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ST. CROIX COUNTY, WISCONSIN
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION ORDINANCE
The County Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County,
Wisconsin does ordain as follows:
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to help ensure
that efficient, nuisance free, and environmentally acceptable
solid waste collection and transportation is practiced in St.
Croix County in furtherance of Chapter 144, Wisconsin Statutes,
dealing with solid waste, NR 180, (Solid Waste Management) and NR
181 (Hazardous Waste Management), Wisconsin Administrative Code,
N.R. 180 is hereby adopted by reference as if fully set out
below.
2. APPLICABILITY. This ordinance governs all services for .
collection and transportation of solid waste generated within St.
Croix County.
3. DEFINITIONS. The following special definitions are
applicable -to the terms used in this ordinance:
(a) "Collection and transportation service" means a solid
waste disposal operation which utilizes containers,
vehicles or other means for the collection and
transportation of solid waste.
(b) "Department" means the St. Croix County Planning
Department.
(c) "Garbage" means discarded materials resulting from
the handling, processing, storage or consumption of food.
(d) "Hazardous waste" means any solid waste identified by
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as
hazardous.
(e) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm,
cooperative, institution, joint stock. company,
corporation (including a government corporation),
partnership, association, state, municipality,
commission, political subdivision of a state, interstate
body, or federal department, agency or instrumentality.
(f) "Refuse" means combustible and noncombustible
rubbish, including but not limited to, paper, wood,
metal, glass, cloth and products thereof, litter and
street rubbish.
(g) "Solid waste" means garbage and refuse which is
acceptable to the facility. Waste not acceptable to the
facility including, but not limited to, that which would
likely pose a threat to health or safety, cause damage to
the facility, or that which is physically impossible for
the facility to handle. Hazardous waste is not acceptable
to the facility except in quantities the total of which
does not constitute a significant portion of the amount
of solid waste it arrives with.
4. LICENSE PERIODS AND FEES. (a) No person shall maintain or
operate a collection or transportation service in St. Croix
County unless the person has obtained and retains an operating
license from the department. The license period shall be one year
beginning on January 1 and terminating on December 31.
(b) Operating license. Application and renewal fees shall
be $100.00 per person and $10.00 per vehicle. Application
for initial licensing of new collection anbd
transportation services may be submitted at times during
the license period. Fees for initial licensing shall be
proratable.
(c) Application for renewal of a license shall be
submitted to the department by October 1 preceding the
license period applied for. The department shall review
and approve or deny the application for renewal within 60
days after receiving the application or by the date of
expiration of the current license, whichever occurs
later.
(d) Application for an initial operation license or
renewal of an operating license shall be submitted on
forms supplied by the department and shall be accompanied
by the appropriate fees. License fees are not refundable.
(e) A license holder shall submit data or other
information not contained on a license application as the
department may require for purposes of administering this
ordinance or protecting the health and safety of the
public.
5. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. No person shall operate or
maintain a solid waste collection and transportation service in
St. Croix County except in accordance with the following
requirements:
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(a) Identifying Information. Each vehicle shall have
lettered on both sides the name, address and telephone
number of the license holder, the empty and gross weight
of the vehicle, and a current operating permit. The
letters and numbers shall be at least 2 inches high with
a minimum 1/2 inch brush stroke, and be a color that
contrasts with the background to make it easy to read.
(b) Disposal. Solid waste collected and transported in
St. Croix County shall be disposed of only at the
American Resource Recovery waste -to- energy incineration
facility located near New Richmond, Wisconsin, unless
otherwise directed by the facility.
(c) Inspection.The department may inspect and approve all
solid waste collection and transportation vehicles before
granting a license and at such other times as the
department deems necessary.
(d) Compliance with N.R. 180. Any additional requirements
of N.R. 180, Wis. Adm. Code, must be complied with.
6. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALITIES. Any person who violates the
terms of this Ordinance shall be subject to the sanctions
provided for in this subsection. St. Croix County or the
department may initiate court action to enforce the provisions of
this Ordinance.
(a) Citations. The department may issue citations for
violations of this Ordinance on forms designated by the
department. The citation shall indicate the nature of the
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violation and the remedial measures to be taken, if any.
If the license holder fails to take remedial action in a
reasonable time, the department may suspend or revoke the
license. If the citation specifies a violation but does
not propose a remedy, the department shall revoke the
license immediately.
(b) Prosecution. Prosecution may be commenced for a
violation of this Ordinance, upon a conviction or an
adjudication of a violation a forfeiture of not more than
$500.00 may be ordered. Each day a violation exists or
continues shall be considered a separate offense. In
addition to or in lieu of a forfeiture, injunctive relief
may be ordered upon a conviction or adjudication of a
violation.
Adopted this / day of 4 U Vi&4-dvt/
1987.
SOLID WASTE COMMITTEE
Negative Affirmative
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