On or after the effective date of this chapter,
disposable solid waste shall be deposited at the solid waste transfer
station located at the former Bethel sanitary landfill and shall comply
with all requirements of the rules and regulations of the Bethel Public
Works Commission and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semisolid
state, including but not limited to garbage, street refuse, rubbish,
animal and agricultural waste, but excluding chemical toxics and hazardous
wastes, excessive demolition waste, ashes, tree stumps and tires.
Said definition shall be subject to modification from time to time
by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel.
No person, firm, corporation, business, partnership
or other entity shall deposit refuse, garbage or sludge at the Bethel
sanitary landfill and/or transfer station site, unless said refuse,
garbage or sludge originates or comes from within the corporate limits
of the Town of Bethel.
[Amended 6-29-2010]
Noncommercial permits shall be provided annually
to residents or taxpayers of the Town of Bethel who shall be permitted
to dispose of solid wastes at the Bethel transfer station site, provided
that no vehicle shall be permitted access to the Bethel transfer station
site unless a valid noncommercial permit sticker is displayed on said
vehicle. Such permit stickers shall be provided annually to taxpayers
under direction of the office of Public Works of the Town of Bethel
and may be obtained at the Bethel Municipal Center on proof of residence,
or taxpayer status, and by payment of the fee in effect as set, time
to time by the Board of Selectmen. Such permit stickers shall neither be assigned nor transferred
by the holder thereof.
The commercial and semicommercial registration
form and affidavit of origin shall be as follows.
From and after the effective date of this chapter,
any person, firm, corporation, business, partnership or other entity
may be refused access to the Bethel transfer station site where the
compliance with this chapter has not been effected.
Any person who violates any provision of this
section shall be fined the sum of $100 for each offense.
The Public Works Department may, from time to
time, designate certain areas or storage bins located within the area
of the transfer station or at certain designated points within the
Town of Bethel for the disposition of recyclable materials, such as
newspapers, cans, bottles and discarded scrap metal products. Said
areas or storage bins shall only be for the disposition of materials
designated thereon and for no other.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel shall have the power, from time to time, to increase or decrease the fees and charges set forth in §§
93-4,
93-5 and
93-7 of this chapter and to establish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations regarding the operation and use of the Bethel transfer station. Such increases, decreases and the establishment of rules and regulations shall only be accomplished by the Board of Selectmen upon its affirmative vote after holding at least one public hearing, duly warned, for public input regarding the proposed action by said Board.
The passage of this chapter shall, upon its
effective date, repeal in its entirety the ordinance regarding solid
waste disposal, effective January 12, 1981.