A. No person shall conduct an operation for which a permit is required by subsection E of this section or by specific section in other chapters of this title without holding the necessary and valid permit issued by the environmental officer.
B. Permit applications shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall be completed in all pertinent details.
C. Before a permit will be issued the applicant shall have complied with all pertinent state, county and city or town health and environmental regulations, ordinances and statutes.
D. Permits are valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance, unless suspended or revoked by the department for violation of a pertinent statute, ordinance or regulation. A suspended permit may be reinstated for the remainder of the permit period at the discretion of the environmental officer without penalty. A revoked permit may be reissued in the same manner as a new permit. No permit is transferable from person to person or place to place.
E. A permit shall be required of the following:
1. Public and private landfills and other approved methods of solid waste disposal;
2. Collection and transportation of liquid waste;
3. Water systems with fifteen or more service connections or serving an average of at least twenty-five persons daily for at least sixty days a year;
4. Collection and transportation of solid waste.
F. Annual Permit Fee.
1. There shall be an annual permit fee for operating permits issued by the department. The permit fee is due on the date the permit expires. For fees thirty days in arrears, a late fee of thirty dollars will be assessed. Failure to pay all fees including late fees within sixty days may result in suspension of the operating permit.
2. Fee schedule:
a. Public and private landfills, thirty-six dollars;
b. Collection and transportation of liquid waste:
i) Operating permit, ninety dollars,
ii) Vehicle license, forty-six dollars per vehicle;
c. Water systems:
i) Each water system shall pay a two hundred dollar water supply source fee per source. Each individual well, spring, reservoir or other water supply source is a separate source for the purpose of calculating fees
ii) In addition to the water supply source fee, each water system shall pay a fee based upon the number of persons served on the system as follows:
Water Systems: | ||
Persons | Annual Fee effective June 30, 2009 | Annual Fee effective June 30, 2010 |
Water Systems: | ||
Persons | Annual Fee effective June 30, 2009 | Annual Fee effective June 30, 2010 |
1-99 | $50.00 | $100.00 |
100-199 | $150.00 | $300.00 |
200-499 | $250.00 | $500.00 |
500-999 | $250.00 | $500.00 |
1000-1,999 | $500.00 | $1,000.00 |
2000-4,999 | $1,000.00 | $2,000.00 |
5,000-9,999 | $1,500.00 | $3,000.00 |
10,000 or more | $3,000.00 | $6,000.00 |
d. Collection and transportation of solid waste:
i) Operating permit, one hundred sixty-two dollars plus one dollar per customer,
ii) Waste vehicle license, seventy-nine dollars per vehicle,
iii) Collection frequency variance, five hundred dollars.
G . Fee schedule for field inspections due to noncompliance: For each field inspection of an activity permitted pursuant to this section resulting from a complaint made to the department and that results in a finding of noncompliance with any provisions of this title or any condition of a permit issued pursuant to this title, seventy-five dollars.
H. Permits may be revoked by the environmental officer upon written notice to the permit holder when an immediate and imminent danger to public health or safety or the environment exists. In all other instances where a permit is revocable pursuant to state or local law, a minimum of five calendar days' written notice must be given by the environmental officer to the permit holder. The permit holder may make a written request for a hearing in accordance with Section 7.03.140.
I. No person shall refuse to allow the environmental officer to inspect any and all regulated establishments or facilities at any reasonable time, during the regular business hours of the regulated establishment or facilities, and no person shall molest or resist authorized representatives of the department in the discharge of its duties during the inspection for application approval or for the enforcement of this title.
(Ord. 2009-36 § 1, 2009: Ord. 1992-128 § 1, 1992: Ord. 1991-139 § 1, 1991: Ord. 1991-138 § 2, 1991: Ord. 1991-137 § 2 (part), 1991)