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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
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Chapter 48. Solid Waste (Trash). [Note]
Article I. In General.
§ 48-1. Definitions.
§ 48-2. Applicability of chapter.
§ 48-3. Administration of chapter.
§ 48-4. Authority of council to regulate and control collection of solid waste.
§ 48-5. Permit required to collect or dispose of solid wastes.
§ 48-6. Regulations for collection or disposal.
§ 48-7. Reserved.
§ 48-8. Authority to establish service districts and disposal facilities.
§ 48-8A. Establishment of solid waste management district; systems benefit charge.
§ 48-9. Disposal sites generally.
§ 48-10. Deposit at other than approved place prohibited.
§ 48-11. Unlawful disposal of garbage or solid waste.
§ 48-11A. Disposal of garbage or solid waste in another’s container.
§ 48-12. Feeding of garbage to swine.
§§ 48-13-48-15. Reserved.
§ 48-16. On-site disposal by burial.
§ 48-17. Disposal by use of compost piles.
§ 48-17B. Strategic plan to advance composting, compost use and food waste diversion in Montgomery County.
§ 48-18. Collectors and haulers-Generally.
§ 48-19. Licensing of collectors and haulers.
§ 48-20. Licensing of collectors and haulers — Registration of vehicles.
§ 48-21. General regulations for collectors.
§ 48-22. Permit required to haul garbage, etc., from outside state into county; exceptions; penalty.
§ 48-23. Leaving collection, hauling, etc., vehicle unattended; penalty.
§ 48-24. Storage and removal.
§ 48-24A. Storage of vehicles.
§ 48-25. Permits and licenses issued under chapter-Expiration; transfer.
§ 48-26. Permits and licenses — Fees.
§ 48-27. Permits and licenses — Refusal to renew; revocation or suspension.
§ 48-28. Permits and licenses - Appeals.
§ 48-29. Solid waste collection districts.
§ 48-30. Penalty for violations of chapter; injunctive, etc., relief.
Article II. Solid Waste Service Charges.
§ 48-31. Annual charges set by council resolution.
§ 48-32. Imposition; amount; exemptions.
§ 48-33. Persons subject to charges.
§ 48-34. Extension of credit; posting of collateral.
§ 48-35. Collection; partial payment; interest penalties.
§ 48-36. Default in payment.
§ 48-37. Refunds.
Article III. Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
§ 48-38. Established; composition; terms.
§ 48-39. Duties.
§ 48-40. Officers; committees; bylaws; meetings; quorum.
§ 48-41. Advocacy.
§ 48-42. Administrative and staff support.
Article IV. Solid Waste Fund.
§ 48-43. Established; purpose; operation and maintenance.
§ 48-44. Contracts; appropriations.
Article V. Recycling
§ 48-45. Findings and policies.
§ 48-46. Recyclable solid waste; definition.
§ 48-47. Recyclable solid waste program.
§ 48-48. Compliance.
§ 48-49. Enforcement.
§ 48-50. Marketing of recyclable solid waste; contracts.
§ 48-51. Regulations.
Article VI. Disposable Food Service Products and Packaging Materials.
§ 48-52. Definitions.
§ 48-53. Prohibition on use of polystyrene food service products.
§ 48-54. Compostable or recyclable disposable food service ware required.
§ 48-55. Education and outreach; recyclable and compostable food service ware list.
§ 48-56. Prohibition on sale.
§ 48-57. Exemptions.
§ 48-58. Enforcement.
Article VII. Prohibited Release of Balloons.
§ 48-59. Definitions.
§ 48-60. Prohibition.
§ 48-61. Education and outreach.
§ 48-62. Enforcement.
Article VIII. Waste Reduction/Source Reduction.
§ 48-63. Definitions.
§ 48-64. Source reduction of specific materials – Straws.

 

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[Note]
   *Editor's note-The ten-year solid waste management plan was upheld in King v. Gleason, 32 Md. App. 151, 359 A.2d 245 (1976).
   2008 L.M.C., ch. 5, §§ 3, 6 and 7 state:
   Sec. 3. Any regulation in effect when this Act takes effect that implements a function transferred to another Department or Office under Section 1 of this Act continues in effect, but any reference in any regulation to the Department from which the function was transferred must be treated as referring to the Department to which the function is transferred. The transfer of a function under this Act does not affect any right of a party to any legal proceeding begun before this Act took effect.
   Sec. 6. Any responsibility or right granted by law, ordinance, regulation, delegation of authority, contract, or other document to the Department of Public Works and Transportation in connection with solid waste is transferred to the Department of Environmental Protection.
   Sec. 7. Any duty or authority involving solid waste assigned by the County's Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan to the Department of Public Works and Transportation and the Director of that Department are reassigned to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Director of that Department, respectively. Any reference in that Plan to the Department of Public Works and Transportation or the Director of that Department must be treated as referring to the Department of Environmental Protection and the Director of the Department of Environmental Protection, respectively.
   Cross references-Beverage containers, ch. 6A; solid waste disposal in hospitals, sanitariums, nursing and care homes, § 25-43; sewers, sewage disposal and drainage, ch. 45.