County Commissioner Ordinance - April 1984/' ..
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ORDINANCE NO. 1984�
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
PUBLIC DISPOSAL OF REFUSE
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by_the Board of Commissioners of
Gibson County, State of Indiana, as follows:
ARTICLE I- Definitions: The following definitions shall
apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this Ordinance:
Section 101 -"Refuse" includes solid and semi-solid wastes,
dead animals and offal.
Section 102 -"PUblic disposal" shall mean and relate to
disposal of refuse which has been removed from premises used,
owned or leased by one or more persons, firms, corporations or
associations and transported to other premises and disposed of
either with or without the payment of a fee.
Section 103 -"Health officer" shall mean the Gibson County
health officer or his authorized representative.
Section 104 -"Person" shall mean any person, firm,.
corporation or association.
Section 105 -"Salvaging" means the controlled removable
of reusable materials.
Section 106 -"Scavenging" means the uncontrolled picking of
materials.
Section 107 -"BOard of Commissioners" shall mean the Board
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of Gibson County Commissioners or their authorized representative.
Section 108 -"Containers" shall mean sanitary receptacles
for the receipt of refuse located at various points within the
County.
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Section 109 -"Container site" shall mean the area immediately
surrounding a container.
Section 110 -"Refuse vehicle" shall mean any vehicle utilized
for the transportation of refuse.
ARTICLE II - Permits:
Section 201 - It shall be unlawful for any person who does
not possess an unrevoked annual disposal permit from the health
officer for each refuse vehicle operated to engage in Gibson
County in the comriercial pickup and disposal for profit of
refuse from premises to a location other than the place of
origin of such refuse for disposal.
Section 202 - Disposal permit shall be for the term of
one (1) year and shall be renewable annually. Any disposal
permit issued by the health o£ficer shall contain the name
of the person to whom the permit is granted, the identification
number and licensing information for that particular refuse
vehicle, the address of the person to whom it is issued and such
other pertinent information as may be required by the health
officer. A disposal permit may be temporarily suspended by the
health officer upon violation by the holder of any of the terms
of this Ordinance or may be revoked after an opportunity for a
hearing by the health officer upon serious or repeated violation.
Section 203-- No permit signed by the health officer shall
be valid until it has been countersigned by the Treasurer of
Gibson County. A permit fee in the amount of Five Dollars
($5.00) shall be paid to the Treasurer of Gibson County.
Section 204 - It shall be unlawful to deposit dead animals
at the County landfill site or in a container or at a container
site.
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Section 205 - All persons.:who are residents of Gibson County,
including business establishments; who do not engage in the com-__
mercial pickup and disposal of refuse for profit will be permitted
to deposit refuse at the Gibson County landfill site or at any
Gibson County container site without charge.
Section 206 - Before a permit is issued by the health officer
for the collection and transportation of refuse, all equipment and
refuse vehicles to be used which require a permit, shall be;
inspected by the health officer. All equipment and refuse vehicles
used to transport refuse to a disposal site shall be covered and
all vehicles requiring permits shall be water tight and shall be
cleaned as may be necessary to prevent nuisances and health
hazards.
ARTICLE III - Sanitary re4uirements:
Section 301 - Salvaging, if permitted, shall be organized
so that it will not interfere with prompt sanitary disposal of
refuse or create unsightlyness or health hazards. Scavenging
shall not be pernitted.
Section 302 - No refuse shall be burned at a container site.
Section 303 - It shall be unlawful for any person to put,
throw or dump refuse in or upon a container site; all refuse
shall be put into the containers provided.
Section 304 - It shall be unlawful for any person to put,
throw, dump or leave large and bulky items in refuse containers
such as ice boxes, chairs, tables, sofas, tree limbs, brnsh
cuttings, fence, posts, pipe, etc. (bricks, stones or dirt when
total weight is more than 50 pounds). All such items shall be
taken directly to the County sanitary landfill.
Section 305 - It shall be unlawful for any person to put,
throw, dump or leave hazardous material, including but not
limited to, explosives, pathological wastes, radioactive materials
and chemicals.
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Section 306 - It shall be unlawful for any person to move,
mutilate, destroy, disfigure or cause damage to refuse containers.
Section 307 - It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit
burning material at a landfill site, in containers or at a con-
tainer site.
Section 308 - It shall be unlawful for a commercial refuse
hauler to deposit refuse in containers. Commercial refuse
haulers must deliver refuse to the County landfill site.
Section 309 - It shall be unlawful for any person not a
resident of Gibson County to deposit refuse at the landfill
site or at any container site without permission of the health
officer of Gibson County.
ARTICLE IV - Enforcement:
Section 401 - The enforcement of this Ordinance shall be
by the Gibson County health officer.
Section 402 - It shall be the duty of the Gibson County
prosecuting attorney to whom the Gibson County health officer
shall report any violation of the provisions of this Ordinance and
to cause proceedings to be taken against the person violating
the provisions of this Ordinance.
ARTICLE V - Penalties:
Section 501 - Any person_violating any provision of this
Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00) to which may be added imprisonment for a
determinant period not exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days.
ARTICLE VI - Effective date:
Section 601 - This Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon its adoption and its publication as
provided by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSZONERS OF GIBSON
COUNTY, STATE OF INDIANA, ON THE � DAY OF \ ,
1984.
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AUDITOR OF GIBSON COUNTY
PRINCETON. INDIANA 47670
� April 23, '1984
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On Monday, April 23, '1984 you received a copy o£ Ordinance No.
1984-2 ... an ordinance regulating the public disposal of refuse
... for publication, at the time I gave it to you I thought one
publication in two papers was sufficient. But in checking the
statute I found this ordinance requires two publications and I
advised you of same on the phone. Please consider this as a
written notice to the effect that•this ordinance should be pub-
lished on April 26, '1984 and May 3, '1984 ... these dates are
required to meet the regulations in the statute.
Thanks Por 9our cooperation !
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