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By-Law No. 2024 - 08
Being this by-law to regulate landfill site within the Township of
Dubreuilville.
WHEREAS Section 10 subsection (1), of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 provides
that a single-tier municipality may provide any service or thing the municipality considers
necessary or desirable for the public;
AND WHEREAS Section 11 subsections (3) (3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.0. 2001, c.25
provides for the establishment of a waste management system within the Township of
Dubreuil ville;
AND WHEREAS Section 127 subsections (a) and (b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001,
c.25 provides for the regulation of clearing and cleaning land including refuse and debris by the
owner or occupier of said land;
AND WHEREAS it is in the interest of society as a whole and the citizens of the Town of
Dubreuil ville in particular that the amount of waste material generated by the community be
reduced and whenever possible such materials be re-used or recycled, and that the environment
be protected from contamination from hazardous substances;
WHEREAS the Municipal Act provides authority for by-laws to be passed for establishing and
maintaining a system for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage, recycling and other
refuse.
SCOPE
1. The provisions of this by-law shall apply to all persons, lands, structures, and uses
within the boundaries of The Corporation of the Township of Dubreuilville.
2. No person shall dispose of, or cause to be disposed, any waste, debris or refuse except in
conformity with the provisions of the by-law and schedules annexed thereto.
3. This by-law shall not be effective to relieve, reduce or mitigate any person from
compliance with any provision of the Public Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.H. 7 or the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E.19 as amended, or
any regulation or order prescribed by the Medical Officer of Health or the Minister of
Environment and Climate Change.
INTERPRETATION
In this by-law:
1. Words importing the singular number only, include more persons, parties or things of
the same kind than one and the converse; and
2. A word interpreted in the singular number has a corresponding meaning when used in
the plural;
3.
"May" shall be constructed as permissive;
4.
"Shall" shall be constructed as imperative;
5.
"Includes": the words - "include-includes -including and included" are not to be
interpreted as restricting or modifying the words or phrases which precede them;
6.
It is declared that if any section, sub section or part or parts thereof be declared by any
Court of Law to be bad, illegal, or ultra vires, such section or part or parts shall be
deemed to be severable and all parts hereof are declared to be separate and independent
and enacted as such;
7.
The schedules referred to in this by-law form an integral part of it. Each entry in a
column of a schedule is to be read in conjunction with the entry or entries across from
it;
8.
Where the expression of time occurs, the time referred to is intended to be the system
of time keeping in force in the municipality at the time of the by-law;
9.
All words and personal pronouns relating to words contained in this by-law include the
male and female;
10. Article, section and paragraph headings are inserted solely for ease of reference;
11. References within this by-law to the titles of the Corporation's employees are
references to the positions that held those titles at the time this by-law was enacted.
Where a corporate restructuring has occurred such that there is no longer a person
within the organization who holds a referenced title, the reference is to the person who
undertakes the duties of the title holder at the time this by-law was enacted. In any case
of doubt, the Chief Administrative Officer for the Corporation shall delegate the
authority to the appropriate person and direct this by-law be amended to reflect the new
title.
DEFINITIONS
"Commercial Enterprise" means any establishment set up for the purposes of providing goods
and/or services for profit but does not include manufacturing or industrial enterprises.
"Commercial Premises" means a specific property under registered ownership, including all
buildings and accessory structures thereon, at which a commercial enterprise is conducted.
"Commercial Waste" means waste incidental to a commercial enterprise, including waste
produced directly from a retail activity.
"Construction Materials" means pieces of plaster, lumber, broken concrete, excavated material,
wall board, siding or any other waste material resulting from the construction, alteration, repair,
demolition or removal of/from any building or structure, including a fence.
"Contaminate Soil" means soil which has been exposed to, contains, is saturated with or is in
any way polluted with a foreign element which the Ministry of the Environment and Climate
Change had directed may be disposed of in a municipal waste disposal.
"Hazardous Waste" means waste and materials defined within the Environmental Protection
Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.E. 19 and specifically R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 347: General-Waste
Management as hazardous waste and shall include:
1. Hazardous industrial waste;
2. Acute hazardous waste chemical;
3. Hazardous waste chemical;
4. Severely toxic waste;
5. Ignitable waste;
6. Corrosive waste;
7. Reactive waste;
8. Radioactive waste, except radioisotope wastes disposed in a landfill site in accordance
with the written instructions of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission;
9. Pathological waste;
10. Leachate toxic waste;
11. PCB waste;
12. Hauled sewage;
13. Waste from the operation of a sewage works subject to the Ontario Water Resources
Act where the works;
a) Is owned by a municipality;
b) Is owned by the Crown or the Ontario Clean Water Agency, subject to an
agreement with a municipality under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or
c)
Receives only waste similar in character to the domestic sewage from a
household.
