It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to collect septic waste or hazardous waste in the Town
without first obtaining a license or permit to do so. It shall also
be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to remove or dispose
of refuse, septic waste or hazardous waste in the Town without first
obtaining a license or permit to do so. The Board of Selectmen, upon
approval of a completed application, may issue a license or permit
to said person.
Every person desiring to engage in the business
of collection, transportation or disposal of refuse, septic waste
or hazardous wastes for a fee shall make written application to the
Board of Selectmen on a form provided for that purpose, setting forth
the name of such person and of his business, his residence address,
the address of his place of business, the number of commercial vehicles
he intends to operate in the Town, and other information related to
the collection, transportation and disposal of the same.
A license issued under the preceding sections
shall expire on the first day of July of each year. Licenses may be
renewed annually in the same manner upon payment of the original fee,
unless revoked in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
A resident's permit issued under the provisions
of this chapter shall be valid for the period July 1 to June 30 of
each year and shall be issued only to the residents of the Town of
Weston. A permit shall entitle the bearer to collect, transport and
dispose of any refuse generated by his own residence. Permits may
be renewed annually in the same manner and upon payment of a like
annual fee as herein provided.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person engaged
in construction, remodeling, or demolition of a building on real property
located in the Town of Weston may, upon approval of an application
and the payment of a fee as hereinafter provided, transport and dispose
of building materials generated by such construction, remodeling and
demolition.
All licenses and permits shall be nontransferable.
As a condition of a Class A license or permit
issued pursuant to this chapter, the licensee or permittee shall agree
to collect and transport to the sanitary landfill site all properly
bundled newspapers. No licensee or permittee shall collect and transport
to the sanitary landfill site loose or unbundled newspapers or magazines.
A.
License and permit fees on the following basis shall
be established by the Board of Selectmen:
(1)
Class A permit (commercial collector): shall include
one regular route truck and satellite pickup trucks of no larger than
three-fourths-ton capacity. Any additional regular route trucks shall
require an additional permit.
(2)
Class B permit: license for transportation and disposition
of building and demolition materials by the following vehicles:
(3)
Class C permit: resident's permit, includes the following
vehicles: private passenger vehicles and station wagons. There shall
be no fee for the dumping of wood chips.
B.
The annual fee schedule adopted each year by the Board
of Selectmen shall become a part of this chapter as Exhibit A attached
hereto and shall continue in full force and effect until amended by
the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall annually review
the fee schedule and, on 30 days' notice, by publication in a newspaper
having a substantial circulation in the Town of Weston, after a public
hearing, may increase or decrease any fee.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the Clerk's office.
Each licensed commercial collector shall file
with the Board of Selectmen, by July 1 annually, a schedule of basic
rates for collection and the route schedule which he maintains for
the collection of refuse. Collectors shall notify the Board of Selectmen
in writing 10 days prior to any rate change.
Collection of refuse from residences within
the Town may be carried out only between the hours established by
the Board of Selectmen in regulations promulgated pursuant to this
chapter.[2]
Before any license is issued to any commercial
refuse or septic waste collector, said collector shall provide the
Town with certificates of public liability insurance in an amount
not less than $300,000 and property damage insurance in an amount
of not less than $100,000.
