§ 62-123. Permit for private landfills.

(a)

Required. No person shall maintain or operate a landfill for the reception or disposal of trash, rubbish or waste material without first applying to the commissioner of refuse collection for a permit to operate and maintain the landfill.

(b)

Duration; fee. The permit shall be valid for a period of one year from its issuance, and a fee of $200.00 shall be paid upon issuance.

(c)

Conditions. No such landfill shall be maintained in a locality where it will be a nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to the residents of the vicinity, and the commissioner of refuse collection shall determine such fact before issuing or refusing a permit. Separate permits shall be issued for noncombustible landfills and for offal landfills; and the holder of a permit for one class of landfill shall not receive material properly restricted to another class of landfill, nor shall any person deposit material upon any landfill except as authorized by the permit as issued. Every landfill shall be maintained in neat condition, and the material shall be leveled off from day to day and shall not be raised to an elevation above that of the curbline of any street abutting on that part of the landfill where deposited.

(d)

Inspections; revocation. Such landfill shall be subject to inspection by employees of the public works department and of the health department. Upon notice and hearing before the director of public works, the permit may be revoked for violation of any of the provisions of this article appertaining to such class of landfill.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 16.68; Ord. No. 52224, 11-20-80)