Control of the accumulation, collection, storage, removal and
disposal of solid waste is a governmental function of the City of
Norwalk for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
It is consequently found and declared that:
A. The City is authorized by law to regulate the disposition of solid
waste generated within its boundaries and to license solid waste collectors.
B. The City is also authorized by Connecticut General Statutes Section
22a-220a to designate the area where solid waste generated within
its boundaries shall be disposed.
C. The enactment of this article is in furtherance of the
City of Norwalk's approved Regional Solid Waste Management Plan.
In addition to the terms defined in Chapter
91 and Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-207 and unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACCEPTABLE SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded materials of the kind normally collected
or disposed of or caused to be collected or disposed of by or on behalf
of a municipality through private or municipal collection and commercial,
governmental and light industrial waste for which a municipality is
required by state law to make provisions for the safe and sanitary
disposal thereof, but not including in any case special handling waste
or bulky solid waste.
BULKY SOLID WASTE
Solid waste comprised of land-clearing debris and waste resulting
directly from demolition and construction activities which can be
disposed of in a landfill holding a permit issued by the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection under Section 22a-208y of the
Connecticut General Statutes and following of its regulations or any
successor provisions.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Pathological, biological, cesspool or other human wastes,
human and animal remains, radioactive, toxic and other hazardous wastes
which, according to federal, state or local rules or regulations from
time to time in effect, require special handling in their collection,
treatment or disposal, including those regulated under 42 U.S.C. §§ 6921,
through 6925 and regulations thereunder adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976, 90 Stat 2806, 42 U.S.C. § 6901,
such as cleaning fluids, crankcase oils, cutting oils, paints, acids,
caustics, poisons, drugs, fine powdery earth used to filter cleaning
fluid and refuse of similar nature.
SPECIAL HANDLING WASTE
B.
Dirt, concrete and other nonburnable construction material and
demolition debris, such as, but not limited to, sheetrock, ceramic
tile, asphalt shingles).
C.
Large items of machinery and equipment, such as motor vehicles
and major components thereof, agricultural equipment, trailers and
marine vessels and any other item of waste exceeding six feet in any
one of its dimensions or being in whole or in part of a solid mass,
the solid mass portion of which has dimensions such that a sphere
with a diameter of eight inches could be contained within such solid
mass portion, including, in the context of deliveries to the disposal
facility, bulky solid waste.
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D.
Explosives, ordinance materials, oil, sludges, highly flammable
substances, hazardous chemicals, tires and other materials, the acceptance
of which, in the judgment of the Director, reasonably exercised, is
likely to cause damage to or adversely affect the operation of the
disposal facility, constitute a threat to health or safety or violate
or cause the violation of any applicable federal, state or local law,
regulation or judicial or administrative decision or order.
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Any person permitted by this article to collect, remove or transport
solid waste over the streets of the City shall use containers or vehicles
provided with tight covers and so constructed and operated as to prevent
offensive odors escaping therefrom and refuse from being blown, dropped,
spilled or leaked therefrom.
In order to preserve the public health, safety and welfare,
the Director shall have the authority to limit the number of licenses
for the collection and/or transportation of refuse which may be issued
under this article. Notice of such limitation shall be posted in the
same manner as rules and regulations issued by the Director under
this article.
No license granted by the Director under this article or any
interest therein shall be given, sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise
transferred without the prior written consent of the Director.
The Director shall have the authority to make such other reasonable
rules and regulations concerning collection, transportation and disposal
of refuse as he shall deem necessary, which shall take effect no less
than three days after posting at the Department of Public Works'
offices and at all designated solid waste disposal facilities.
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Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount established in accordance with the provisions of §
90-4, Approval of rates and fees. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
All noncommercial vehicles of Norwalk residents and/or real
property owners for which a vehicle tax is paid to Norwalk shall be
entitled to free admission with a valid disposal pass to the transfer
station and the yard waste site. In order to maintain the validity
of this pass, Norwalk residents and/or real property owners shall
remain current on their vehicle tax. If Norwalk residents and/or real
property owners are more than 45 days delinquent on their vehicle
tax, then this pass shall become invalid until the vehicle tax, and
all applicable fees, interest and penalties, have been satisfied.
The disposal pass must be displayed on the driver's side dashboard
during use of both facilities.
All noncommercial vehicles of Norwalk residents and/or real
property owners for which a vehicle tax is paid to a city other than
Norwalk shall be entitled to purchase a disposal pass to the transfer
station and the yard waste site for a sum to be set pursuant to the
Department of Operations and Public Works' fee schedule.
All vehicles of nonresidents, nonpermit holders and/or non-real-property
owners shall be entitled to use the transfer station and yard waste
site for a sum to be set pursuant to the Department of Operations
and Public Works' fee schedule.