[Adopted effective 6-6-1971]
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:
Any institution, public or private corporation, individual,
partnership, or other entity.
Only brush, grass clippings, trees, building materials and
metal waste.
[Amended 5-24-1979; 5-29-1987 by Ord. No. 88-1]
The Town of Lyme, a municipal corporation located in New
London County of the State of Connecticut.
That property located on Brush Hill Road in the Town of Lyme,
which shall hereafter be the only approved dumping area in the Town.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Throughout this article the term "Sanitary
Landfill Area" was amended to "Transfer Station" 12-10-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-4.
Days and hours during which the Transfer Station shall be open
for the disposal of refuse shall be established from time to time
by the Board of Selectmen.
No person shall dispose of refuse in the Lyme Transfer Station,
except the following:
A.
A resident of the Town of Lyme, or a person who has a place of business
in the Town of Lyme.
B.
A refuse collector who is in the business of collecting refuse of
residents of the Town of Lyme and who has secured a permit from the
Selectmen. Such permit shall be issued for a period of one year upon
satisfactory proof to the Selectmen that the collector has adequate
equipment to properly perform refuse collection and that only refuse
of residents of the Town of Lyme shall be collected for disposal in
the Lyme Transfer Station.
No person may dispose of tree trunks or stumps, measuring eight
inches or more in diameter at the butt or largest end, at the Transfer
Station.
The Selectmen may prohibit the disposal of any refuse by any
person in the Transfer Station when said refuse is of such a nature
and quantity as to be in their opinion dangerous to the public health,
welfare or safety, or prejudicial to the proper operation of the Transfer
Station. Motor vehicles or large amounts of brush or tree stumps will
not be accepted. Large metal objects or appliances will be set aside
in an area for that purpose.
Any person disposing of refuse in the Transfer Station shall
dispose of such refuse by dumping or otherwise in specific locations
as designated by, and under the supervision of, the custodian of the
Transfer Station.
Scavenging at the Transfer Station without express written authorization
by the Selectmen shall be prohibited.
No person shall enter or be permitted within the Transfer Station
except during the hours when the area is open to the public.
Any vehicle carrying refuse to the Transfer Station shall carry
such refuse, either by covering it or in some other suitable manner,
so that such refuse shall not blow or fall off the vehicle.
[Added 5-28-1982]
No person may dispose of building materials, which shall include
but not be limited to any material used to erect or construct a house
or other structure, at the Transfer Station without the written permission
of the Selectmen.
If any provision of this article or its application to any person,
situation or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect any other provisions or application of the same.
Violations of any section of this article by any person shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $50 for each offense, and
each day that the violation shall exist or continue shall be deemed
a separate offense.
