As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all decayed or spoiled food and refuse resulting
from the preparation of food.
Garbage set out for collection that exceeds the amount contained
in the City-provided collection container; applies only to those household
wastes considered acceptable in the curbside collection program.
[Added 10-7-2002]
For the purpose of providing solid waste collection, includes
single-family, duplex and multifamily dwellings (up to and including
six units) on public ways. Residential uses may include home occupations
as defined in the Zoning Ordinance, but not other mixed commercial
and residential uses.
[Amended 3-04-2002]
Waste material not containing putrid matter or organic waste.
"Rubbish" does not include stumps, recyclable material or other wastes
designated as unacceptable herein.
[Amended 10-20-1997; 10-7-2002]
A.
All garbage and rubbish containers required by this
article shall be designated, provided and owned by the City of Saco;
all residences receiving municipal solid waste services are required
to use only the City-provided containers for weekly refuse collection.
These containers hold a capacity of up to 65 gallons and shall not
be filled to a gross weight of more than 150 pounds each. Each residential
unit will be allowed one City-designated container per pickup. Decisions
to permit a second container will be made on a case-by-case basis
for exceptionally large households, and in those cases, only after
a solid waste inspection by a Saco Public Works staff member to determine
that the need remains when maximum recycling is being done.
B.
All nonresidential or commercial users shall provide
adequate garbage containers for the weekly rubbish generated by the
business conducted on the premise. At a minimum, the owner shall provide
a secured container or containers with closable covers to minimize
the stacking and spreading of the garbage generated by the subject
business.
[Amended 10-7-2002]
A.
It shall be the responsibility of the City to provide and make available suitable and sufficient containers as described by § 181-2 to receive the accumulation of weekly household waste. Each container shall be placed as instructed by the City or its designated garbage collector along the street, sidewalk or roadside for automated collection. City-designated garbage containers may be set out for collection the evening or day before, and should be removed from the street or roadside after collection.
B.
Should a City-owned container be damaged or lost by
a household, the City will make another such container available for
replacement at a fee. Under special circumstances to be evaluated
on a case-by-case basis, rental or seasonal buildings will be allowed
to rent additional containers from the City for a fee to be determined
by the City Council.
C.
Residents who have “overflow waste,” defined
as garbage set out for collection that exceeds the amount contained
in the City-provided collection container, may take it to the City’s
Recycling Center for disposal. Residents may pick up a disposal permit
at Public Works. With proof of residency, a household may dispose
of up to three cubic yards of waste acceptable at the Transfer Station
per year at no cost; waste in excess of three cubic yards can be disposed
of at the Transfer Station at a rate to be established by the City
Council.
[Amended 10-20-2008]
A.
Each household or business is responsible for preventing accumulation of rubbish. All residential rubbish must be set out in a City-designated container for garbage collection. Each household or commercial unit must contain its waste in receptacles as described in § 181-2. Pursuant to § 181-3, each container shall be placed as instructed by the garbage collector along the street, sidewalk or roadside for automated collection. City-designated garbage containers may be set out for collection no earlier than 2:00 p.m. on the day before the day of collection. All receptacles must be removed from the sidewalk or edge of the roadway shoulder by noon on the day after collection. No person shall cause or permit any accumulation of rubbish which, in the opinion of the Health Officer or Health Inspector, is unsanitary or hazardous to the health of the public or, in the judgment of the Fire Chief of the Fire Department, constitutes a fire hazard. The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to waive this requirement when it is found that special or unusual circumstances do not permit the container to be removed at the prescribed time.
[Amended 10-7-2002; 3-19-2012]
B.
Dumping prohibited. No person shall throw or place
any refuse, paper, trash, glass, nails, wire, bottles, cans, building
materials, yard waste, including grass trimmings, leaves, brush, branches,
concrete, earthen fill, garbage containers, litter or other debris
in any ditch, stream, river or retention basin that regularly or periodically
carries surface water runoff. Any person who deposits any of the above
shall remove it or cause it to be removed immediately. The Code Enforcement
Officer, the Public Works Director or any one else designated by either
shall be responsible for the enforcement of this provision.
[Added 11-5-2001]
[Amended 10-7-2002]
The City may provide one scheduled waste pickup
and one recyclable pickup per week per route for all residential uses,
except during cleanup weeks, by the order of the City Council and
Director of Public Works. The City will provide special collection
to allow overflow, defined as excess waste that does not fit into
the City-designated container, around the Thanksgiving and Christmas
holidays. During the week immediately following the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays, garbage collection will include in addition
to the regularly collected sixty-four-gallon container, up to two
bags of overflow per household unit.
No person, firm or corporation owning, operating
or being in charge of any public warehouse, market, store, fruit stand,
restaurant, kitchen, dining room or other place where putrescible
waste matter or other rubbish accumulates shall permit the deposit
or accumulation of such waste matter or other rubbish in or upon the
building or premises controlled by him or it.
[Amended 11-7-2005]
The City, at its discretion, may enter into
contracts for the collection of recyclable materials or other solid
wastes with residential uses that do not meet the strict definition
of residential uses in this article, and with nonresidential uses.
Each contract shall be negotiated individually.
The occupants of every residential building
shall place containers for the removal of the contents by the persons
authorized to collect the same, and no person other than the occupant,
the owner of the premises or an authorized collector shall remove,
take or otherwise disturb this refuse or any portion thereof so placed
for removal. Containers placed in the public way on the regularly
scheduled collection day shall be considered as being intended for
collection, and as such shall be collected by no one other than authorized
persons. Containers, if containing putrescible matter, shall be covered
to prevent the ingress of flies, rats or other animals.
No person shall willfully remove, destroy, mutilate
or utilize for another purpose other than the holding of rubbish,
garbage, recyclables or other waste matter containers which have been
provided in accordance with this article.
No City equipment shall leave public-used and
City-maintained roads, streets, lanes, highways, etc., to go on private
property to pick up waste or rubbish, unless otherwise provided for
herein.
Any owner, agent or occupant of land upon whose
premises any unlawful accumulation of offal, refuse, waste or rubbish
may be found shall, within 24 hours after receiving written notification
from the Chief of Police or Health Officer, cause the same to be removed
and the nuisance abated in a manner satisfactory to the Health Officer
and the Chief of Police.
Every vehicle which shall be used for the conveyance
of ashes, cinders, sawdust, loose paper, cartons, boxes, cases, slabs,
sticking wood, rubbish, gravel, dirt or any other substance or material
or any other articles which may fall therefrom shall be entirely enclosed
or have tarpaulins or covers securely attached to the sides and ends
of the vehicle and of sufficient size and form as shall entirely cover
the contents of such vehicle and prevent such contents from being
blown or falling therefrom, irrespective of whether such vehicle is
licensed for the conveyance of such contents or not.
[Amended 11-5-2001]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $100
nor more than $2,500 for each offense.