14. Domestic waste;
15. Incinerator ash resulting from the incineration of waste that is neither hazardous waste
nor liquid industrial waste;
16. Waste that is a hazardous industrial waste, hazardous waste chemical, ignitable waste,
corrosive waste, leachate toxic waste or reactive waste and that is produced in any
month in an amount less than five kilograms or otherwise accumulated in an amount
less than five kilograms;
17. Waste that is an acute hazardous waste chemical and that is produced in any month in
an amount less than one kilogram or otherwise accumulated in an amount less than one
kilogram;
18. An empty container or the liner from an empty container that contained hazardous
industrial waste;
19. An empty container of less than twenty litres capacity or one or more liners weighing, in
total, less than ten kilograms from empty containers that contained acute hazardous
waste chemical;
20. The residues or contaminate materials for the clean-up of a spill of less than five
kilograms of waste that is a hazardous industrial waste, hazardous waste chemical,
ignitable waste, corrosive waste, leachate toxic waste or reactive waste, or
21. the residues or contaminated materials from the clean-up of a spill of less than one
kilogram of waste that is an acute hazardous waste chemical.
"Household Hazardous" Waste means and includes aerosol cans containing product, leach,
cleansers, drain cleaners, flashlight batteries, flea powder, medicine, nail polish and remover,
oven cleaners, photographic chemicals, thermometers/thermostats, antifreeze, car batteries, brake
fluid, gasoline, glues, motor oil, oil filters, paint, paint thinners, solvents, turpentine, fertilizers,
herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, pool chemicals, propane tanks, propane cylinders, fluorescent
light bulbs and driveway sealers.
"Manufacturer Waste" means any waste produced directly from a manufacturing or industrial
activity including any abandoned, condemned or rejected product or byproduct used by a
manufacturer, builder, or contractor in the operation of his/her business or trade and scrap metal
and motor vehicle parts from garages and service stations.
"Municipal Waste" means garbage collected from residential curbside premises, from multi
residential premises and commercial waste collected from commercial premises.
"Municipal Waste Disposal Site" means a solid waste management facility owned by the
Township of Dubreuilville.
"Non-Collectable Waste" means, but is not limited to grass clippings, washers, dryers,
refrigerators, stoves, dehumidifiers, freezers, air conditioners, televisions, monitors, computers,
computer peripherals, printers, copying and multi-function copying devices, telephones,
answering machines, cellular devices, pagers, image devices, audio and video devices,
explosives, flammable or volatile substances, liquid or gaseous waste, caustic substances and
acids, poisons, pesticides, herbicides, radioactive materials, septic tank pumping's, industrial
process sludge, biohazardous waste, infected material including dressings and bandages not
placed inside a sealed and leak-free bag, live animals or birds, carcasses or parts thereof of any
animal or bird saved for food preparation and consumption wastes, tree trunks and stumps,
vehicles or vehicle parts, tires, construction materials, scrap metals, propane tanks, sharps not
packaged and labelled in rigid containers, organic material which has not been drained of all
liquid and other materials as designated by the Works and Operations Manager from time to
time.
"Recyclable Material" means material designated from time to time by the Infrastructure
Superintendent as recyclable and for which alternative collection regulations apply.
"Recyclable Material Depot" means a location designated by the Infrastructure Superintendent
at which residents or their agents may drop off identified recyclable material in accordance with
the posted regulations.
"Residential Waste" means garbage and rubbish collected from residential curbside premises.
"Rubbish" means household litter, trash and any other materials and articles which would
normally accumulate at a household excluding garbage, non-collectable waste, and recyclable
materials.
"Trash" means something worth little or nothing; something in a crumbled or broken condition
or mass.
"Waste" means garbage, trash, and rubbish, but shall not include non-collectable waste or
recyclable material as defined herein.
"Yard Material" means material designated from time to time by the Infrastructure
Superintendent for which alternative collection regulations apply. Yard material shall include
hedge trimmings, leaves, brush, grass clippings, branches no bigger than 100 mm (3 ") in
diameter, tree bark and plant matter, excluding garden waste produce (i.e. pumpkins, tomatoes,
etc.)
