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23-12   REFUSE CONTRACTORS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED.
   Each refuse contractor operating within the city shall be licensed annually by the Environmental Health Services Division of the Health and Hospitals Department.
(Ord. 1982 c. 38 § 3; CBC 1985 23-12; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-13   CLEANING AND DISINFECTING OF STORAGE CONTAINERS; VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
   Each refuse contractor licensed by the Boston Health and Hospitals Department who stores refuse containers within the city shall be required to clean and disinfect said containers before they are stored. Failure to do so shall be punishable by a fine of $50 per container, per day. The lot, yard or other area where containers are stored must be treated against rodent and insect infestation at intervals not exceeding 30 days.
(Ord. 1982 c. 38 § 3A; CBC 1985 23-13; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-14   ESSENTIAL FACILITIES PERMITTED TO BE OPERATED OR ESTABLISHED.
   No person shall establish, maintain, operate or use any place within the city, nor shall any place within the city be operated, established or maintained for a refuse treatment or disposal facility, unless such facility has been determined to be absolutely essential or necessary to protect the public health and as a result assigned by the Board of Health and Hospitals in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 111, Section 150A after a public hearing and the use and plans or design therefor have been approved by the commonwealth’s Department of Environmental Quality Engineering. The process to determine the essential or necessary status of any and all site applications is defined in Section 23-19. For the 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, a refuse transfer station, an incinerator with a grate area in excess of 10 square feet, a residual waste storage or treatment plant, a site for the storage of wastes generated at another location or any other works for treating, disposing, recycling or recovering resources from refuse. REFUSE shall mean all solid or liquid waste materials including garbage and rubbish, but not including sewage.
(Ord. 1985 c. 10 § 1; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-21
23-15   EXCLUSION FOR SYSTEM SERVING ONLY ONE BUILDING.
   The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any on-site energy recovery waste disposal system which serves only the building within which it is located.
(Ord. 1985 c. 10 § 2; CBC 1985 23-15; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-16   REGULATIONS FOR NEW REFUSE TRANSFER STATIONS.
   Every new refuse transfer station shall be a completely enclosed, covered structure and be located in an area zoned for industrial use.
(Ord. 1985 c. 10 § 3; CBC 1985 23-16; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-17   CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT IMPOSED.
   No person shall establish, maintain, operate or use an assigned facility other than in accordance with conditions of assignment imposed by the Board of Health and Hospitals and the commonwealth’s Departments of Environmental Quality Engineering approved plans.
(Ord. 1985 c. 10 § 4; CBC 1985 23-17; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5 § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
23-18   APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS.
   Section 23-14 shall not apply to any assigned facility which was assigned as of December 30, 1983 and has Department of Environmental Quality Engineering approved plans; provided, however, that any assigned facility that applies for a substantial modification, change or amendment in the original site assignment shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
(Ord. 1985 c. 10 § 5; CBC 1985 23-18; Recodified by Ord. 1991 c. 5, § 28) Penalty, see § 23-20
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