Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 150

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO REFUSE AND GARBAGE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Chapter 17, Title 16, Delaware Code, is amended to provide a new Section 1708 as follows:

§ 1708. (a) Multi-family houses and apartment complexes shall provide adequate storage areas outside the principal structure of such multi-family houses and apartment complexes for the temporary storage of trash and garbage and shall provide covered metal containers in such areas for the temporary storage of refuse classed as garbage.

(b) Violation of this Act shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined, for the first offense, $10.00 and for each subsequent conviction thereof be fined not less than $25.00 and not more than $500.00 and/or be imprisoned not more than 90 days.

Approved December 26, 1967.