[Added 5-16-1978]
Leaves originating on the premises of private
residences may be burned on those premises, provided that:
A. Such burning is done between 4:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight,
and all embers are totally extinguished at the end of this period.
B. No material will be added to the fire between 12:00
midnight and 4:00 p.m.
C. The location of burning is not less than 100 feet
from any occupied building unless the occupant has given prior written
permission.
D. To minimize the possibility of contaminant emission
from inadvertent fires, at no time shall the fire be unattended.
E. All burning of leaves permitted under this section
shall not be commenced and shall be immediately terminated upon declaration
of an alert warning or emergency stage of the air pollution episode
when proclaimed by either the Executive Director of the State Air
Pollution Control Board or his designated representative.
[Added 6-18-1990]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, §
1-11, of the Warren County Code.
For the purposes of this article, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
COMBUSTIBLE WASTE
Refuse which is capable of burning or being incinerated in
whole or in part; excludes hazardous wastes as defined in this section
and includes, but is not limited to, the following:
A.
Paper and paper products, including tar paper
and roofing material.
D.
Brush, shrubbery, lawn clippings and sod.
F.
Rubber and rubber products, including automotive
tires.
G.
Plastic and plastic products.
H.
Leather and leather products.
I.
Drums, cans or other containers which have substantially
been emptied of their contents.
J.
Garbage, including all animal and vegetable
waste, except the waste products of slaughterhouses, packing plants
and fowl-processing plants.
DEBRIS LANDFILL
A debris waste management processing or disposal site, including
any and all contiguous land, structures and other appurtenances, and
improvements thereon used for debris waste disposal and associated
activities.
[Added 9-7-1988]
DEBRIS WASTE
Inert solid waste such as brick or block, wood chips, tree
stumps or brush.
[Added 9-7-1988]
DUMP
A refuse disposal facility other than a sanitary landfill
or incinerator; includes any parcel of land where refuse is accepted
for deposit or permitted to be deposited without earth cover.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Those materials which, because of their inherent nature or
quantities, require special handling during disposal to avoid creating
environmental damage or hazards to public health or safety. "Hazardous
waste" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
M.
Pathogenic wastes from hospitals, sanitoriums,
nursing homes, clinics and veterinary hospitals.
N.
Waste from slaughterhouses, poultry processing
plants and the like.
INCINERATOR
A refuse disposal facility which uses a furnace or similar
device to reduce the volume of refuse by burning, as part of the disposal
process.
LIQUID WASTE
Inorganic refuse in a liquid or semiliquid state; excludes
hazardous wastes as defined in this section and includes, but is not
limited to, the following:
A.
Sludge from automobile wash racks and steam
cleaning products.
B.
Mud and water from laundries.
C.
Ceramic, pottery and glass wastes.
D.
Sludge derived from the softening of water by
the lime-soda process.
E.
Paint sludge recovered from water circulated
in paint spray booths.
F.
Water containing lampblack and mud from floor
washing.
NONCOMBUSTIBLE WASTE
Refuse which is incapable of burning or being incinerated;
excludes hazardous wastes as defined in this section and includes,
but is not limited to, the following:
E.
Brick earthenware, pottery and other clay products.
F.
Plaster and other gypsum products.
I.
Metal and metal products, except automobile
bodies.
REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY
Any site or operation used for the disposal of refuse from
two or more residences or from any commercial or industrial operation,
including sanitary landfills, incinerators, dumps and transfer stations.
SANITARY LANDFILL
A refuse disposal facility which uses a method of disposing
of refuse on land without creating nuisances or hazards to public
health or safety by utilizing the principles of engineering to confine
the refuse to the smallest practical area, to reduce it to the smallest
practical volume and to cover it with a layer of earth at the conclusion
of each day's operation or at such more frequent intervals as may
be necessary.
SOLID WASTE OR REFUSE
Garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials, including
solid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial and agricultural
operations and from community activities but not including solid or
dissolved material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants
in water resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in
industrial waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation
return flows or other common water pollutants.
TRANSFER STATION
An intermediate solid waste disposal facility in which solid
waste collected from any source is temporarily deposited to await
transportation to the final disposal site or facility.
Waste disposal facilities in existence on or
before June 17, 1975, and operation of such facilities shall be modified
to conform to the requirements of this article as promptly as possible.
The Board of Supervisors, at its discretion, may grant temporary variances
from the requirements of this article. Applications for such variances
shall be made, in writing, to the Board of Supervisors not later than
60 days after June 17, 1975, and shall be accompanied by a comprehensive
plan for achieving conformity with this article, including specifications
and time schedule. Variances so approved by the Board of Supervisors
may be extended and modified from time to time.
The provisions of this article shall be construed
to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of public health,
safety and welfare. In any case where a provision of this article
is found to be in conflict with the provisions of any other ordinance
or code in force in the County, the provision which establishes the
higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health, safety
and welfare of the people of the County shall prevail.
[Amended 11-5-1975; 4-17-1979]
A. Generally. Transfer stations either owned by or under
contract to the County shall be used only for the collection of permitted
solid waste generated from private sources in the County and from
residents of Clarke County who transport residential waste in vehicles
displaying valid Clarke County license decals.
[Amended 4-15-2008]
B. Depositing of certain items prohibited. It is unlawful
to deposit in or near any transfer station owned by or under contract
to the County discarded stoves, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines,
clothes dryers, bulky furniture items, mattresses, building materials,
tires, tree stumps, tree limbs, leaves, brush and other vegetative
matter, animals or any other item or thing which by reason of its
weight, bulk or size is unreasonably difficult to remove using ordinary
means of removal from or near transfer stations. Such items shall
be discarded at the sanitary landfill.
C. Commercial and industrial waste prohibited. It is
unlawful for any person to deposit any waste, including solid waste,
noncombustible waste, combustible waste, liquid waste or hazardous
waste generated from any industrial or commercial activities, in or
near any transfer station owned by or under contract to the County.
D. Salvaging and scavenging prohibited. It is unlawful
for any person without prior written authorization from the office
of the County Administrator to salvage, scavenge or remove any item
deposited in or near the transfer station.
E. Hazardous wastes prohibited. It is unlawful for any
person to deposit any hazardous wastes in or near any transfer station.
F. Burning materials prohibited. It is unlawful for any
person to deposit any burning or smoldering material in or near any
transfer station.
G. Depositing waste without decal prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any waste or any other materials in or near any transfer station, compactor site or landfill owned by or under contract to the County without such person having affixed to his vehicle either a current Warren County or Town of Front Royal vehicle license tax, license sticker or decal, or a current waste disposal decal issued pursuant to Subsection
H, following.
[Added 11-21-2000; amended 11-20-2001]
H. Waste disposal decal. Any person owning, or leasing
as a tenant, any real property in Warren County whose motor vehicle
is not normally garaged, stored or parked in Warren County who desires
to purchase a waste disposal decal for the purpose of depositing waste
in any transfer station, compactor site or landfill owned by or under
contract to the County shall make application to the County Treasurer
on forms provided for this purpose. Upon the filing of such application
and the payment to the Treasurer of a fee of $5 per vehicle, and upon
satisfactory evidence being produced to the County Treasurer that
all real estate property taxes have been paid by the applicant which
have been properly assessed or are assessable against the applicant,
the Treasurer shall issue to the applicant a waste disposal decal
which shall be valid for the calendar year for which the decal was
issued. All funds collected shall be credited to the general fund
of the County.
[Added 11-21-2000; amended 11-20-2001]
[Added 9-7-1988; amended 11-21-2000; 11-20-2001]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed
$2,500 and confinement in jail for not more than 12 months, either
or both.