[Adopted by Bill No. 76-119[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This legislation was included as Secs. 9-15 through 9-18.1 of the 1978 Code.
[Amended by Bill Nos. 80-1; 80-79]
It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, incorporated town, municipality, city, county or any other governmental agency or governmental unit to dump or deposit any waste matter extracted outside the county or originating outside the county, such as but not limited to refuse, sludge, sewage, waste, solid waste, liquid waste, septic waste or any other similar waste matter upon any land or property within the boundaries of Harford County, Maryland.
[Amended by Bill Nos. 80-1; 80-79]
It shall be unlawful for any property owner or any person who is in the possession of such property to allow any person, corporation, incorporated town, municipality, city, county, governmental agency or governmental unit to dump or deposit any waste matter on his property in violation of § 109-19 of this Article.
[Amended by Bill Nos. 80-1; 80-79]
Exempt from the provisions of §§ 109-19 and 109-20 of this Article are the municipalities, towns and incorporated towns located in Harford County, the Harford County government and any regional waste authority which includes Harford County.
[Added by Bill No. 80-79; amended by Bill Nos. 81-24; 81-85; 82-28; 83-17]
A. 
Any solid waste extracted outside the county or originating outside the county for deposit in any disposal facility or resource recovery facility operated by or under contract for or on behalf of Harford County and located within Harford County shall be accepted upon payment of a disposal fee as provided for in § 157-28, provided that surcharges may be imposed on certain classes of solid waste requiring special handling in addition to the disposal fee.
[Amended by Bill Nos. 89-16; 12-09]
B. 
To facilitate the enforcement of the requirements of this section, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to request routing maps, clientele lists, days of collection, truck assignments and other pertinent information from users of facilities operated by or for the county. Every user is required to supply this information upon request, regardless of the type of vehicle being used to haul the waste matter and regardless of whether the collection is from private or commercial sources.
C. 
The Department of Public Works shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
[Added by Bill No. 82-26; amended by Bill No. 83-17]
A. 
Disposal of solid waste generated outside the territorial limits of Harford County in violation of this Article is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation found guilty thereof shall be fined an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or both fined and imprisoned. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
In addition to the penalties provided for in Subsection A above, the normal disposal fee established in accordance with § 109-22 shall be trebled where it is determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction that a person, firm or corporation has deposited out-of-county solid waste in Harford County without paying the appropriate fees. All sums of money collected under this subsection shall be paid to the Treasurer of Harford County.
[Amended by Bill No. 89-16]