[Ord. No. 564 §1, 12-19-1962]
The City Council finds, determines and declares that it is necessary
and conducive for the protection of the public health, safety and
welfare of the people of the City to provide regulations for the dumping
and disposal of garbage, refuse and other trash within the City. The
purpose of this Chapter is to regulate and control the dumping and
disposal of garbage and refuse, to the end that the public health,
safety, and welfare of the people will be protected and enhanced and
to prevent and prohibit the indiscriminate and uncontrolled use of
property for dumping purposes in violation of zoning and health regulations
and recognized public health standards; to prevent and prohibit open
dumping on land and to require that disposal and dumping of garbage
and refuse be authorized and permitted only in licensed and approved
dumps and sanitary landfills. It is not the purpose of this Chapter
to prohibit any person owning or operating a farm from disposing of
garbage from his own household to swine upon said farm, or from collecting
and disposing of garbage for the feeding of swine upon said farm,
where such disposal shall not violate the health regulations, and
shall be authorized by the laws of the State.
[Ord. No. 564 §2, 12-19-1962]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them:
All waste substances capable of incineration or burning,
but excluding explosive or highly inflammable material.
The officer designated by the Council to perform such function.
All animal and vegetable waste and all putrescible matter.
All other waste substances not capable of incineration or
burning, including ashes, glass, metal, earthenware and the like.
All land or parcels of land on which non-putrescible refuse
is accepted for deposit or permitted to be deposited regardless of
whether a charge is made therefor.
All waste substances including garbage as well as combustible
and non-combustible wastes.
A type of operation in which refuse is deposited by plan
on a specified portion of open land, is compacted by force applied
by mechanical equipment, and then is covered by a layer of earth,
ashes or suitable covering material to a depth of at least two (2)
feet.
[Ord. No. 564 §8, 12-19-1962]
The officer responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter shall provide adequate and frequent inspections of the sanitary landfill sites and to this end shall be authorized to call upon the Planning Commission for assistance in making inspections. He shall notify any permit holder who is violating the provisions of this Chapter of the specific manner in which the regulations are being violated. Unless said violation is corrected within twenty-four (24) hours after notice in writing to the permit holder by the Enforcement Officer, the Enforcement Officer shall notify the Council of such violation and the Council may, after a public hearing to which the violator shall have been invited, suspend or revoke any permit for non-compliance or violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or when satisfied that the landfill constitutes a real menace and nuisance to the health, safety and welfare of the immediate residents in the neighborhoods in which it is located. In the event the permit holder refuses to correct the violation within twenty-four (24) hours after notice in writing by the Enforcement Officer, the Enforcement Officer may, if he deems it necessary in the interest of public health, enter upon the premises of the dump or landfill and, either with the equipment and employees of the permit holder, or with City owned or leased equipment and City employees, do such work as is necessary to correct any condition violative of this Chapter and which in his opinion if left uncorrected may be hazardous to the public health. The cost to the City of correcting such conditions in privately owned dumps or landfills shall be assessed against the permit holder who shall be required to pay all costs and expenses of the City in correcting said conditions. Further, the offender may be punished as provided in Section 100.080.
[Ord. No. 564 §7, 12-19-1962]
No person, including those persons hauling or disposing of garbage
or refuse, trash or other rubbish for a fee, shall deposit or dispose
of any garbage, trash or other refuse on any property not operated
under a permit issued by the Council.
[Ord. No. 564 §7, 12-19-1962]
Each sanitary landfill shall display a prominent sign containing
the words "Approved Sanitary Landfill" operated under
Permit No. ________________________ issued by the Bridgeton Council";
provided however, nothing in this Chapter shall be deemed to prohibit
or prevent the owner or operator of a farm engaged in the raising
and feeding of swine from disposing of garbage for the feeding of
his own swine so long as such disposal shall not constitute a nuisance
or a health hazard to the people or be contrary to the health regulations
of the City, and subject to the laws of the State.
