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Solid Waste Management Ordinance
Chapter XXIII
Solid Waste Management;
Garbage and Rubbish Removal*
23-1 Solid Waste Management
23-1.1 Definitions. As used in this section:
Garbage shall mean and include all decayed or spoiled food and refuse
resulting from the preparation of food.
Residential Uses for the purpose of providing solid waste collection shall mean
and include single, duplex and multi-family dwellings (up to and including six (6) on
public ways.
Rubbish shall mean waste material not containing putrid matter or organic
waste. Rubbish does not include stumps, recyclable material or other wastes
designated as unacceptable herein.
(Ord. 6/2/86-9-101; Ord. 9/17/90)
23-1.2 Container Specifications.
All garbage and rubbish
containers required by this section shall be of metal, or an acceptable material,
having a capacity of not in excess of thirty-two (32) gallons and shall not be filled
to a total gross weight of fifty (50) pounds each. Each family will be allowed up to,
but not to exceed three (3) such containers per pick-up. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-102)
23-1.3 Containers Required.
It shall be the responsibility of the
occupant of every dwelling unit to provide and make available suitable and
sufficient containers as described by subsection 23-1.2 to receive the
accumulation of garbage, rubbish and other waste materials on the premises
during the interval between collections. No containers shall be placed at street or
roadside more than twelve (12) hours prior to pickup. All containers and covers
shall be removed within eight (8) hours after pickup. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-103)
*Editor's Note: The provisions of this section were originally adopted on May 9,
1973.
23-1.4 Container Pickup; Accumulation of Trash Prohibited.
Each container shall be placed on the street and/or roadside on the designated
day of pickup. No person shall cause or permit any accumulation of rubbish
which, in the opinion of the Health Officer or Health Inspector, is unsanitary or
hazardous to the health of the public, or, in the judgement of the Fire Chief of the
Fire Department, constitutes a fire hazard. (Ord. 9/17/90&9-104)
23-1.5 Waste Pickup Schedule.
The City may provide one (1)
scheduled waste pickup and one (1) recyclable pickup per week per route for all
residential uses, except during Clean Up Weeks, by the order of the City Council
and Director of Public Works. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-105)
23-1.6 Commercial Compliance Required.
No person, firm,
corporation owning, operating or being in charge of any public warehouse,
market, store, fruit stand, restaurant, kitchen, dining room, or other place where
putrescible waste matter or other rubbish accumulates, shall permit the deposit or
accumulation of such waste matter or other rubbish in or upon the building or
premises controlled by them. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-106)
23-1.7 Contracted Services.
The City, at its discretion, may enter
into contracts for the collection of recyclable materials or other solid wastes with
residential uses that do not meet the strict definition of residential uses in this
section. Such additional residential uses would include, but not be limited to,
condominium associates. Each contract shall be negotiated individually. (Ord.
9/17/90 & 9-107)
23-1.8 Pickup Procedure.
The occupants of every residential
building shall place containers for the removal of the contents by the persons
authorized to collect the same and no person other than the occupant, the owner
of the premises, or an authorized collector shall remove, take or otherwise disturb
this refuse, or any portion thereof, so placed for removal. Containers placed in
the public way on the regularly scheduled collection day shall be considered as
being intended for collection, and as such shall be collected by no one other than
authorized persons. Containers, if containing putrescible matter, shall be covered
to prevent the ingress of flies, rats or other animals. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-108)
23-1.9 Abuse of Containers Prohibited.
No person shall willfully
remove, destroy, mutilate or utilize for another purpose other than the holding of
rubbish, garbage, recyclables or other waste matter, containers which have been
provided in accordance with this section. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-109)
23-1.10 City Equipment Prohibited on Private Property.
No City
equipment shall leave public used and City maintained roads, streets, lanes,
highways, etc. to go on private property to pick up waste or rubbish, unless
otherwise provided for herein. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-110)
23-1.11 Removal of Refuse.
