CHAPTER 50:  SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
Section
   50.01   Purpose and findings
   50.02   Definitions
   50.03   Administration
   50.04   Collection; licensing
   50.05   Recycling of solid waste
   50.06   Solid waste hauler duties and responsibilities
   50.07   Owner responsibility
   50.08   Hours of collection
   50.09   Storage of solid waste
   50.10   Weekly collection
   50.11   Prohibitions
   50.12   License procedure
   50.13   Regulations and duties of licensees
   50.14   Refusal or revocation of license
 
   50.99   Penalty
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Public Act 306 of 1969, being M.C.L.A. §§ 24.201 et seq. and Public Act  451 of 1994, being M.C.L.A. §§ 324.11501 et seq.
§ 50.01  PURPOSE AND FINDINGS.
   (A)   Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health and welfare by assuring the timely and lawful collection of solid waste from owners of private property within the township; to implement well articulated public policies regarding the recycling and composting of certain portions of the wastestream and collection thereof; and to provide for a reasonable system of user fees to defray the costs incurred by the township in administering the system.
   (B)   Findings. The Board of Trustees of the township finds that regulation of the collection and disposal of solid waste is necessary to protect the public health and safety; that, under current circumstances, it is feasible to implement curbside pickup and disposal of residential recyclable materials, compostables and solid waste and that such implementation will be most efficiently accomplished by the township entering into a contract for provisions of services; and that, at this time, it is not feasible to require separation of recyclable materials and compostables from other solid waste for persons using commercial receptacles for collection of their solid waste.
(Prior Code, § IX-1.00)
§ 50.02  DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS.  Bones, offal, fats, rawhides and other inedible trimmings from animal carcass used or to be used in the manufacture or processing of inedible products.
   APPLICANT.  An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or association.
   ASHES.  The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, refuse, wastewater sludge or other combustible materials.
   CLERK.  The duly elected or acting Clerk of the Charter Township of Plymouth.
   COMPOSTABLES.  Leaves, grass clippings, brush, wood debris under six inches in diameter, vegetative pruning, garden waste, yard waste, Christmas trees and wreaths.
   CURBSIDE COLLECTION.  The collection of solid waste which has been placed for pickup in appropriate solid waste receptacles at the side of a public or private road adjacent to the abutting private property.
   GARBAGE.  Rejected food wastes, including waste accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter used or intended for food or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable.
   PERSON.  An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of this state or any other state, including a federal corporation.
   PRIVATE COLLECTOR.  Any person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation to whom has been issued a private collector’s license. This term shall not refer to the township’s contractor.
   RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.  Those items listed in § 50.05(B)(1).
   RUBBISH.  Non-putrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, consisting of both combustible and non-combustible waste, including paper, cardboard, metal containers, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, demolished building materials or litter of any kind that may be a detriment to the public health and safety.
   SOLID WASTE.  Compostables, garbage, rubbish, recyclable materials, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, and solid commercial and solid industrial waste, animal waste, but does not include human body waste, liquid or other waste regulated by statute, ferrous or non-ferrous scrap directed to a scrap metal processor or to a re-user of ferrous or non-ferrous products, or animal by-products.
   SOLID WASTE HAULER.  A person who owns or operates a solid waste transporting unit.
   SOLID WASTE TRANSPORTING UNIT.  A container which may be an integral part of a truck or other piece of equipment used for the transportation of solid waste.
   SUPERVISOR.  A duly elected or acting supervisor of the Charter Township of Plymouth.
   TOWNSHIP.  The Charter Township of Plymouth.
   TOWNSHIP CONTRACTOR.  A private individual, firm, partnership or corporation collecting and disposing of municipal solid waste pursuant to a duly authorized and executed agreement or contract with the township, to provide services at a certain rate or price.
(Prior Code, § IX-1.01)
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