[Amended 3-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01]
This is a chapter regulating the accumulation, collection, storage,
removal and disposal of solid waste, and providing for a system of
refuse collection and disposal and the administration thereof, for
the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. It is consequently
found and declared that:
A. The Town is authorized by law to regulate the disposition of solid
waste generated within its boundaries and to license solid waste collectors;
B. The Town is also authorized by Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-220a
to designate the area where solid waste generated within its boundaries
shall be disposed;
C. The Town has executed an agreement with the Greater Bridgeport Regional
Solid Waste Committee requiring it to cause all acceptable solid waste
generated within its boundaries to be delivered to such facilities
as which the Committee has designated pursuant to contract.
D. The public health, safety and welfare of the Town will be best served by requiring the delivery of acceptable solid waste as set forth in Subsection
C.
E. The enactment of this chapter is in furtherance of the Town of Stratford's
approved regional Solid Waste Management Plan.
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ACCEPTABLE SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded materials of the kind normally collected
or disposed of, or caused to be collected or disposed of, by or on
behalf of a municipality through private or municipal collection,
and commercial, governmental and light industrial waste for which
a municipality is required by state law to make provisions for the
safe and sanitary disposal thereof, but not including in any case
special handling waste or bulky solid waste.
BULKY SOLID WASTE
Solid waste comprised of land clearing debris and waste resulting
directly from demolition and construction activities which can be
disposed of in a landfill holding a permit issued by the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection under CT ADC § 22a-209-1
and following of its regulations or any successor provisions.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
The Director of Health, Town of Stratford, or the person
named by the Director to perform the duties of Director in his absence,
in the enforcing of the duties of this chapter.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Director of Public Works, Town of Stratford, or the person
named by the Director to perform the duties of Director in his absence,
in the enforcing of the duties of this chapter.
FACILITY
The waste to energy plant operated by Wheelabrator Bridgeport
L.P. or such other place as is designated by the Greater Bridgeport
Regional Solid Waste Interlocal Committee as the destination for the
delivery of acceptable solid waste.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Pathological, biological, cesspool or other human wastes,
human and animal remains, radioactive, toxic and other hazardous wastes
which, according to federal, state or local rules or regulations from
time to time in effect, require special handling in their collection,
treatment or disposal, including those regulated under 42 U.S.C. §§ 6921
through 6925 and regulations thereunder adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 2806, 42 U.S.C. § 6901,
such as cleaning fluids, crankcase oils, cutting oils, paints, acids,
caustics, poisons, drugs, fine powdery earth used to filter cleaning
fluid and refuse of similar nature.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, public utility or organization of any kind, but excluding
the Town, its officers, boards, agencies or departments.
SPECIAL HANDLING WASTE
Hazardous waste; dirt, concrete and other nonburnable construction
material and demolition debris; large items of machinery and equipment,
such as motor vehicles and major components thereof, agricultural
equipment, trailers and marine vessels; and any other item of waste
exceeding six feet in any one of its dimensions or being in whole
or in part of a solid mass, the solid mass portion of which has dimensions
such that a sphere with a diameter of eight inches could be contained
within such solid mass portion, including, in the context of deliveries
to the facility, bulky solid waste, explosives, chapter materials,
oil, sludges, highly flammable substances, hazardous chemicals, tires
and other materials the acceptance of which is likely to cause damage
to or adversely affect the operation of the system, constitute a threat
to health or safety or violate or cause the violation of any applicable
federal, state or local law, regulation or judicial or administrative
decision or order.
TOWN
The Town of Stratford, Connecticut, or its agencies.
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A. The Town has established the necessary rules and regulations to comply with the regulations issued pursuant to Section 22a-241 et seq. of the Connecticut General Statutes, An Act Mandating Recycling in Municipalities and Concerning Source Reduction Planning, as amended and/or supplemented. These rules and regulations are found in Chapter
165 of the Code of the Town of Stratford and in regulations established by the Director of Public Works pursuant to said ordinance. All recycling activities shall be conducted in conformance with Chapter
165.
B. Preparation for collection.
(1) All items designated for mandatory recycling pursuant to Chapter
165 shall be separated and kept apart from other solid waste by the property owner or his agent, packaged in the prescribed manner and prepared for collection according to Chapter
165 of the Code of the Town of Stratford and pursuant to regulations adopted by the Director of Public Works.
