(A) Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the town and to protect the environment by establishing minimum standards for the storage, collection, treatment, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste. In addition, to set rates charged by the town for its solid waste program and its inspection, collection and disposal services, so as to recover the town's costs to provide such services.
(B) Collection required. Solid waste collections shall be made by the town or by collection companies as authorized by the town. Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of the section, all persons and properties within the town are required to use the solid waste collection system of the town, to haul, carry or transport solid waste through the streets and highways of the town. All persons and occupied property shall use and be responsible for at least the minimum level of solid waste collection service and the associated charges and fees for residential, institutional or commercial service, as applicable, unless exempted from such requirements under this division or division (C) of this section. It shall be unlawful to dump or store solid waste, recyclable, or yard waste materials in violation of the provisions of this chapter. The town shall automatically bill the residential or commercial customer for such minimum level of service if the customer does not sign up for service within 30 days of occupying a property in the town. Upon satisfactory evidence that a residential customer owns a business in the town that has a commercial solid waste collection service, the Director may in his discretion approve an exemption from the mandatory solid waste collection service and payment requirements of this section.
(C) Commercial permitted hauler. Those commercial and industrial business establishments having prior established permits to haul their own waste may continue to haul such solid waste by annual permit. Renewal permits shall be issued upon application and payment of the annual permit fee. Any permit holder, as provided for in this subsection, shall haul solid waste at least once a week for public health reasons.
(D) Self-haul. This section does not prohibit the limited and occasional hauling of solid waste, recyclable materials, or yard wastes by a customer from their property to an approved town solid waste, recyclables, or yard waste collection site. However, occasional haulers are not exempt from the mandatory solid waste collection service and payment requirements above and are responsible for the fees for collection site services, if any.
(E) Penalty. Violations of the provisions of this section are punishable as provided in § 52.999(B)(2) of this chapter.
(Prior Code, Ch. 18, Art. IV, § 18-232) (Ord. 346-04, passed 6-21-2004; Ord. 604-13, passed 12-2-2013)