[Amended 4-14-1987 by Ord. No. O-86-105; 8-13-2002 by Ord. No. O-02-69]
As used in this article:
Approved by the Board of Health, the Board of Public Works or their authorized representatives, as applicable.
Any residue, other than salvage, from the burning of combustible materials.
The biochemical degradation of organic materials to a stable, sanitary, nuisance-free, humus-like material.
Relates to or is connected with trade and traffic or commerce in general; is occupied with business and commerce.
Nonputrescible waste, building material and rubble.
A place where refuse is disposed of, on, or in the ground in a manner other than the normal accepted practices for sanitary landfill operations.
Swill and every accumulation of animal, vegetable, and other matter that attends the preparation, handling, consumption, storage or decay of plant and animal matter, including meats, fowl, birds, fruit, vegetable or dairy products and waste wrappers and containers thereof.
A solid, semisolid, liquid, or contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes which because of either quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause or contribute to an increase of irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose a present or potential threat to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, disposed of, or otherwise mismanaged; or which has been identified as a hazardous waste by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, office of waste management using the criteria established under RSA 147:50 I(a), and/or as listed under RSA 147:50 I(e). Such wastes include, but are not limited to, those which are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, irritants, strong sensitizers, or which generate pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means. Such wastes do not include radioactive substances that are regulated or controlled by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Material contaminated as a result of contact with wastes or infected matter, during, or as a result of, care or treatment of patients in hospitals or nursing homes.
Fecal and urinary discharges and includes any waste containing such material.
An apparatus, device, container, or equipment in which combustible wastes are ignited and burned.
A hazardous waste that is not suited for placement in a particular device because it may cause corrosion or other hazards, or is not suited for commingling with any other waste because it may produce heat, pressure, or a hazardous reaction.
A disposal system whose original source of wastes is limited to sewage originating from/on an individual property, dwelling or premises designed and constructed to receive, treat and dispose of liquidborne wastes in such manner as to retain settleable solids in a liquid-type tank and to discharge the liquid portion in an approved manner to an adequate disposal area. Examples include, but are not limited to, septic tanks with soil absorption systems, incinerator-type toilets, and holding tank systems.
Any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from development of any natural resources.
Any waste which because of its infectious nature may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in morality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Animal feces and urine with or without natural organic bedding materials such as hay, sawdust, straw or wood chips, but exclusive of human waste.
A subdivision whose plat or plot plan has been approved after the effective date of this article.
Any activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to another, or to the public.
Any substance harmful to the health, safety or welfare of persons including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust, shavings, bark, lime, ashes, offal, oil, tar, chemicals and other substances other than industrial wastes.
Human tissues, fluids and other metabolic by-products together with such materials and equipment as may be contaminated by same to include sharps, laboratory cultures, dialysis unit wastes and blood and blood products.
Any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation, partnership or association engaged in the business of commercial solid waste storage, collection and handling.
Contamination, or other alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological properties of any waters or public outdoor atmosphere, which will or may create a public nuisance or render such water, land or public outdoor atmosphere harmful, detrimental, or injurious to public health, safety, welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.
An invasion of a person's interest in the private use and enjoyment of land, including any wrongful act which destroys or deteriorates the property of an individual or of a few persons or interferes with their lawful use or enjoyment thereof, or any act which unlawfully hinders them in the enjoyment of a common or public right and causes them a special injury different from that sustained by the general public.
One which affects an indefinite number of persons or all the residents of a particular locality or all people coming within the extent of its range or operation.
A sewer located in a road, street, alley, easement or right-of-way, used to convey sewage to community treatment and disposal facilities.
Any organic material that can decompose and give rise to foul smells and noxious by-products.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, manure, street cleanings, dead animals, and industrial wastes, but not human excreta.
The process whereby solid waste and/or solid waste containers containing solid waste are taken from designated location on any premises and loaded into vehicles intended for transport from the premises to the disposal site.
An approved portable device designed, constructed or purchased to hold or store solid waste, pending collection and transport to the disposal area.
Nonputrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes.
A liquid-tight receptacle which receives raw sewage for storage and digestion, and which has been designed and constructed so as to retain the solids and to allow the liquids to discharge through a secondary system of piping to an approved form of subsurface disposal area.
The wastes from toilets, baths, sinks, lavatories, washing machines, and other plumbing fixtures in residences, institutions, public and business buildings, mobile homes, watercraft, and other places of human habitation, employment or recreation.
Includes the pipes or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, and all other devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting, treating or conducting sewage to point of final disposition.
Any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, exclusive of the treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.
Waste material generated within the City of Nashua and approved for disposal at the Nashua landfill. It does not include hazardous, toxic or nuclear waste as defined by the New Hampshire solid or hazardous waste rules or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended.
Any lot, tract or parcel of land which is hereafter divided into two or more parcels.
The individual, trust, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership or association, or employee thereof properly licensed and equipped to collect and transport solid waste generated and collected within the City limits of Nashua for disposal at the City landfill in conformity with this article.
Any matter consisting of garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other spent, discarded or abandoned material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation, return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended.
Any system for the disposal of sewage and other wastes, including but not limited to public or franchised sewerage systems, individual sewage disposal systems, chemical toilets, privies, waste treatment works, sanitary landfill operations, dumps, incinerators, and composting operations.
Includes the complete process required of collection and transport of bulk or contained solid waste from point of generation to the disposal site.
Includes that portion of the solid waste disposal operation which provides for the hauling of solid waste in bulk or refuse containers to the disposal site.
Any plant, disposal field, lagoon or other works used for the purpose of treating or stabilizing sewage or industrial wastes.
All rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies of accumulated water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the City of Nashua or any portion thereof.