[Adopted 12-15-2021]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
A direct-hire or contract employee of Waste Management of
Virginia, Inc., who is charged with the supervision of disposal activities
at a convenience center or sanitary landfill.
The Board of Supervisors of the County.
All solid waste generated by establishments engaged in business
operations other than manufacturing or construction. This category
includes, but is not limited to, solid waste resulting from the operation
of stores, markets, office buildings, restaurants, and shopping centers.
A location where solid waste and recyclable materials are
placed and stored in bulk containers awaiting transfer to a landfill
or recycling facility.
Amelia County, Virginia.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and any
successor thereto.
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking,
or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water so that
such solid waste or any constituent of it may enter the environment
or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters.
A waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable
of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment.
Any waste material, including garbage, trash, and refuse,
derived from households.
A solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial process
that is not a regulated hazardous waste.
All solid waste emanating from institutions such as, but
not limited to, nursing homes and public and private schools.
The highly visible portion of solid waste (usually packaging
material) which is generated by the consumer and carelessly discarded
outside of the regular garbage disposal system, as on the highways
or in streets.
The commercial sanitary landfill located at 20221 Maplewood
Road, Jetersville, Virginia, and operated by Waste Management of Virginia,
Inc.
A site on which any solid waste is placed, discharged, deposited,
injected, dumped, or spilled so as to present a threat of release
of harmful substances into the environment or present a hazard to
human health.
An individual, corporation, partnership, association, a governmental
body, a municipal corporation, or any other legal entity.
Property owned by a person as defined herein, not including
any government or governmental entity, including but not limited to
yards, grounds, driveways, entrance or passageways, parking areas,
storage areas, any body of water, vacant land, and recreation facilities.
Any area that is used or held out for use by the public,
whether owned or operated by public or private interests, including
but not limited to highways, streets, alleys, parks, recreation areas,
sidewalks, medians, lakes, rivers, streams, ponds or other bodies
of water.
The process of separating a given waste material from the
waste stream and reprocessing it so that it is used again as a new
material for a product, which may or may not be similar to the original
product.
Solid wastes derived from normal residential activities at
a household.
An engineered land burial facility for the disposal of household
waste that is located, designed, constructed, and operated to contain
and isolate the waste so that it does not pose a substantial present
or potential hazard to human health or the environment. A sanitary
landfill also may receive other types of solid wastes, such as commercial
solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, construction demolition debris,
and nonhazardous industrial solid waste.
Any garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter or ashes and other discarded
materials, resulting from household, industrial, commercial, mining,
and agricultural operations, and from community activities.
Every device capable of being moved upon a public highway
or public waterway and in, upon or by which any person or property
may be transported or drawn upon a public highway or public waterway.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drop, deposit, discard, or
otherwise dispose of any solid waste or litter in, upon or beneath
any public or private property in the County of Amelia including but
not restricted to any street, sidewalk, park, body of water, well,
spring, reservoir, watercourse, vacant or occupied lot other than
a convenience center, sanitary landfill or other authorized receptacles
or locations designated by the County for such purpose and then only
in the manner provided by the article and by the governmental regulations
relating thereto.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any land within the
County which is owned or occupied by him or which is under his charge
or supervision to be used as an open dump. Sanitary landfills and
convenience centers are the only authorized places for disposal of
solid waste in the County.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person transporting any wastes detailed
in this article, whether liquid or solid, in any vehicle or upon or
over any public street or right-of-way within the County, to fail
to suitably contain said waste matter from spilling from the vehicle
in which it is being transported.
B.
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle
is constructed or loaded to prevent any of its load from dropping,
sifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom.
C.
No vehicle used to transport litter or other items likely to fall
or be blown from such vehicle shall be driven or moved, stopped or
parked on any highway unless such vehicle is covered to prevent its
contents from blowing, dropping or falling from such vehicle.
D.
Any person operating a vehicle from which any glass or objects have
fallen or escaped, which could cause an obstruction or damage a vehicle
or otherwise endanger travelers on such public property, shall immediately
cause the public property to be cleaned of all glass or objects and
shall pay any costs therefor.
