As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority established
pursuant to Chapter 446e of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
BULKY WASTE
Landclearing debris and waste resulting directly from demolition
activities other than clean fill.
CLEAN FILL
Natural soil, rock, brick, concrete, ceramics and asphalt
paving fragments which are virtually inert and pose neither a pollution
threat to ground- or surface waters nor a fire hazard.
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
Corrugated containers having liners of kraft (brown) paper
that are in clean condition (not soiled by any garbage or other material)
and which are not coated with any wax material.
DESIGNATED RECYCLABLE
Newspaper, corrugated cardboard, office paper, glass food
and beverage containers, metal food and beverage containers, waste
oil, scrap metal, storage batteries (lead acid batteries) and leaves.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
The Director of Health for the Central Connecticut Health
District.
[Amended 12-20-1999]
DWELLING
Any enclosed space which is wholly or partly used or intended
to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
DWELLING OCCUPANT
The owner, renter or other occupant of each separate dwelling
unit, whether or not in the same building with other dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or
intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GLASS FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
Clear, brown and green glass food and beverage containers
up to one gallon in size, washed clean of their contents with their
caps and lids removed, and which do not contain any other materials
except paper labels.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Dangerous materials or substances which may pose a present
or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly
treated, stored, transported or disposed of, including but not limited
to cleaning fluids, paints, explosives, acids, caustics, poisons,
drugs, radioactive materials, infectious materials and asbestos-containing
material.
INDUSTRY
The manufacture, milling, assembly or warehousing of a product
and the maintenance and/or storage of commercial vehicles or construction
equipment.
METAL CANS
Metal containers up to one gallon in size, washed clean of
their contents, and which do not contain any other materials except
paper labels.
MID-CONNECTICUT SYSTEM
The system for the processing of solid waste and the recovery
of energy therefrom constructed by the Authority pursuant to the Municipal
Services Agreement.
MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
The municipal solid waste management services contract between
the Town of Wethersfield and the Authority dated June 30, 1982.
NEWSPAPERS
Fresh dry newspapers, not sunburned, free from paper other
than newsprint, containing not more than the normal percentage of
rotogravure and colored sections (magazines and advertising materials),
which can be either tied in bundles with string or placed in brown
kraft paper grocery bags.
NONRESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Premises used for wholesale or retail trade business and
professional offices, industry, churches, schools, nonprofit organizations,
farms operated as a business, government buildings, hospitals and
other humane institutions, orders of fraternal organizations, clubs
and places of amusement, entertainment and recreation.
PET (POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) BOTTLES
Plastic bottles up to three liters in size, washed clean
of their contents, and which do not contain any other materials except
paper labels and HDPE base cups.
PREMISES
A platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel
of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling
or nondwelling structure, and includes any such building, accessory
structure or other structures thereon.
RECYCLABLES
Corrugated cardboard, glass food and beverage containers,
metal food and beverage containers, newspapers and plastic HDPE and
PET bottles.
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES
Premises containing one or more dwelling units but not including
hotels or motels or apartments with four or more dwelling units (e.g.,
single-family and two-family dwellings, apartments with three or fewer
dwelling units, exempt apartments, condominiums and Town houses, planned
unit developments and congregate housing).
[Amended 6-7-1993]
RUBBISH
Cold ashes, junk, discarded containers, dust, sweepings,
waste paper, boxes, crates, rags, clothing, textiles, glass (other
than food and beverage containers), crockery and similar waste materials,
excluding body wastes, hazardous wastes, bulky wastes and clean fill.
SOLID WASTE
Garbage, rubbish and bulky wastes, excluding body wastes,
hazardous waste, clean fill, material designated recyclable and recyclables.
WHITE GOODS
Major appliances, fluorescent light ballasts (bulbs removed),
microwave ovens, submersible pumps, mercury vapor lamps, fans and
hot-water heaters.
[Added 5-6-1991]
Any person, partnership or corporation who or
which fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or with any
regulations of the Director of Health as provided for in this chapter
shall be subject to the following penalties, in those cases where
no other penalty is cited in this chapter:
A. Residents who fail to separate materials designated
recyclable from other solid waste:
(1) First violation: a written warning.
(2) Subsequent violations: a fine not to exceed $100 for
each such violation.
B. Nonresidential premises or institutions that fail
to provide for separation of materials designated recyclable from
other solid waste:
(1) First violation: a written warning.
(2) Subsequent violations: a fine not to exceed $500 for
each such violation.
C. A collector who dumps more than one cubic foot in
volume of solid waste at one time in an area not designated for such
disposal by the Town or who knowingly mixes other solid waste with
materials designated recyclable:
(2) Subsequent violations: $5,000.
[Added 12-6-2010]
This chapter has been specifically designated for enforcement by citations issued by designated municipal officers or employees, and the citation hearing procedure established by Chapter
73, Article
I, of the Code of the Town of Wethersfield shall be followed.