNING SOLID WASTE. VII. BURYING SOLID WASTE.]