Town of Lancaster, MA Article VI Trash Haulers

§ 303-30 Permit required; fee.

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.

§ 303-31 Regulations.

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.