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Sec. 62-1. - Purpose of chapter.#
In accordance with G.L. 1956, § 23-18.9-1, the town recognizes its responsibility to make provision for the safe and sanitary disposal of all refuse which is generated within its boundaries including refuse from residential, commercial and industrial sources. To effectively carry out the town's responsibility for refuse disposal, the town council does hereby adopt the following chapter governing the collection, hauling and disposal of refuse and recyclable materials within the town.
(Ch. 991, § 1, 12-16-2013)
Sec. 62-2. - Definitions.#
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Commercial hauler means: (1)
A person or private contractor or subcontractor engaged in the collection and transportation of residential solid waste and/or recyclable materials generated by persons other than the contractor in the town or in those areas designated by the town council; and/or
(2)
A person or private contractor or subcontractor who collects nonresidential solid waste and/or recyclable materials which are generated at a place of business or which is a waste product of a trade or industry located within the Town of Narragansett.
Municipal solid waste means solid waste generated by the residents of the town in the course of their daily living. Municipal solid waste does not include solid waste generated by residents of a municipality in the course of their employment or that generated by any manufacturing or commercial enterprise.
Nonresidential solid waste means solid waste from agricultural, commercial, industrial or institutional activities or group of residential buildings consisting of five or more dwelling units on a single parcel of property.
Person means an individual, firm, partnership, association, and private or municipal corporation.
Recyclable material means those materials defined as such by the State Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) and/or within the current solid waste and recycling services agreement between the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) and the town or by a third-party recycling company.
Recycling rate is defined as the total tons of residential recyclable materials divided by the sum of residential solid waste and residential recyclable materials.
Resident means any person whose principal place of residence is within the corporate limits of the town.
Residential recyclable materials means materials separated from municipal solid waste at the source for re-use as specified by RIDEM and/or the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) and as may be listed within the current solid waste and recycling services agreement between the RIRRC and the town. The materials to be included may change from time to time depending upon new technologies, economic conditions, waste stream characteristics, environmental effects or mutual agreement between the state and municipalities.
Residential solid waste or municipal waste means and shall be limited to the disposal of the following materials from residential properties with four or fewer dwelling units on a single lot: Garbage/rubbish including, but not limited to, food scraps; contaminated recyclables that cannot be cleaned; reasonable quantities of packaging and/or containers that cannot be recycled and which are generated by a typical family household in the course of its everyday living. The following waste shall not be considered "residential solid waste": Bulky waste, yard waste, furniture and building debris, and residential recyclable materials as defined by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
Residential subscription service collection means the process whereby private property owners of four dwelling units or less on a single lot contract with a commercial hauler for the collection, hauling, and disposal of solid waste and residential recyclables.
Residential user means any person who generates residential solid waste and recyclables at his/her place of residence and either delivers said waste and recyclables to the Rose Hill Regional Transfer Station or contracts with a refuse hauler for collection of said solid waste and recyclables.
Rose Hill Regional Transfer Station (RHRTS) means a facility located off Rose Hill Road in the Town of South Kingstown designated as an authorized collection depository for solid wastes and recyclable materials generated within the geographic boundaries of the town and other areas so designated by the town council where collection vehicles and other designated system users transfer solid waste and recyclable materials to haulage vehicles for transportation to a final disposal site outside of the town.
Solid waste means garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials generated by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and agricultural sources, but not including solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage or sewage sludge, nor hazardous waste as defined in the hazardous waste management act, G.L. 1956, § 23-19.1-4 et seq.
Source separation means the removal (by the generator) of recyclable materials from all other solid waste generated by the household.
Tipping fee means the charge per ton (2,000 pounds avoirdupois) for solid waste or recyclable materials delivered to the RHRTS or RIRRC by a residential user or commercial hauler.
Transfer station means a facility operated by or for a municipality whose purpose is the temporary storage and accumulation of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials prior to its transport to and disposal at a corporation landfill or other designated facility.
(Ch. 991, § 1, 12-16-2013; Ch. 1115, §§ 1—4, 10-2-2023)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 62-3. - Garbage and refuse.#
Trash containers provided and serviced by the town within public rights-of-way and public lands may be used by the public for the incidental disposal of waste generated in the immediate area of the container and not for the disposal of household or solid waste generated elsewhere.
(Ch. 991, § 1, 12-16-2013)
Sec. 62-4. - Collection prohibited during certain hours.#
The collection of solid waste and recyclable materials within the town is hereby prohibited between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day of the week.
(Ch. 991, § 1, 12-16-2013; Ch. 1006, § 1, 1-5-2015)
Sec. 62-5. - Penalties for violation of chapter.#
(a)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations enacted pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in section 1-14 of this Code.
(b)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations enacted pursuant thereto shall become liable to the town for any expense, loss or damage occasioned the town by reason of such violation.
(Ch. 991, § 1, 12-16-2013)