[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen 4-10-1989 (Ch. 302 of the 1995 Code); amended in its entirety at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Vehicles primarily used for transportation of commercially
generated solid waste or residential collections. Examples of such
vehicles are compactor trucks, dump trucks or commercially registered
delivery or service vehicles used by the owner to transport commercial
solid waste.
LIGHT USE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
The words "light use" refer to the expected number of times
that the vehicles will be used to deliver commercially generated waste
to the transfer station. Examples of such vehicles are a pickup truck
with advertising on the exterior and whose owner uses the vehicle
to take his personal residential trash to the landfill and whose business
generates little, if any, commercial waste and large construction-type
vehicles that predominantly deliver material to the wood dump.
RESIDENTIAL VEHICLES
Automobiles registered to residents of Salem, New Hampshire,
and to those summer residents who own property and pay taxes.
It shall be unlawful to deposit waste at the Salem transfer
station without having first obtained from the Town of Salem a permit
for such activity. The permit shall be in the form of a license issued
by the Board of Selectmen of the Town or its designee.
A. All permits shall expire on December 31 of the year during which
the permit was issued.
B. All permits shall be nontransferable.
C. Permits must be prominently displayed and affixed in the lower left-hand
corner of the windshield on the driver's side of vehicles bearing
waste to be deposited at the transfer station.
The following fees are designed to defray some of the expense
incurred by the Town in administering the transfer station:
A. Salem residents must pay a fee as set out in the Town of Salem Schedule
of Fees for each vehicle which is to be used to carry waste to the
transfer station. Residents of the Town who are 65 years or older
and/or residents who are 100% disabled shall be exempted from the
fee. There shall be a fee for video display devices as set out in
the Town of Salem Schedule of Fees. For the purpose of this article,
"video display device" means a visual display component of a television
or a computer, whether separate or integrated with a computer central
processing unit/box, and includes a cathode ray tube, liquid crystal
display, gas plasma, digital light processing or other image projection
technology, greater than four inches when measured diagonally, and
its case, interiors wires, and circuitry.
B. Small business owners (haulers) generating solid waste in the Town
of Salem may bring said solid waste to the transfer station and shall
pay the fees as set forth in the Town of Salem Schedule of Fees.
C. Residential trash haulers shall be charged according to the Town
of Salem Schedule of Fees, as adopted by the Board of Selectmen.
(1) Billing will be on a monthly basis and will be based upon weight
records compiled by the Town.
(2) All residential trash haulers delivering waste under this section and according to the schedule set forth above must deliver loads which consist entirely of residential trash or recyclables generated by residences located within the Town of Salem. Any part of a load which is delivered under a residential trash hauler permit and which is found to contain trash generated by commercial establishments or trash generated by residences outside the Town of Salem will subject the holder of the permit to the revocation of permit procedures set forth in §
409-9 below.
D. Commercial trash haulers hauling solid waste generated by a commercial
establishment within the Town of Salem shall bring said waste directly
to the designated private facility.
E. All persons applying for a permit must present vehicle registration
with payment tendered for the permit, and the permit shall only be
displayed on the vehicle for which the registration was presented.
Permits may be obtained and payments must be made at the Tax Collector's
office located at the Town Hall, Geremonty Drive, Salem, New Hampshire,
during normal business hours.
F. The Director of Public Works may refuse to accept waste generated
from commercial undertakings of either a temporary or permanent nature
by posting and publishing a notice of tonnage limitation.
G. The fees set forth above may be adjusted for inflation on an annual
basis by the Town of Salem Board of Selectmen.
Any items or materials that the Board of Selectmen or its designee
has designated for reuse as fertilizer or landscaping materials must
be placed by the users of the transfer station in specified areas.
No other materials shall be placed in these specified areas. Separation
of leaves from other yard waste is required when composting. Additionally,
leaves must be removed from bags.
Fines for violation of the provisions of this article, as adopted
by the Board of Selectmen, are on file with the Town Manager and on
the Town of Salem website. Pursuant to RSA 149-M:17, II(b), the Town
is authorized to levy a civil penalty of up to $3,000 for each act
which violates this article, notwithstanding RSA 31:39, III.