(A) Definitions.
OFF-SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY. Any facility for collection, storage, transportation, transfer, processing or treatment of solid waste, whether such facilities are associated with facilities generating such waste or otherwise, but does not include collection, storage, transportation, transfer, processing or treatment activities which occur incidental to or which are not otherwise distinguishable form a broader manufacturing operation at the site of said operation.
SOLID WASTE. As defined in KRS 224.1-010(3l)(a).
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL. A waste management facility where the final disposal of solid waste occurs, and includes a municipal solid waste disposal facility, a contained landfill, a construction/demolition debris landfill, and a construction/demolition landfill of one acre or less.
(B) License to operate an off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill.
(1) The operator of an off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill shall obtain a license to operate from the County Solid Waste Coordinator. The operator shall submit an application to operate to the County Solid Waste Coordinator. The application shall include:
(a) The name of the owner of the off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill;
(b) The name of the operator of the off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill;
(c) The address of the off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill;
(d) A description of the location of the off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill;
(e) A description of the solid waste activities conducted at the off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill.
(2) The operator of an off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill currently in operation in the county shall submit an application to operate to the solid waste coordinator within 30 days of the effective date of this section. The operator of a new off-site waste management facility or solid waste landfill in the county shall submit an application to operate to the Solid Waste Coordinator prior to commencing operation.
(C) License fee for an off-site waste management facility.
(1) An off-site waste management facility shall pay a license fee of 2% of the gross receipts for solid waste received at the off-site waste management facility.
(2) The license fee shall be paid for each calendar month. Payment of the license fee shall be remitted to County Fiscal Court on or before the thirtieth day following the end of the calendar month for which payment of the license fee is made.
(3) A report shall be submitted with payment of the license fee, setting forth the amount of waste received from outside of the county solid waste management area, describing the type and source of the solid waste, and describing the method of determining the amount of the license fee being paid.
(D) License fee for a solid waste landfill.
(1) A solid waste landfill shall pay a license fee of 5% of the gross receipts for solid waste received at the landfill for disposal which originates from inside of the county solid waste management area. A solid waste landfill shall pay a license fee of 6.25% of the gross receipts for solid waste received at the landfill for disposal which originates from outside of the county solid waste management area.
(2) The license fee shall be paid for each calendar month. Payment of the license fee shall be remitted to County Fiscal Court on or before the thirtieth day following the end of the calendar month for which payment of the license fee is made.
(3) A report shall be submitted with payment of the license fee, setting forth the amount of waste received from inside and the amount received from outside of the county solid waste management area, describing the type and source of the solid waste, and describing the method of determining the amount of the license fee being paid.
(Ord. 9.22.20.1, passed 9-22-2020)