These regulations govern the use and maintenance
of any device used for the storage of garbage or other refuse, which
device has a storage capacity of two cubic yards or more. Such device
shall be referred to as a "dumpster."
The sanitary care and sanitary maintenance of
the dumpster shall be the responsibility of the user of the dumpster.
Sanitary care shall include but not be limited to:
A. Lid covers shall be kept closed.
B. Interiors of dumpsters shall be clean and free of
encrustations, food bits, scum, debris and the like.
C. Odors shall be contained and controlled.
D. No unwrapped food stuffs shall be placed in the dumpster.
E. Land surrounding the dumpster and in immediate proximity
shall be kept clean of any litter, debris and the like coming from
use of the dumpster.
F. Any insect and/or rodent infestation resulting from
the use of the dumpster shall be properly professionally and immediately
eradicated.
G. Any leakage resulting from the use of the dumpster
shall be immediately absorbed by sand, clay, sawdust or other such
material and properly cleaned and removed so as to prevent insect
and/or rodent infestation.
H. Prevention of any other condition dangerous to public
health.
Placement of the dumpster must not cause any
undue harm and not otherwise be likely to be detrimental to public
health and must conform to other town departmental requirements.
All other applicable rules and regulations of
the Board of Health, town bylaws and the State Sanitary Code shall
apply to dumpsters.
These regulations do not authorize the disposal
of the contents of the dumpster in the town's sanitary landfill.
No person shall transport garbage or other refuse removed from a dumpster in or through the Town of Fairhaven, unless he/she has first obtained a permit pursuant to MGL c. 111, § 31A. The violation of any of these regulations by the holder of a permit issued pursuant to MGL c. 111, § 31A, shall be cause for the amendment, revocation or suspension of that permit. Proceedings thereon shall be pursuant to the procedure established by the provisions of §
471-7B of this chapter.
Each violation of these regulations shall be
punished by a fine of $10 for each day such violation exists.