[Amended 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01; 6-18-2019 by Order No. 19-274-01]
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No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard, dump, or otherwise dispose of any garbage, tobacco product, yard waste, solid waste, construction and demolition debris, vehicle, prohibited waste, hazardous waste, litter or waste matter in general, or cause the same to be thrown, dropped, deposited, discarded, dumped, or otherwise disposed upon any street, sidewalk, alley, gutter, park, or other public way, or upon any premises, private property, public property or vacant lot or in any water, or store or keep the same except in suitable containers or in litter baskets as supplied by the City or deposited at a disposal facility or the transfer station in an appropriate manner.
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Where the City has supplied litter baskets, no person shall use the litter basket for the disposal of large volumes of solid waste from residential or commercial activity.
The definitions set forth in 38 M.R.S.A. § 1303-C, as amended herein, apply to this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms below are defined as follows. Any word not otherwise defined in 38 M.R.S.A. § 1303-C or below shall have its ordinary meaning:
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS
Waste generated through the construction, repair or demolition of structures including, but not limited to discarded, collapsed, or detached parts of a building or structure thereof and including but not limited to inert material plaster, lath, plumbing fixtures, insulation, asphalt, asphalt shingles, wall board, pipes, treated wood (wood products which have been treated with copper, chromium, arsenic and/or creosote), and conduit; but does not include partially filled containers, friable asbestos or other special waste.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded solid material with insufficient liquid content to be free flowing, including, by way of example and not by limitation, rubbish, garbage, scrap material, junk, refuse, but shall not include septic tank sludge nor agricultural, biomedical or hazardous waste; it shall also include recyclable material, acceptable waste, and unacceptable waste as defined herein. The fact that a solid waste or constituent of the waste may have value or other use, or may be recycled, or may be sold or exchanged does not exclude it from this definition.
SUITABLE CONTAINER
For material other than recyclable material, yard waste, or construction or demolition debris, a City-approved plastic bag or a dumpster as herein defined in this chapter.
SUITABLE RECYCLING CONTAINER
For recyclable material as herein defined in this chapter, a rectangular plastic bin obtained from the Public Works Department or other container so designated with a sticker obtained from the Public Works Department.
No person shall keep any solid waste, acceptable waste, unacceptable waste, construction and demolition debris, garbage, rubbish, scrap metal, offal, swill or refuse, or scraps of meat or fish, or any decayed matter, vegetable or animal, unless confined in suitable containers.
Any person, firm, or corporation person who violates any provision of this chapter may be penalized in the following manner:
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Civil penalties. Violating any provision of this chapter is a civil penalty enforced by the Police Department or enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452. In any such proceeding, the City may order abatement of any violations, pay a penalty between $100 and $2,500 per violation, per day, and pay the court costs, attorneys and expert witness fees incurred by the City.
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Littering penalties. In addition to other penalties in this chapter, littering, as defined in the Maine Litter Control Act, 17 M.R.S.A. § 2261 et seq., is a civil penalty and may be enforced and prosecuted pursuant to 17 M.R.S.A. § 2261 et seq.
Anyone who has had their collection of acceptable waste or recyclables from residences or use of the transfer station denied or suspended pursuant to § 220-36, 220-5, or 220-6 shall be entitled to a hearing before the Public Works Director if such request is made in writing within 30 days of the denial or suspension. The decision of the Public Works Director shall be final.