A.
Institutions, businesses, and industries may keep on their premises
private waste collection bins or bulk containers for temporary storage
of solid waste until such solid waste is disposed of in accordance
with this article and other applicable law.
B.
Large bulky items too large for any containers shall be carried directly
to an appropriate site for disposal in accordance with this article
and other applicable law.
C.
It shall be the duty of each proprietor and each operator of any
business, industry, or institution to keep the adjacent and surrounding
area clear and free of litter. These areas include, but are not restricted
to, public and private sidewalks, roads and alleys; grounds; parking
lots; loading and unloading areas; and all vacant lots which are owned
or leased by said business, industry or institution.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ship to, deposit upon or deposit
within the premises of any sanitary landfill within the County any
of the following:
(1)
Hazardous wastes as identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency under authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
or DEQ's hazardous waste Management Regulations, as amended.
(2)
Any infectious waste or radioactive waste, as such terms are defined
by federal and state statutes and regulations.
(3)
Any material which is toxic, pathological, highly flammable, explosive
or otherwise determined to be dangerous.
(4)
Any materials the disposal of which in the landfill would violate
applicable federal or state laws, rules, regulations or permits.
(6)
Any material number of animal carcasses disposed of in a single day
without specific written approval from the County.
(7)
Any waste which in the opinion of the landfill operator and the County
is not compatible with the landfill design or operation, and which
could pose a threat to the safety of personnel or users of the landfill
or which is not permitted for disposal in the landfill according to
any of the federal, state or local permits governing the operation
of the landfill.
B.
All persons having solid waste unacceptable for deposit at any sanitary
landfill within the County shall dispose of such waste in accordance
with applicable law.
All convenience centers operated by the County or co-operated
with or by authorized contractors of the County are for the use and
benefit for Amelia County residents, and property owners, and are
for the deposit of residential-household waste generated in the County
of Amelia only. All deposits of solid waste at convenience centers
shall conform to the following provisions:
A.
No liquid waste of any kind shall be deposited at any convenience
center.
B.
No hazardous waste shall be deposited at any convenience center.
C.
No industrial waste or commercial waste shall be deposited at any
convenience center.
D.
All solid waste transported to any convenience center shall be placed
within the collection containers or recycle bins and no solid waste
shall be placed in any collection container so that trash overflows
onto the ground.
E.
No solid waste or liquid waste of any kind shall be deposited on
the ground at any convenience center.
F.
No tires or dead animals shall be deposited in or at any convenience
center. These items shall be taken directly to a sanitary landfill
in the County or otherwise disposed of in accordance with applicable
law.
G.
No building materials of any type shall be placed in or at any convenience
center.
H.
No stoves, washing machines, refrigerators or other major appliances,
bedsprings, mattresses, furniture, motor vehicles, or any other large
bulky items shall be deposited in or at any convenience center. These
items shall be serviced for Freon removal in accordance with applicable
law, if required, and then disposed of at a sanitary landfill or otherwise
disposed of in accordance with applicable law.
I.
No person not a property owner or resident of the County of Amelia
shall deposit any solid waste or litter in any convenience center.
J.
No solid waste shall be deposited in containers designated for specific
materials recycling except those items specifically noted on said
containers.
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to remove or
cause to be removed any solid waste or recyclable material which has
been properly deposited in or at a convenience center.
No person shall enter upon or remain within the premises of
a sanitary landfill at any time while such landfill is closed to the
public except by the authority of the applicable landfill manager,
or his designee.
All persons using a sanitary landfill or convenience center
shall obey the lawful orders or directives of the attendant or landfill
representative in charge thereof.
Violations of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty,
not to exceed $50 for the first violation. The civil penalty for subsequent
violations within 12 months of the first violation shall not exceed
$200. These penalties are in lieu of criminal penalties and preclude
prosecution of such violation as a misdemeanor.
State law reference(s) — Authority for
above section, Code of Virginia, §§ 15.2-928, 15.2-1429.
