[Adopted 3-17-1984 ATM by Art. 26[1]]
For the purpose of providing or assuring access to an approved
solid waste facility for its residents as required by RSA 149-M and
pursuant to the authority of RSA 31:39, the Town will adopt the following
article for collection and disposal of solid waste.
All residential solid waste and municipal institutional solid
waste shall be collected, transported and disposed of by a commercial
contractor under written contract with the Town. Collection shall
be at curbside, road shoulder or from a dumpster, as the case may
be.
All solid waste that is not residential shall be disposed of
by the generator of such waste.
The Town's landfill shall be closed retroactive to March
10, 1984; provided, however, that it shall remain open for the disposal
of landfill items as defined by regulations adopted by the Board of
Selectmen, generated in Raymond by residents or industrial or business
establishments located in the Town.
The Board of Selectmen is directed to enter into contracts with
commercial waste collectors as needed to carry out the intent of this
article. The contract dated January 30, 1984, between the Board of
Selectmen and SCA Disposal Services of New England, Inc., is hereby
ratified as are all other acts taken to date by the Selectmen in regard
to the residential solid waste contract, collection program and landfill.
The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and empowered to
make reasonable regulations necessary to carry out the article, including
but not limited to the setting of dates and times for collection;
defining the types of waste collectible; defining the containers to
be used; regulating use of the landfill, including distinguishing
between residential and industrial or business use of the landfill
and establishing reasonable fees designed to recover the expense of
any secondary disposal required for landfill items, e.g., tires; providing
for penalties for violation of this article or any regulations promulgated
hereunder; and setting such other regulations as may be necessary
to implement and carry out the management and collection of solid
waste in the Town. Said regulations, including any penalties for their
violation not exceeding those provided in RSA 31:39 (penalty of $1,000),
shall have the same force and effect as if enacted by the Town Meeting
duly warned and assembled. Any such regulations or modifications thereto
shall be adopted after public hearing noticed as provided in RSA 675:7
(Supp. 1983).
This article shall take effect upon passage at the annual Town
Meeting on March 17, 1984.
