[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Thompson 11-24-2020 (Ord. No. 10-021). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Material accepted at the Thompson Transfer and Recycling
Station includes items defined by the Connecticut Department of Energy
and Environmental Protection as bulky waste and oversized municipal
solid waste. Thompson's Transfer and Recycling Station accepts the
following bulky waste items: old carpet, pallets, insulation, wood
scraps, paneling, old bathroom fixtures, and oversized municipal solid
waste, including furniture, sofas, mattresses, carpets and rugs, oversized
toys, stuffed chairs, and painted and clean wood. No asbestos or other
hazardous waste shall be disposed of as bulky waste. See the Transfer
and Recycling Station pamphlet.
[Amended 5-30-2023]
Any person, firm, or corporation charging a fee for the collection,
transportation, and/or dumping of garbage, and includes those who
collect and dispose of refuse as a secondary aspect of other commercial
services, such as contractors and construction companies.
The Thompson Transfer and Recycling Station accepts clean,
organic materials for composting at the Transfer and Recycling Station.
Natural, organic items accepted at the Thompson Transfer and Recycling
Station for composting are: leaves, small quantities of grass clippings,
hay and straw, stalks and stems from vegetable gardens, horse manure,
fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, and bark in small quantities.
The area designated by the Town of Thompson for the dumping
of garbage and rubbish and recyclables.
Depositing, discharging, placing, and disposing of garbage
and recyclables.
Materials that are identified by the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA)[1] as hazardous materials. For example, household cleaning
fluids, oil-based paints, explosives, acids, caustics, poisons, drugs,
radioactive materials and refuse of a similar nature.
[Amended 5-30-2023]
Includes garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash, waste and unwanted
or discarded materials, including solids, liquids, and semisolid or
contained gaseous materials. No asbestos or other hazardous waste
shall be disposed of as MSW.
Any items, commonly regarded as wastes, which are designated
by the Select Board and the Director of Public Works to be presorted
for separate handling.
Individuals who reside in or own real property containing
a residence or operate a home occupation business in the Town of Thompson.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
A.
Only persons, firms, or corporations whose residences or places of
doing business are within the Town limits shall be eligible for a
permit to use the facilities of the Town Transfer and Recycling Station
for depositing of garbage, rubbish, and other refuse originating in
the Town. Commercial refuse collection services operating in the Town
are not eligible. No person, firm, or corporation, other than those
herein designated, shall, without written permission from the Director
of Public Works and the Selectpersons, enter into or upon the Transfer
and Recycling Station. The depositing at the Transfer and Recycling
Station of any garbage, rubbish, or any other refuse not originating
from a permitted household within Thompson shall constitute a violation
of this chapter and result in a fine and/or revocation of the permit
for the balance of the current year.
B.
Failure to pay charges incurred at the Transfer and Recycling Station
within 60 days will result in suspension of Transfer and Recycling
Station permit until fees are paid.
Applications for yearly permits shall be obtained from the Tax
Collector's office, which shall issue all permits authorizing the
use of the Transfer and Recycling Station, subject to the provisions
of this chapter and other appertaining regulations. Temporary permits
may be issued to Thompson residents borrowing vehicles. Temporary
permits shall be issued solely to residents holding valid yearly permits.
A temporary permit shall be valid for not more than one day and said
permit shall be in the form of a letter from the Tax Collector's office.
Temporary one-day permits are sold at the Tax Collector's office as
well as the Transfer and Recycling Station. There shall be no charge
to residents who already hold a valid yearly permit. The Director
of Public Works is responsible for regulation, enforcement, and revocation
of permits for failure to follow regulations. Appeals of denial or
revocation of permits shall be made to the full Select Board. All
permit stickers shall be affixed and displayed in the lower right
interior corner of the motor vehicle windshield. A separate permit
is required for each household in a multiple-family dwelling.
[Amended 5-30-2023]
The Director of Public Works in conjunction with the Select
Board is hereby authorized to enact from time to time other regulations
supplemental to this chapter, deemed in the public interest regarding
the separation, recovery, collection, removal, storage, and disposition
of garbage, rubbish, and other refuse, including recyclables, and
specially designated materials, in accordance with Connecticut General
Statutes and other applicable state regulations.
The Selectpersons are authorized to employ and/or negotiate
and enter into contracts within available appropriations with individual
persons, corporations, or governmental agencies for the separation,
recovery, collection, removal, storage, or disposition of garbage,
rubbish, or other refuse, including recyclables.
