(A) The following items and/or materials will be accepted at the town's Recycling Center in accordance with the posted rules of operation:
(1) Newspaper, magazines and mixed paper;
(2) Aluminum and metal cans;
(3) Green glass;
(4) Brown glass;
(5) Clear glass;
(6) Cardboard;
(7) Used motor oil (accepted by appointment only at the Public Works Building);
(8) Batteries (accepted by appointment only at the Public Works Building);
(9) Furniture (including mattresses);
(10) White goods (accepted at the Convenience Center as directed by attendant or special pickup scheduled with Public Works);
(11) Number one and number two plastics.
(B) All items and/or materials listed herein must be deposited within a container specifically designated for those items and/or materials.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) To place material at the Recycling Center in a container designated for a different material; and/or
(2) To deposit any waste at the Recycling Center outside of the hours of normal operation.
(D) The Town Manager adopt additional rules of operation for the Recycling Center and shall post these rules at appropriate locations in the Center.
(E) The following items and/or materials may be collected by the town upon request of the customer as a special pickup, but not to exceed four pickups per 12-month period per address in total, when those items are generated by the customer and do not result directly from the operation of a commercial enterprise or the activities of a private contractor: Pickups exceeding the allotted four per 12-month period per address in total shall be subjected to an additional fee in accordance with cost of workers and trucks needed as outlined in the Schedule of Fees.
(1) Bagged leaves, only if collected by the homeowner and not private contractors. (If more than 20 bags are needed to be picked up at one time, an additional fee may be charged per extra bag in accordance with the Schedule of Fees);
(2) Appliances;
(3) Furniture, rugs, and other home goods not including mattresses;
(4) Garbage bins or wooden receptacles that are no longer wanted or needed;
(5) Yard trash, including limbs, shall be collected by the town under the same basis and conditions outlined above, however, the town shall collect no tree trunks, stumps, root balls, large limbs from view cuts or lot clearing and no limbs in excess of six inches in diameter shall be collected. Leaf bags and yard trash bags must be piled separately from limb piles;
(6) Carrion will be collected by Public Works by appointment request only. It will only be collected from the roadside, not from the area of the private property owned.
(F) Reasonable accommodations. Notwithstanding the requirement of division (E) above that activities of a private contractor are not eligible for special pickup, a customer with a medical condition or disability which prevents them from disposing of such material themselves shall be eligible for special pickup upon approval by the Town Manager as set forth in division (E) so long as all of the following are met:
(1) An application for a reasonable accommodation shall be filed by the owner or occupant of the land requesting a special pickup due to a medical condition or other disability which prevents them from disposing of such material themselves, which shall include: (a) the applicant's contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address); (b) the contact information for the owner(s) of the property (if different from the applicant); (c) the address of the property at which the reasonable accommodation is requested; (d) a description of the reasonable accommodation requested; (e) a statement explaining how and why the request is both reasonable and necessary as defined herein; and (f) the notarized signature of the applicant and property owner(s) (if different from the applicant). No filing fee shall be required for the application.
(2) The applicant shall include a written statement, dated within 60 days of the application, from a treating physician that they have examined the applicant and the applicant has a medical condition or physical disability which prevents the applicant from being able to dispose of their solid waste without a special pickup. The statement from a treating physician shall also state the expected duration of this condition.
(3) The Town Manager shall grant a reasonable accommodation to an applicant, for a period not to exceed one calendar year, upon a determination that the proposed reasonable accommodation is both reasonable and necessary, as defined herein:
(a) REASONABLE. An accommodation will be determined to be reasonable if it would not undermine the legitimate purposes and effects of existing zoning regulations, and if it will not impose significant financial and administrative burdens upon the municipality and/or constitute a substantial or fundamental alteration of the municipality's solid waste collection provisions; and
(b) NECESSARY. An accommodation will be determined to be necessary if it would provide direct or meaningful therapeutic amelioration of the effects of the particular disability or handicap and would afford disabled or handicapped persons equal opportunity to enjoy and use their housing in residential districts in the municipality.
(Ord. 2020-04, passed 6-9-2020; Ord. 2021-01, passed 5-11-2021; Ord. 2022-05, passed 9-13-2022)