This subchapter has been enacted pursuant to the following reasons:
(A) The county is a body politic in the state and is able to operate solid waste facilities in accordance with the General Statutes;
(B) The municipalities within the county by the execution of interlocal solid waste management agreements have expressed their intent and desire to have the regulation of solid waste generated and collected within their borders subject to the control of the county;
(C) The county proposes to own, operate, and/or designate from time to time solid waste disposal facilities which are to be used for the management of solid waste generated within the county service area;
(D) It is the intent of the county that the existing landfill in the county be closed and solid waste generated within the designated geographic area be delivered to predetermined county solid waste disposal facilities;
(E) The municipalities within the service area have expressed their intent to be included in a designated geographic area within which designated geographic area the collection, transportation, storage, separation, treatment, processing, recycling, resource recovery, composting, and management of all solid waste shall be accomplished in accordance with a solid waste management plan;
(F) It is necessary for the promotion of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county and its municipalities comprising the designated geographic area of the county to have an adequate system of solid waste disposal and resource recovery which both comply with federal and state environmental standards and afford the utmost protection against environmental contamination caused by solid waste disposal;
(G) The county has proposed and proceeded with plans to build solid waste disposal facilities in order to meet the requirements of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.;
(H) It is necessary for the county to assure that solid waste disposal facilities can be effectively managed and to control solid waste in a safe manner within the designated geographic area of the county; and
(I) The county is given the power to issue ordinances, rules, regulations, and fees relating to solid waste disposal and resource recovery within its designated geographic area pursuant to state law.
(1996 Code, § 50.36) (Ord. passed 1-18-1994)