Loading...
(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.
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
The owner or person in control of any premises within the city shall at all times maintain the sidewalks, alleys, streets and places adjoining the premises free of trash, refuse, rubbish or debris; provided, however, that this Subsection shall not prohibit the storage of litter in the manner and at the times prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Works for purposes of collection.
(Ord. 1975 c. 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 294; CBC 1985 23-5; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
Loading...