[Adopted 5-24-1967; amended in its entirety 10-30-1980 (Ch. 6, § 6-1, of the Town Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
LITTERING
Throwing, placing or allowing to be placed solid waste materials in the highways of the Town or on other Town property other than the Town Transfer Station/Recycling Center located at 22 Bacon Pond Road or similar disposal area designated by the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended 5-21-2018]
SOLID WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, sludge, and other unwanted or discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage or hazardous waste.
Solid waste in the Town shall be disposed of only in accordance with this article and the regulations adopted hereunder by the Board of Selectmen.
No private solid waste disposal areas shall be permitted without the prior written approval of the Board of Selectmen, which shall refuse approval wherever any private solid waste disposal area, in its judgment, may endanger the health, safety or welfare of the inhabitants of the Town.
Littering is prohibited. Any person violating this section shall be fined for each violation, not less than $10 but not more than the maximum permitted by the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended.
No person may bring solid waste into the Town refuse disposal area or any similar disposal area approved by the Board of Selectmen from outside the Town.
No hazardous wastes or materials, as defined by state or federal laws or regulations, may be disposed of in the Town. It shall be the responsibility of the generator of such wastes or materials to provide for the disposal of the same in accordance with the applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
No person shall engage in the business of collecting or disposing of solid waste without first obtaining a license from the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen may prescribe rules and regulations as to the collection, handling and disposal of solid waste by such persons and may revoke such license upon the failure to comply with such rules and regulations of this section. Any person who shall engage in such business without a license and any person who shall not comply with this section or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall be fined not less than $25 for each offense.
The Board of Selectmen shall have the authority to establish such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the public health, safety and welfare concerning the separation, collection, removal, storage and disposition of refuse, garbage, trash, commercial and industrial waste, and all other solid waste, and all salvageable material, including, without limitation, the operation of the Town refuse disposal area. Such rules and regulations may include licensing, fines, identification, fees and charges, hours of operations, the quantity and character of refuse, and private and public collection.
[Amended 5-21-2018]
Except as otherwise provided in the Charter of the Town, all regulations and any amendments thereto shall be adopted as follows: The regulations shall be adopted by the Board of Selectmen at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Selectmen at which there is a quorum of at least two members of the Board of Selectmen; and all such regulations adopted shall be by majority vote; provided, however, no such regulations shall be acted upon by the Board of Selectmen unless a public hearing on such proposed regulations shall have been held by the Board of Selectmen. Notice of such public hearing shall be given at least seven days in advance by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town and by posting such notice on the Town signpost. Copies of such proposed regulations shall be made available by the Board of Selectmen for public inspection at the Town Clerk's office at least seven days in advance of said public hearing. Every regulation, after approval by the Board of Selectmen, shall be filed with the Town Clerk, who shall then record and, with the advice of Town Counsel, compile the same as required by the General Statutes of Connecticut. Each regulation so passed shall be published at the direction of the Town Clerk in its entirety in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town within 10 days after adoption by the Board of Selectmen. Each regulation shall take effect 15 days after publication unless such regulation shall specify a later effective date.
Except as otherwise provided, any person who shall violate any provision of this article or the regulations adopted hereunder shall be fined not more than $100 for each violation, or if greater, not more than the maximum permitted by the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended. Each day such violation shall exist shall constitute a separate violation and offense under this article.