(2) Any solid waste left for collection which contains any items designated
for mandatory recycling shall be refused by any collector within the
Town. Such material shall also be refused at the solid waste facility
designated for disposal.
C. No person, firm or corporation other than the owner, lessee or any occupant of a residential dwelling or commercial establishment, or any employee of the Town or any contractor employed by the Town for the removal of items to be recycled, or any party authorized by the Director of Public Works pursuant to Chapter
165 of the Code of the Town of Stratford, shall pick up, remove, destroy or interfere with the mandatory recyclable items, or any part thereof.
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A. The "facility" as defined in §
182-2 is hereby designated as the area where acceptable solid waste generated within the boundaries of the Town of Stratford by residential, business, commercial or other establishments shall be disposed. On and after the effective date of this chapter, each person collecting any acceptable solid waste generated within the boundaries of the Town shall deliver all such waste to said facility or to the transfer station located at Watson Boulevard unless they are incapable of accepting acceptable solid waste at the time of delivery, in which event such solid waste shall be delivered as directed by the Director of Public Works.
B. Acceptable solid waste, bulky solid waste and items designated for
mandatory recycling shall be separately delivered to the solid waste
disposal facility. No solid waste collected or produced outside the
Town limits shall be disposed of or deposited at the designated solid
waste disposal facility. Acceptance of a Town license by a private
collector acknowledges the right of the Town to inspect each delivered
load.
Any person permitted by this chapter to collect,
remove or transport solid waste over the streets of the Town shall
use containers or vehicles provided with tight covers and so constructed
and operated as to prevent offensive odors escaping therefrom and
refuse from being blown, dropped, spilled or leaked therefrom. Any
solid waste collected by a collector shall be delivered to an approved
facility on the same day as it is placed in the vehicle.
No license granted by the Director of Health
under this chapter or any interest therein, shall be given, sold,
assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the prior written
consent of the Director of Health.
[Amended 3-12-2007 by Ord. No. 06-23; 3-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01]
A. Any license granted by the Director of Health under this chapter may be suspended or revoked by the Director of Health if the Director of Health finds and determines that the licensee has failed to comply with any of the terms of such license or of Chapter
182 of the Code of the Town of Stratford or rules and regulations duly promulgated hereunder, or fails to render satisfactory collection services. The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by citation issued by the Director of Health or his duly authorized agent after a hearing as specified below. Before issuing any citation or notice of proposed suspension or revocation, as specified below, the Director of Health or his agent shall first issue a written warning providing notice of the specific violation in accordance with Section 7-148(c)(10)(A) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
B. Revocations and suspensions shall become effective only after a public
hearing. The Director of Health shall send a written notice of proposed
suspension or revocation to said collector, stating the reasons for
such action. The Mayor or his designee(s) shall, within 15 days of
the date of such written notice, hear and decide the matter. Such
hearing shall be held in public session. The collector, the Director
of Health and other persons invited by either of them or by the Mayor
or his designee(s) may appear and present such testimony and evidence
as they may wish. The Mayor or his designee(s) may revoke the license,
suspend the license for a time certain, decline to revoke or suspend
the license or make such other determination as may be appropriate
in the circumstances.
C. The decision of the Mayor or his/her designee(s) shall be final and
binding upon the collector. No application for a license revoked under
this chapter shall be accepted for a period of one year from the date
of the Mayor's or his/her designee(s) action.
D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Director of
Public Works shall have power to refuse permission to a collector
to use the designated solid waste disposal facility when, in his opinion,
such collector has violated this chapter or any applicable rule or
regulation.
E. The Directors of Health and Public Works shall have the authority
to make such other reasonable rules and regulations concerning collection,
transportation and disposal of refuse as they shall deem necessary,
which shall take effect no less than three days after posting at the
Department of Public Works Offices and at all designated solid waste
disposal facilities.
F. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a violation and shall be fined in the amount of
$1,000 per violation, unless the said violation is one for which a
higher penalty is prescribed under the Connecticut General Statutes,
in which case the higher penalty shall prevail. Said fine shall be
in addition to any revocation of license as specified above. Additionally,
each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be punished as such hereunder.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor or his/her designee to enforce the
provisions of this chapter of the code.