§ 26-19. Prohibited items.

(a)

The following items shall not be placed in the town's regular solid waste receptacles for collection:

(1)

Aluminum cans (recycle);

(2)

Antifreeze (i.e., ethylene glycol);

(3)

Asbestos;

(4)

Building materials;

(5)

Burning or smoldering materials or any other materials which could create a fire hazard;

(6)

Hazardous, radioactive or medical waste;

(7)

Lead-acid batteries (may be recycled);

(8)

Liquid waste; paint, motor oil, or other toxic or flammable liquids;

(9)

Motor vehicle tires;

(10)

Pesticides;

(11)

Rocks, dirt, sand;

(12)

Sharps not properly contained or wrapped;

(13)

Yard trimmings (may be composted or burned with fire department permission).

(b)

Failure of the owner, operator, or contractor, after notice from the town or its authorized agent of prohibited materials, to remove any such unauthorized prohibitions or materials shall be deemed a violation of this chapter or other chapters of this Code and punishable as same. Such violations may also constitute and be punishable as a nuisance under sections 22-39 through 22-43.

(Code 1988, § 8-19; Ord. of 4-2-2002)