[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Barnstable Board of Health 2-18-1997
(Section 2.00 of Part V of the 1991 Codification as updated through 6-1-1996).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 202.
The following solid waste disposal services are provided to the residents
and property owners of the Town of Barnstable and for licensed commercial
trash haulers collecting solid waste from properties located within the Town
of Barnstable:
A.
For Barnstable residents and property owners at the Solid
Waste Disposal Facility:
(1)
A residential transfer station for the disposal of household
trash contained in tied plastic bags, sealed paper bags, or small sealed cardboard
boxes;
(2)
A recycling center for the disposal of recyclable materials
such as paper, glass, plastic containers, metal/iron products, appliances,
etc., certain of which may be disposed of at no charge and others of which
may require payment of a nominal fee;
(3)
A yard waste disposal area limited to the disposal of
grass clippings and leaves for composting;
(4)
A demolition and builder's trash disposal area for
the disposal of small quantities of building materials and waste from the
construction/demolition of structures located within the Town of Barnstable
and disposed of by residents and contractors in vehicles restricted to a size
no larger than a full-sized pickup or a four-foot by eight-foot utility trailer;
and
(5)
A bulky items disposal area for items such as furniture,
mattresses, box springs, and sofas.
B.
For licensed commercial trash haulers.
(1)
A solid waste transfer station is operated jointly by
the Towns of Barnstable and Yarmouth and located in the Town of Yarmouth for
the disposal of solid waste picked up from residential and commercial properties
located within the Town of Barnstable.
(2)
Special regulations governing the delivery of solid waste
to the Yarmouth Solid Waste Transfer Station are issued by the Town of Yarmouth.
(3)
Any hauler authorized to dispose of solid waste at the
Barnstable/Yarmouth Solid Waste Transfer Station and who disposes of at least
50 tons of material per month at the transfer station may apply for authorization
from the Department of Public Works to be billed on a monthly basis.
(4)
The vehicle permit issued by the Board of Health to a
hauler to remove, transport and dispose of garbage or other offensive substances
shall be affixed to the visor in the front window of the truck.
A.
The Department of Public Works is responsible for the
proper operation and maintenance of the Solid Waste Disposal Facility located
in Marstons Mills.
B.
The Department of Public Works shall publish not less
frequently than annually a complete listing of specific materials/items deemed
acceptable and those deemed nonacceptable for disposal at the facility's
disposal areas. The listing shall identify which of the acceptable items may
be disposed of at no charge and those for which a nominal fee is charged.
C.
The days and hours of operation of the facility are established
by the Department of Public Works and shall be posted at the entrance to the
facility and published periodically in local newspapers and on Television
Channel 19.
Residential transfer station stickers shall be issued for a fee by the
Department of Public Works annually to properly identified residential property
owners and tenants of residential dwellings located within the Town of Barnstable
for use of the residential transfer station pursuant to the following conditions:
A.
Occupants of residential units are entitled to purchase
a total of two stickers per residential dwelling unit.
B.
Stickers are nontransferable and may be issued only for
passenger vehicles, pickup trucks and vans. A utility trailer pulled by a
vehicle bearing a transfer station sticker does not require a sticker.
C.
Stickers entitle the resident to dispose of their household
trash only. Disposal of another resident's trash is an unauthorized use
of the sticker.
D.
Stickers issued for a calendar year shall be honored
at the solid waste facility through December 31 of that year or until the
stickers for the following year become effective in the following year.
E.
Household trash transported by a vehicle that does not
have a valid sticker permanently affixed to the vehicle as required for that
year shall be charged a disposal fee.
F.
Residential property owners and year-round tenants of
residential dwellings located within the Town of Barnstable may also dispose
of bagged household trash at the residential transfer station without a sticker
but will be charged a fee for each time they do so.
G.
Residential property owners and year round tenants of
residential dwellings located within the Town of Barnstable who use the solid
waste facility for the purpose of disposing of recyclable materials, yard
waste, demolition and builders trash and bulky items will not be required
to purchase a sticker. Depending on the material/item to be disposed of, however,
a disposal fee may be required. As a general rule, basic recycling materials
such as paper, glass, tin cans, plastic containers, waste oil, paints, water
based stains, etc., may be disposed of at no cost.
H.
If any person attempts to use the residential transfer
station using a vehicle with a sticker affixed to it that was issued to another
vehicle, the sticker shall be subject to confiscation by the Town.
A.
In those cases where a fee is charged for disposal, all
trucks including standard pickup trucks, vans and utility trailers shall be
weighed prior to disposal.
B.
The driver of any vehicle requiring weighing who leaves
the solid waste facility after disposing of trash without having paid the
applicable fee shall be subject to criminal prosecution.
C.
The operator of each vehicle weighed shall be furnished
a weigh bill at the time of weighing to keep as a receipt of the transaction.
D.
As a service to the public, any vehicle not disposing
of waste materials may be weighed for a fee.
E.
If the scale becomes inoperative due to the loss of electric
power or due to some other reason, all vehicles normally requiring weighing
shall be charged based on the fee contained in the fee schedule published
for the current year.
A.
All loads entering the solid waste facility must be covered.
B.
Only wastes generated within the boundaries of the Town
of Barnstable may be disposed of in the Solid Waste Disposal Facility.
C.
No waste of any type shall be disposed of in a recycling
station bin, container, tank, or disposal area other than that type of waste
for which it is specifically designated as the collection site.
D.
Anyone tampering with or damaging the entrance gate and/or
the fencing around the Solid Waste Disposal Facility or disposing of waste
of any type in the vicinity of the facility shall be subject to prosecution.
E.
No indiscriminate dumping, salvaging or foraging shall
be permitted.
F.
In the event the residential transfer station becomes
inoperative for any reason, the supervisor of the Solid Waste Disposal Facility
shall have the authority to direct vehicles carrying bagged trash to deliver
those bags to an alternate disposal site within the facility.
G.
As a condition of using the Solid Waste Disposal Facility,
the owner, operator or person in charge of the vehicle transporting the waste
material shall, upon request of a facility attendant, provide proof of the
origin or nature of the materials to be disposed of.
H.
Continuous and flagrant disregard for the rules and regulations
contained herein and/or posted at the facility shall be deemed sufficient
cause for the supervisor of the Solid Waste Disposal Facility to bar the entrance
of any vehicle, or to revoke a residential transfer station sticker and issue
the owner a prorated rebate.
The solid waste fee schedule for the current year is approved by the
Town Manager and published separately from these rules and regulations. Copies
of the fee schedule may be obtained at the Solid Waste Disposal Facility office,
45 Flint Street, Marstons Mills and the Department of Public Works Office
at Barnstable Town Hall.
Whoever, himself, herself or by his or her agent, or as the agent of
any other person or any firm or corporation, violates the above regulations
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.
If any article, regulation, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of
these regulations shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, that
decision shall not affect any other portion of these regulations which shall
remain in full force and effect; and to this end the provisions of these regulations
are hereby declared severable.
