[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of West
Greenwich 8-16-1961 by Ord. No.
7; amended 1-13-1965 and 1-6-2016. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall dump or deposit at any place in the Town of
West Greenwich any sewage or contents of any cesspool or privy from
any place outside of the Town of West Greenwich.
No person shall dump or deposit any sewage or contents of any
cesspool or privy from any place in the Town of West Greenwich within
a distance of 3,000 feet from any dwelling house or structure used
as a place of abode of any person nor within 1,000 feet of any public
highway or natural stream of water or pond in the Town of West Greenwich.
No person shall dump or deposit any sewage or contents of any
cesspool or privy in the Town of West Greenwich without immediately
thereafter treating such sewage or contents of cesspool or privy with
a suitable chemical to properly neutralize the harmful bacteria and
odor of the same, and also immediately thereafter plowing under the
soil such sewage or contents of the cesspool or privy.
No person shall transport over any public highway in the Town
of West Greenwich any sewage or contents of any cesspool or privy
between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. except on approval of
the Town health officer.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall engage in the business of cleaning or taking
out the contents of cesspools or privies in the Town of West Greenwich
without first obtaining a license for such purpose from the Town Council
of the Town of West Greenwich; and every such license shall expire
by limitation one year after the date of issue. The fee for such licenses
shall be set from time to time by the Town Council.
A.
Rules.
Every person licensed under the provisions of this section shall obey
the following rules:
(1)
Every vehicle used in the operations of pumping or taking out and
transporting the contents of a cesspool or privy shall be a tank truck
or vehicle designed to keep the contents tightly covered when being
transported; and every such vehicle, when being used in said operations,
shall be kept in a reasonably sanitary condition and in good working
order, and shall be used so that the contents shall not spill out
onto any public highway, and shall not be offensive to persons on
any public highway;
(2)
Every vehicle used in said operations shall be made available for
inspection by any police officer of the Town of West Greenwich or
the health officer of the Town of West Greenwich at any time.
B.
Revocation
or suspension of license. Any license issued under the provisions
of this section may be revoked or suspended by the Town Council of
the Town of West Greenwich for any violation of this chapter or of
the rules hereinbefore set forth.
A.
No person
shall engage in the business of collecting or picking up garbage and/or
rubbish in the Town of West Greenwich without first obtaining a license
for such purpose from the Town Council. The fee for every such license
shall be prescribed by the Town Council. Every such license shall
be valid from January 1 through December 31 of the year in which it
is issued. Any license issued under the provisions of this section
may be revoked or suspended by the Town Council of the Town of West
Greenwich for any violation of this chapter or of the rules hereafter
set forth.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Licensees to obey rules. Every person or business licensed under the provisions of Subsection A of this section shall obey the following rules:
(1)
Every vehicle used in the operations of collecting or picking up
garbage and/or rubbish shall be equipped with a reasonable covering
to keep the contents of such vehicle tightly covered; and every such
vehicle, when being used in said operations, shall be kept in a reasonably
sanitary condition and in good working order, and shall be used in
said operations so that the contents shall not spill out onto any
public highway, and shall not be offensive to persons on any public
highway;
(2)
Every vehicle used in said operations shall be made available for
inspection by any police officer of the Town of West Greenwich or
the health officer of the Town of West Greenwich at any time; and
(3)
Every person or business licensed pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall provide the DPW Director with a written report by the 10th business day of each month; such report shall contain the gross weight of garbage and the gross weight of recyclables picked up within the Town of West Greenwich during the preceding calendar month.
