[Ord. No. 239, 8-18-1998[1]]
It is hereby found and declared that the collection, storage, transportation, delivery, processing and disposal of solid waste impacts upon the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Groton and that in exercising supervision and control over the administration of solid waste, the town is exercising essential and proper government functions.
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 239 also repealed former Ch. 13, Solid Waste Management, which derived from the 1969 Code.
[Ord. No. 239, 8-18-1998]
COMMERCIAL UNIT
Means all premises, locations, structures or dwellings, public or private, requiring solid waste collection within the limits of the geographical area, and utilizing compactor(s) or dumpsters for collection of solid waste, but not including premises or locations owned by the state or federal government unless the state or federal government requests that services be provided to such premises or locations.
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
Means the area within the Town of Groton excluding therefrom geographical areas of the Groton Long Point Association and the City of Groton.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
Means any dwelling, location, structure or premises within the limits of the geographical area, requiring solid waste collection which does not utilize a compactor or dumpster for collection of solid waste, but not including premises or locations owned by the state or federal government unless the state or federal government requests that services be provided to such premises or locations.
SOLID WASTE
Means all material included within the definition of "solid waste" in C.G.S. § 22a-207(3), excluding items which are hazardous waste as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-115(1), biomedical waste as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-115(19), radiological materials regulated under C.G.S. Ch. 446a, septage or sludges or other residue from a water pollution abatement facility, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility.
[Ord. No. 239, 8-18-1998; Ord. No. 282, 6-26-2015]
Pursuant to C.G.S. §§ 7-273aa to 7-273oo, inclusive, there is hereby created a municipal resource recovery authority, to be known as the "Town of Groton Resource Recovery Authority", 45 Fort Hill Road, Groton, CT 06340. Pursuant to C.G.S. § 7-273aa(b), the town council of the Town of Groton is hereby designated to be the resource recovery authority and in such capacity it shall have all those rights, powers, and duties set forth in the Connecticut General Statutes relating to municipal recovery authorities.
The town council, acting in its capacity as the Town of Groton Resource Recovery Authority, shall have the power to adopt resolutions, rules and regulations and to set rents, fees, or charges as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Copies of any such resolutions, rules and regulations, and the amount of any such rents, fees or charges shall be made available upon request at the town hall, which shall constitute the principal office of the authority.
The town manager shall be the chief executive officer for the authority and shall have the administrative responsibilities on behalf of the Town of Groton Resource Recovery Authority, set forth in Section 7.2 of the Charter of the Town of Groton.
The town council shall also have the power to designate, within the geographical area one or several residential and/or commercial improvement districts, and to enter into contracts, or grant franchises, for the provision of solid waste collection, transport and/or disposal services within those districts.
[Ord. No. 239, 8-18-1998; Ord. No. 282, 6-26-2015]
Effective January 1, 1999, the removal, transport and/or disposal of solid waste from commercial units and from residential units within the geographical area shall be regulated, managed, supervised and/or performed by the Town of Groton Resource Recovery Authority or its agent(s) in conformance with such rules and regulations as the authority has or shall from time to time adopt. Effective on a date to be established by the authority, the removal, transport and/or disposal of solid waste from commercial units and from residential units within the geographical area shall be managed, supervised and/or performed by the Town of Groton Resource Recovery Authority or its agent(s) in conformance with such rules and regulations as the authority has or shall from time to time adopt, and from the date determined by the authority for commercial and residential units as aforesaid, all other persons are hereby prohibited from removing, transporting and/or disposing of solid waste generated within the geographical area by the commercial or residential units, respectively. The authority may, however, provide by regulation an exception for generators of solid waste to self-transport and self-dispose of such waste.
[Ord. No. 239, 8-18-1998]
The authority shall have the power to issue regulations with respect to the exercise of its powers hereunder. No such regulations shall take effect until after a public hearing in relation thereto in which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having general circulation within the Town of Groton at least ten days prior to such hearing. A copy of the proposed regulation shall be placed on file with the town clerk at least ten days prior to the hearing thereof.