[Ord. of 10-1-1990]
This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Flow Control
Ordinance for the City of Old Town."
[Ord. of 10-1-1990]
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted in
30 M.R.S.A. §§ 1917, 2151, and 38 M.R.S.A. § 1304-B.
[Ord. of 10-1-1990]
All terms not specifically defined herein shall have their ordinary
meaning; words used in the present tense include the future, and the
plural includes the singular.
ACCEPTABLE WASTES
All solid wastes of the type presently accepted at the landfill
used by the municipality, including all ordinary household, municipal,
institutional, commercial and industrial wastes with the following
exceptions:
(1)
Demolition or construction debris from building and roadway
projects or locations;
(2)
Liquid wastes or sludges;
(3)
Abandoned or junk vehicles;
(4)
Hazardous waste, that is waste with inherent properties that
make it dangerous to manage by ordinary means, including but not limited
to, asbestos, chemicals, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive
wastes, toxic wastes and other wastes defined as hazardous by the
State of Maine or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976,
as amended, or other federal, state or local laws, regulations, orders
or other actions promulgated or taken with respect thereto;
(5)
Dead animals or portions thereof or other pathological wastes;
(6)
Water treatment residues;
(10)
Discarded "white goods" including, but not limited to freezers,
stoves, refrigerators and washing machines.
CLASSIFIED WASTE
All solid waste of the type municipalities are required to
regulate by 38 M.R.S.A. § 1305, as amended, which specifically
excludes industrial and sewage treatment plant sludge, and not included
in the definition of "acceptable waste."
DISPOSAL FACILITY
The facilities designated by the municipality as the storage
and/or disposal sites for acceptable or classified wastes.
ENERGY RECOVERY FACILITY
The facility designated herein which processes and recovers
energy and/or useful materials from acceptable waste generated in
the municipality.
TRANSFER STATION
A building or container or designated area in which acceptable
waste is deposited and temporarily stored for transshipment to the
energy recovery facility.
[Ord. of 10-1-1990; Ord. of 7-25-1988; Ord. of 6-15-1992]
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity who violates this article shall be subject to penalties and provisions of §
1-8.
[Ord. of 10-1-1990]
This article may be amended in the same manner as any other
ordinance of the municipality, subject to the contractual obligations
outlined in the contract between the municipality and the energy recovery
facility.