No person, corporation or legal entity shall dispose of solid
waste in any manner which is contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this chapter:
ACCEPTABLE SOLID WASTE
A.
Residential solid waste placed for curbside collection except
as shown below:
(1)
Any appliance employing electricity, natural gas or any liquefied
petroleum gas to supply heat or motive power to preserve or cook food,
to wash clothing, dishes, kitchen utensils, glasses or other related
items or to cool or heat air or water, more commonly called "white
goods";
(2)
Bulky waste, such as household furnishings, mattresses or other
large objects;
(3)
Any electronic device containing printed circuit boards, capacitors,
resistors or transistors that is not included in the definition of
white goods;
(4)
Demolition or construction debris;
(5)
Abandoned motorized vehicles. Any self-propelled vehicle including
motorcycles, construction and farm vehicles and other off-the-road
vehicles;
(6)
Liquid wastes sludge, or septic tank wastes;
(7)
Hazardous or other special wastes as those terms may be defined
by federal and state law;
(8)
Dead animals or portions thereof; other pathological or biological
wastes;
(9)
Water treatment residues;
(10)
Tree stumps, meaning the base section of a tree exceeding eight
inches in diameter and containing roots and soil;
(13)
Propane tanks and cylinders;
(14)
Motor vehicle batteries of all types;
(17)
Full cans of paint (open paint cans with dry paint, latex only;
residue is acceptable);
(20)
Pesticides, cleaning solvents, pool chemicals, wet paint and
other toxic, poisonous or hazardous materials;
(21)
Potentially reactive chemicals such as muriatic acid; and
(22)
Other items that present a danger to public works employees,
contracted solid waste haulers or to residents of the community, as
determined by the public works director.
B.
All of the above-described items are to be considered as unacceptable
solid waste.
DWELLING UNIT
Any part of a structure which, through purchase or by lease,
is intended for human habitation.
MUNICIPAL HAULER
The Department of Public Works of the Town or a contracted
agent.
RECYCLE
To recover, separate, collect and reprocess waste materials
for sale or reuse other than as fuel for the solid waste disposal
facility.
SOLID WASTE
Shall have the same definition as set forth in Title 38 M.R.S.A.
§ 1303(C)(29), as the same may be amended from time to time.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY
A waste facility that will provide for the transfer of acceptable
solid waste generated by the municipality and authorized municipalities
to a solid waste disposal facility as well as provide for the handling
of solid waste for the purpose of recycling.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The preparation of materials that have been determined to
be recyclable by separation from solid waste at the point of delivery
to the solid waste facility or by separation previously at the point
of generation and so delivered to the solid waste facility.
The Town shall, in accordance with the provisions of Title 38 M.R.S.A.
§ 1304-B and Title 38 M.R.S.A. § 2101 et seq.,
as said statutes may be amended from time, to time, provide and designate
a specific solid waste facility that will receive and process acceptable
solid waste. Such a facility will facilitate the transference of acceptable
solid waste for the purpose of being conveyed to a designated solid
waste disposal facility. The designation of a solid waste facility
may also include a facility that is used for the purpose of gathering
and the separation of recyclable solid waste; additionally, the municipality
may also provide or designate facilities to handle certain kinds of
unacceptable solid waste, such as but not so limited to demolition
debris, yard debris, tree limbs and bushes, white goods, brown goods
and tires; and in providing for such certain unacceptable solid waste,
the municipal officers may designate disposal facilities that are
beyond the borders of the solid waste facility and of the municipality.
All vehicles that are used to transport solid waste, both acceptable and unacceptable, whether they are vehicles of the municipality or commercial haulers shall adhere to the provisions of §
275-13 of the Code of the Town of Winslow.
It shall be the responsibility of the commercial hauler to ensure
that the municipality is given proper credit at the solid waste facility
or the solid waste disposal facility for all acceptable solid waste
collected from within the borders of the municipality and delivered
to the designated solid waste facility by said commercial hauler.
A commercial hauler shall be held fully responsible for the
presence of unacceptable solid waste in any load delivered by the
commercial hauler to the designated solid waste facility. In the event
that the commercial hauler disposes of any unacceptable solid waste
at the designated solid waste facility, such unacceptable solid waste
shall be immediately removed from the designated facility by the commercial
hauler at the hauler's expense.
Violations of any of the provisions set forth in this chapter shall be in accord with Chapter
1, §
1-17, of the Code of the Town of Winslow. The Office of Code Enforcement and the Police Department shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.