[Amended 9-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-1008042C[1]]
The City shall provide, either by contract or otherwise, a resident
dropoff facility for the dropoff and transfer of residential solid
waste and residential recycling, and may include residential compost,
generated within the City.
[Amended 9-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-1008042C]
The Hudson Street landfill will be closed to public use. Further
use of said landfill by the public will only be allowed under emergency
conditions by the Department of Public Works or as otherwise approved
by the City Council.
12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 04-106573C; 9-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-1008042C]
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to
them by this article:
Discarded organic material such as yard trimmings, kitchen
scraps, wood shavings, cardboard and paper that is converted to compost,
which can be used for soil improvement or as a fertilizer.
Discarded material that can be converted into reusable material
as defined by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Discarded material that is usual to housekeeping, which is
not recycling or hazardous waste as defined by the Massachusetts Department
of Environmental Protection.
[Amended 9-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-1008042C]
A.
The resident dropoff facility shall be for the sole use of residents
of the City of Marlborough. The Department of Public Works shall issue
permits in the form of stickers to be attached to each vehicle window.
The Department of Public Works shall adopt regulations for the administration
of the resident dropoff facility consistent with this section.
B.
Entrance for the use of the resident dropoff facility shall only
be allowed to vehicles displaying a proper window sticker affixed
to the lower, front corner of the driver's side window. Said
permit shall allow use of the facility on an annual basis, from July
1 through June 30 of each year, as follows:
(1)
Residential solid waste/residential recycling standard sticker: $50
annual fee. This sticker permits a maximum of 50 household bags of
residential solid waste and six pay items.
(2)
Residential recycling only sticker: no fee.
(3)
Senior citizens (age 65 and older) and disabled American veterans
sticker: no fee. This sticker permits a maximum of 50 household bags
of residential solid waste and six pay items.
(4)
Sticker upgrades: purchasable in $100 increments for an additional
four pay items. Twelve household bags of residential solid waste are
considered one pay item.
(5)
For purposes of this subsection, pay items are a single load of electronics,
appliances and bulk waste as defined in the regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 540-20, Issuance of
stickers, as amended; 520-21, Special permits; and 540-22, Exemptions,
were repealed 9-21-2020 by Ord. No. 20-1008042C.
