Lamoine Dump Ordinance
LAMOINE DUMP ORDINANCE
SECTION I. Authority. In accordance with MSRS Title 30, the Town of Lamoine may enact an ordinance with will provide for regulating the use of the Lamoine Town Dump.
SECTION II. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the health, safety and general wellbeing of residents of Lamoine and to protect the natural resources of the Town of Lamoine in respect to use of the town dump.
SECTION III. Scope. This ordinance shall apply to the disposal of all materials at the town dump site.
SECTION IV. Rules.
A. The opening and closing hours of the Lamoine dump shall be set by the Selectmen. Unauthorized use during off hours shall be considered an infraction of this ordinance. Ceraain permitted uses other than during regular hours may be granted by the Selectmen.
B. No wastes as defined in the “Waste Discharge Ordinance of the Town of Lamoine, enacted March 5, 1982” shall be deposited by any person at the Lamoine dump site.
C. No septic sludge shall be deposited at the town dump.
D. Refuse and garbage accumulated by residents and summer residents and transients in Lamoine shall be the only garbage deposited at the Lamoine dump. No refuse collected in other towns may be deposited herein.
E. There shall be no dumping of land clearing materials which shall include but not limited to sumps, tree trunks, and uprooted bushes. This section shall not be construed to include disposal of Christmas trees, banking brush and trimmed limbs.
F. There shall be no motor vehicles, truck bodies, or other bulky vehicle parts deposited at the dump.
G. The dumping of non-burnables not mentioned specifically herein shall be at the discretion of the Selectmen.
H. Burning shall be only upon direction of the Selectmen.
I. The dump attendant shall be appointed by the Selectmen and has authority to regulate dumping when on duty as directed by the Selectmen.
SECTION V. Violation. Any person found to be disposing of materials contrary to that permitted herein shall be deemed to be in violation of this ordinance.
SECTION VI. Penalty. Any person found in violation of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00 for each offense. Each dumping of prohibited material shall constitute a separare offense.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF LAMOINE, NOVEMBER 2, 1982.
Dated at Lamoine this 24th day of September 1982.
/s/ Martin Bisson
/s/ Francis Karst
Selectmen of Lamoine
Typed from an attested copy December 2, 1998
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