An annual permit fee for the use of the Transfer and Recycling
Station by residents and other eligible parties may be established
by the Selectpersons. Other fees for disposal, deposit of specially
designated materials and tipping fees and fines may be instituted
by the Select Board. The fee for yearly permits issued after May 1
will be at a reduced rate of the annual fee. See the Ordinance Schedule
of Fees and Fines for current fees.[1]
No person engaged in the business of collection or disposal
of garbage shall deposit garbage in the Transfer and Recycling Station.
Except where otherwise specified in this chapter, any person
or permittee violating any provision of this chapter, or regulations
enacted hereunder, shall be subject to a fine, see Ordinance Schedule
of Fees and Fines, and/or revocation of permit for use of the Transfer
and Recycling Station. In addition, the Town or its agent reserves
the right to refuse access to the Transfer and Recycling Station where
the provisions of this chapter or regulations enacted hereunder are
violated.
All garbage, rubbish, or other refuse collected and transported
within the Town of Thompson shall be covered or secured in such a
manner as to prevent scattering of these materials upon the streets
and highways. All vehicles entering or leaving the Transfer and Recycling
Station shall be subject to inspection by the Director of Public Works
or his designee. Any vehicle containing inappropriate or unacceptable
materials or unsecured loads shall be refused entry to the Transfer
and Recycling Station.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, deposit, or leave
any litter or rubbish in any public park, public playground, or recreation
area, public street or on any private property of another in the Town.
Such litter or rubbish shall be placed in the proper receptacles where
these are provided, and when receptacles are not so provided, such
litter or rubbish shall be carried away by the person responsible
for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere. Violations of
this section shall be punishable by a fine, see Ordinance Schedule
of Fees and Fines, for each occurrence.
Except as specifically permitted by the Town, it shall be unlawful
for any person to throw upon the streets, or any private property
of another, or any other property under the control of the Town, or
in any catch basin, fire hole, drain, river, or other waterway in
the Town any garbage, rubbish, hazardous waste or other refuse. Violation
of this section shall be punishable by a fine, see Ordinance Schedule
of Fees and Fines, plus the cost of cleanup for each occurrence.
No person having custody or control of residential, industrial,
or business premises from which garbage, rubbish, or other refuse,
including recyclables, is collected for disposal in the Transfer and
Recycling Station shall permit or cause any garbage, rubbish, or other
refuse, including recyclables, within his/her control to become a
hazard to public travel, health, or safety, or to become a nuisance
of any sort as determined by the Select Board.
No person(s) engaged in the business of separation, recovery,
collection, removal, storage, or disposition of garbage, rubbish,
recyclables, or other refuse within the Town of Thompson, except as
are specifically authorized by the Selectpersons, shall pick up or
procure from the Transfer and Recycling Station any garbage, rubbish,
or other refuse deemed recyclable under this chapter or a valid regulation.
This restriction shall also apply to any citizen, resident, taxpayer
or person who might engage in such practice for personal gain except
so far as such persons may be collecting roadside litter. Violations
of this section shall be punishable by a fine, see Ordinance Schedule
of Fees and Fines, and/or loss of Transfer and Recycling Station permit.[1]
[Amended 5-30-2023]
There will be a flat fee to dispose of all bulky waste for loads
under 100 pounds to be determined by the Select Board; see Ordinance
Schedule of Fees and Fines. All demolition materials and bulky waste
100 pounds and over are subject to being weighed in over the Transfer
and Recycling Station scale and will be billed accordingly, on tonnage,
at the rate set by the Select Board.
It shall be unlawful to dispose of, within the Town of Thompson,
materials which are identified by the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA)[1] as hazardous materials. Household hazardous wastes should
be held at home until the Town announces a household hazardous waste
collection day. Refer to the annual "Town of Thompson Transfer and
Recycling Information" packet for permitted and prohibited materials.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances, resolutions, regulations,
or other documents inconsistent with the provision of this chapter
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
This chapter and the various parts, sentences, sections, and
clauses thereof are hereby declared to be severable. If any part,
sentence, section, or clause is adjudged invalid, it is hereby provided
that the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.
The law enforcement agency of the Town of Thompson shall be
charged with enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and any
legal recourse, civil or criminal, available to the Selectpersons.
