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23-2   DUMPSTERS.
   No person shall, in or upon any way, street, alley or other public place within the city, nor in or upon any estate within the city, maintain a dumpster so-called, being a device used or intended for the storage of one cubic yard or more of trash, rubbish, construction debris or the like, unless the same is maintained agreeably to any regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of Public Works nor unless bearing a number issued by the said Commissioner to the owner of the dumpster, annually, upon payment of a filing fee of $10, plus $2 per dumpster.
(CBC 1985 23-2; Ord. 1986 c. 15 § 2; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-3   PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF REFUSE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES IN THE CITY.
   (A)   No person shall operate, establish or maintain, nor shall any place within the city be operated, established or maintained for a refuse treatment or disposal facility. For purposes of this Section, the term REFUSE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY shall include a sanitary landfill, a refuse composting plant, a dumping ground for refuse or any other works for treatment or disposing of refuse; and REFUSE shall mean all solid or liquid waste materials, including garbage and rubbish, but not including sewage.
   (B)   This Section shall not apply to any refuse treatment and disposal facility lawfully in existence upon the effective date of this Section, nor shall it apply to any refuse transfer station lawfully in existence or undergoing review, in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 111, Section 150A, should such review result in a site assignment within the term of that Section, upon the effective date of this Section, nor shall it apply to any waste to energy recovery facility operated by, or under contract with the city; provided, however, that this division (B) shall not apply to afford an exception in the case of or with respect to any parcel or parcels within said city now, or in the ten years preceding the effective date of this Section, upon which the commercial removal of stone, block or any mineral, mining or quarrying activity has been performed.
   (C)   This Section shall not apply to any on-site energy recovery waste disposal system which serves only the building within which it is located.
   (D)   Every new refuse transfer station shall be in a completely enclosed, covered structure and be located in an area zoned for industrial use.
(Ord. 1976 c. 13 §§ 1, 2; Ord. 1981 c. 4 § 3; Ord. 1983 c. 34 §§ 2, 3, 4; CBC 1985 23-3; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
Editor’s note:
   The effective date of this Section is November 3, 1976.
23-4   MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL.
   No person shall store, keep, transport, dispose or prepare for transport or disposal of infectious and/or hazardous medical waste as that term is defined in the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (“CMR”), except in accord with such regulations, nor unless the same are wrapped or placed in a container which will prevent puncture by, or spillage of, such waste, nor unless the same is then bagged in a plastic or craft paper container (meeting the requirements of the ordinances for strength) marked “INFECTIOUS AND/OR HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE”. No person shall dispose of such waste in any manner inconsistent with commonwealth or federal law.
(CBC 1985 23-4; Ord. 1988 c. 17 § 1; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 §§ 19, 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
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