[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Carver as Ch. 2, § 2.3, 2.4; Ch. 10, § 10.3, of the 2015 Compilation. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Health is charged with collecting users fees to reimburse the Town for costs, including monitoring costs, associated with the landfilling of waste and other material within the Town of Carver. Such waste may be collected within or outside the Town of Carver. The fees will be set on a tonnage basis and collected in conjunction with the enforcement of regulations promulgated under MGL c. 111, §§ 31A and 31B.
[Amended 4-22-2019 ATM by Art. 15]
A. 
Other than as specifically set forth herein, any Town board or officer empowered to issue a license, permit, certificate, or to render a service or perform work for a person or class of persons, may, from time to time, fix reasonable fees for all such licenses, permits, or certificates issued pursuant to statutes or regulations wherein the entire proceeds of the fee remain with the Town, and may fix reasonable charges to be paid for any services rendered or work performed by the Town or any department thereof; provided, however, that in the case of a board or officer appointed by an elected board, the fixing of such fee shall be subject to the review and approval of such elected board, and in the case of any other board or officer, the fixing of such fee shall be subject to the review and approval of the Select Board or its designee.
B. 
No fee shall be imposed or increased until a public hearing is held with respect thereto and such new or revised fee is then posted at the office of the Town Clerk for at least two weeks prior to the effective date thereof.
C. 
All fees in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this by-law shall continue to be applicable until revised as provided hereunder.
D. 
Fee schedules shall be posted in the office of the Town Clerk and in the office of the officer or board imposing the fee.
The Sealer of Weights and Measures shall receive the following fees for sealing the following weighing or measuring devices:
A. 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of more than 10,000 pounds: $50.
B. 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 5,000 to 10,000 pounds: $30.
C. 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 1,000 to 5,000 pounds: $20.
D. 
Each scale with a weighing capacity of 100 to 1,000 pounds: $10.
E. 
Scales and balances with a weighing capacity of 10 pounds and less than 100 pounds: $10.
F. 
Scales and balances with a weighing capacity of 10 pounds or less: $10.
G. 
Each liquid capacity measure, except vehicle tanks, of the capacity of more than one gallon and measures on pumps: $5.
H. 
Each liquid measuring meter, except water meters, the diameter of the inlet pipe of which is 1/2 inch or less, $10; more than 1/2 inch but not more than one inch, $10; for each such type of liquid measuring meter, the diameter of the inlet pipe of which is more than one inch, the following shall apply: vehicle-tank pump $25, vehicle-tank gravity $20, bulk storage $50, bulk storage user furnishes certified proven, $10.
I. 
Each taximeter or measuring device used upon vehicles to determine the cost of transportation: $20.
J. 
Each machine or other mechanical device used for determining linear or area measurement: $10.
K. 
Milk bottles or jars: $10 per gross.
L. 
Vehicle tanks used in the sale of commodities by liquid measure shall be charged for each hundred gallons or fraction thereof, $10. An additional fee of $10 per sealed indicator shall be received.
M. 
All weights and other measures: $1.