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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
23-5   RUBBISH DISPOSAL.
   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
23-6   RUMMAGING.
   No person shall in any public way, public alley or other public place under the charge of the Commissioner of Public Works or upon any roadway or walk thereof rummage in or through rubbish or refuse of any kind or interfere with any bundle of rubbish or refuse or any receptacle containing rubbish or refuse. For fines, see Section 23-20.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 295; CBC 1985 23-6; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28; Ord. 2008 c. 3) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-7   SIZE OF BARRELS.
   No person shall deposit, drop or throw any filth, rubbish or other substance into a drum or other barrel with a diameter of more than 20 inches or a height of more than 28 inches if by law or by arrangement such filth, rubbish or other substance is to be collected therefrom by the Public Works Department (whether through employees in its service or through an independent contractor acting for it) or by a person having a permit under Section 23-1 or M.G.L. Chapter 111, Section 31A.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 296; CBC 1985 23-7; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see Section 23-20
23-8   OVERFILLING OF BARRELS OR DUMPSTER OF ANY SIZE.
   No person shall deposit, drop or throw into a drum or other barrel with a diameter of 20 inches or less and a height of 28 inches or less, or dumpster of any size, any filth, rubbish or other substance which by law or by arrangement is to be collected therefrom by the Public Works Department (whether through employees in its service or through an independent contractor acting for it) or by a person having a permit under Section 23-1 or M.G.L. Chapter 111, Section 31A if such drum or barrel or dumpster will thereby be filled so high that such filth, rubbish or other substance or any part thereof is likely to drop or fall from such receptacle while it is being moved in the process of such collection.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 297; Ord. 1985 c. 7; CBC 1985 23-8; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see Section 23-20
23-9   TRASH OUTSIDE OF PLACES OF BUSINESS.
   No person in control of a place of business abutting on a sidewalk shall knowingly suffer any rubbish, litter, filth, garbage or other refuse to remain on such sidewalk except in a receptacle or bundle placed on such sidewalk in accordance with the provisions in Section 23-1. No dumpsters shall be allowed to remain on a property in an overflowing condition.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T14 § 301; Ord. 1985 c. 9 § 1; CBC 1985 23-9; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
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