Any owner, agent or occupant of land
upon whose premises any unlawful accumulation of offal, refuse, waste or rubbish
may be found was, within twenty-four (24) hours after receiving written
notification from the Chief of Police or Health Officer, cause the same to be
removed and the nuisance abated in a manner satisfactory tot he Health Officer
and the Chief of Police. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-113)
23-1.12 Conveyance of Refuse.
Every vehicle which shall be used for
the conveyance of ashes, cinders, sawdust, loose paper, cartons, boxes, cases,
slabs, sticking wood, rubbish, gravel, dirt, or any other substance or material, or
any other articles which may fall therefrom, shall be entirely enclosed or have
tarpaulins or covers securely attached to the sides and ends of the vehicles and of
sufficient size and from as shall entirely cover the contents of such vehicle and
prevent such contents from being blown or falling therefrom, irrespective of
whether such vehicle is licensed for the conveyance of such contents or not. (ord.
9/17/90 & 9-114)
23-1.13 Penalty.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a penalty or not less than twenty ($20.00) dollars
nor more than seventy five ($75.00) dollars for each offense. (Ord. 9/17/90 & 9-
115)
23-3 Transfer Station For The Receipt of Waste Which Is Not Acceptable
To The Merc Facility
23-3.1 Purpose.
The energy recovery facility, operated by MERC, is
not designed to receive certain types of solid wastes. Those types of solid wastes
are listed in subsection 23-2.2 under the definition of "Acceptable Waste," the
exceptions listed in paragraphs a. to j.
It is important that the City provide a disposal facility (herinafter, "transfer
station") for the receipt of unacceptable waste, other than hazardous waste. This
section sets out the procedure for the operation of the transfer station, to be
operated pursuant to a management agreement between the City of Saco and the
City's designated transfer station operator. (Ord. 11/16/87 & 9-914; Ord. 3/7/78;
Ord. 5/15/89; Ord, 2/20/90; Ord. 11/11/92)
23-3.2 Use of Transfer Station.
Any person who has a valid permit
issued under subsection 23-3.3 may dispose of waste, other than hazardous waste,
which is deemed by the Energy Recovery Facility to be not acceptable, by
disposing of it at the transfer station to be operated and maintained by the City's
designated operator pursuant to the management agreement between the City of
Saco and the City's designated transfer station operator. (Ord. 11/16/87 & 9-914;
Ord. 3/7/78; Ord. 11/16/87; Ord. 5/15/89; Ord. 2/20/90; Ord. 11/11/92)
23-3.3 Permit Procedure; Disposal Fee Schedule.
a. Permits are available to any property owner who completes an
application from. Such persons may be issued a transfer station permit which
they will show at the transfer station when disposing of waste material. Permits
are limited to one (1) per property owner. Property owners of multi-family
buildings having six (6) units or less should be allocated three (3) cubic yards for
the first unit and one (1) cubic yard for each additional unit. It is the express
intent of this section that no property owner shall be issued more than one (1)
permit per year.
b. Permit holders are subject to a fee per cubic yard of waste material
disposed of, this fee to be set by the City Council annually or more often if
necessitated by contract changes. Residents of the City of Saco who are permit
holders may dispose of up to three (3) cubic yards in any one (1) year, without
paying a disposal fee. For the purpose of this section, "any one year" means twelve
(12) months from the date of issuance of permit.
c. Application forms for permits shall be made available through the Office
of City Clerk, pursuant to the terms of the management agreement between the
City's designated operator and the City of Saco.
d. All applicants agree to abide by all regulations established by the City of
Saco and its designated operator pursuant to the management agreement.
Such regulations may include limitations on the types of waste material which
may include limitations on the types of waste material which may be disposed of
at the transfer station. (Ord. 11/16/87 & 9-914; Ord. 3/7/88; Ord. 5/15/89;
Ord. 2/20/90; Ord. 11/16/92; New)
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