A.
No person shall collect and remove or transport garbage, offal, or
other offensive substance through the streets of Lancaster without
first obtaining a permit from the Lancaster Board of Health. The Board
will consider and act upon applications for such permits at regularly
scheduled meetings. The Board reserves the right to reject applications
or revoke permits based on inaccurate information, failure to comply
with the regulations, or for any reason that would indicate the Town's
interests would not be served by the issuance of a permit. The Board
may also impose restrictions and conditions on the granting of a permit,
including the right to restrict collection to certain types of refuse.
B.
Persons desiring to obtain a permit shall submit an application containing
the following information:
(1)
Name.
(2)
Corporate officers (if applicable).
(3)
Address.
(4)
Daytime telephone number.
(5)
Emergency twenty-four-hour telephone number.
(6)
Pickup schedule (which streets on which days).
(7)
Fee schedules (rates charged consumers).
(8)
Disposal facility/facilities (landfill, incinerator, etc.), name
address, and telephone number.
(9)
Truck registration numbers.
(10)
Three municipal references, including name, address and telephone
number.
(11)
Identification of the refuse types (household, recyclables,
commercial, hazardous, waste, etc.) which will be collected and disposal
method and location used for each waste type.
(12)
A certificate of liability coverage with a minimum value of
$1,000,000.
C.
An application fee of $150 for the first truck and $100 for each
additional truck being used to transport refuse in the Town of Lancaster
shall be submitted with the application. Denied applications will
not receive a refund.
All persons collecting, removing, and transporting refuse, hereafter
referred to as "vendors," must comply with the following regulations:
A.
Collection hours are restricted to 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
B.
Collection vehicles must not leak. Collection permits for all vehicles
owned or operated by a vendor permitted to collect refuse will be
automatically revoked if a vehicle owned or operated by a vendor is
found to be leaking. No permit application or renewal from that vendor
will be considered for one year from the time a vehicle is found to
be leaking.
C.
Collection vehicles shall prominently display a Lancaster collection
permit.
D.
Vehicle safety violations shall be cause for immediate revocation
of a collection permit. The Board will reconsider reinstatement after
review of such safety violations.
E.
A schedule of collection fees shall be provided to the Board of Health.
The Board shall be notified of changes to fees not less than two weeks
before such changes take effect.
F.
Improper disposal of waste shall be cause for immediate and permanent
revocation of a collection permit and prosecutions to the fullest
extent of the law.
G.
Vendors shall require their customers to put refuse in covered containers
to prevent littering by animals. In the event that refuse is not in
such containers and is littered, the vendor shall pick up such litter.
H.
Vendors shall maintain accurate up-to-date lists of customers in
Lancaster and shall provide such list within 24 hours of a request
from the Board.
I.
All storage bins/dumpsters provided to customers for storage of refuse
shall be covered. Containers used for disposal of putrescent waste
shall be emptied not less than once a week. Notwithstanding this,
containers which the Board deems to constitute a nuisance or health
hazard shall be emptied at a frequency determined by the Board. The
Board may also require such containers to be removed and cleaned at
regular intervals.
J.
Unless further restricted by the Board, a vendor shall collect only
the types of refuse identified by the vendor's application. The Board
reserves the right to restrict collection to specific refuse types
as part of the condition of granting a collection permit.