"Yard Material Waste Depot" means a location designated from time to time by the
Infrastructure Superintendent at which residents or their agents may drop off identified yard
material in accordance with the posted regulations.
MUNICIPAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITES AND DROP OFF DEPOTS
1. Municipal waste disposal sites shall be located in accordance with this by-law;
2. The Infrastructure Superintendent may designate a location or locations within the
Township ofDubreuilville which occupants of town properties or their agents my drop
off yard waste, recyclable material, metal, household hazardous waste or any other waste
material designated by the Infrastructure Superintendent;
3. The municipal landfill site and depots shall be open for the disposal of waste and other
designated materials in accordance with the times set out in schedule B;
4. No person shall use any lands within the Township of Dubreuil ville for that of a waste
disposal site except lands designated for such use by a by-law of the Corporation of the
Township of Dubreuil ville;
5.
Notwithstanding the provisions of schedule B, public access to the municipal landfill site
shall be restricted to those times when an attendant is on duty and present at the site;
6. Persons using the municipal landfill site shall do so in adherence to the instructions of the
waste disposal attendant on duty and in accordance with the provisions of this by-law;
7. Persons depositing waste or recyclable material at the municipal landfill site shall place
the said waste or recyclable material in approved section of the landfill;
8. Waste carried in a vehicle or trailer and conveyed to the municipal landfill site shall be so
contained as not to be blown or dropped from the transport vehicle or trailer;
9. Any waste carried in a vehicle or trailer and conveyed to the municipal landfill site shall
be so contained as not to leak any type of fluid or liquefied matter on or along roadways
or abutting lands;
10. No person shall pick over, remove, or scatter any waste material within the municipal
landfill site without the express permission of the Infrastructure Superintendent or his/her
designate;
11. No person shall dispose of waste at the municipal landfill site without paying the required
tipping fees unless exempted by the Infrastructure Superintendent or his/her designate;
12. The municipal landfill site attendant shall have the sole right to determine the proper
classification of waste being disposed at the said site including the fees for the disposal of
the waste.
DROP-OFF RESTRICTIONS
The following restrictions apply at the Municipal drop off locations:
1. All drivers shall ensure the vehicle load is fully covered and/or secured and the vehicle is
not over loaded;
2. All drivers shall bring vehicles to a complete stop and await the direction of the site
attendant before entering or leaving the landfill;
3.
All drivers shall identify the material type and source to the site attendant;
4. All material deposited shall become the property of the Township of Dubreuilville
landfill site and may be salvaged, recycled, reclaimed, disposed of and otherwise dealt
with as the landfill site may deem fit;
5.
No person, while at the landfill site location, shall operate a vehicle or do any other thing
without exercising due care and attention or in a manner that causes or is likely to cause
injury or harm to any person or damage to any property;
6. No Person, while at the landfill site location, shall:
a) Indulge in any riotous, violent, threatening, or illegal conduct, or use profane or
abusive language as determined by the attendant;
b) Create a nuisance or in any way interfere with the use of the landfill site location by
any other person;
c) No person uses abusive or offensive language or behaviour toward workers or others
at the landfill;
d) Any person deemed by staff to be engaging in these behaviours may be refused
service and/or requested to leave the premises;
e) No person shall deposit or allow or cause to be deposited materials, except disposal
areas or such purposes;
f) All persons shall at all times obey all signs and directions of the landfill site and / or
landfill attendant;
g) All persons shall enter or exit the landfill site location by the designated access and
exit routes. No trespassing will be permitted.
ILLEGAL DUMPING
1. General Prohibition: no person shall dump, drop, sweep, throw, cast or otherwise deposit
any material whatsoever on or in any road or public property, or at the entrance to or
around the perimeter of landfill location.
SCAVENGING
1. No Person shall scavenge, interfere with, pick over, disturb, remove, or scatter any
material at the landfill site location unless the material has been designated for re-use by
the landfill and the person has received permission from the Township of Dubreuilville.
NO TRESPASSING
1. No Person shall enter the landfill site location at any time during closed hours.
UN ACCEPT ABLE MATERIALS
1. No person shall drop off, or permit to be dropped off, unacceptable material at the landfill
site location:
a) Any dangerous and hazardous material such as poisons, hot live ashes, caustics, acids,
pesticides, herbicides, radioactive material, industrial process sludge, biomedical
waste, or substances which may cause personal or environmental problems with the
exception of the Household Hazardous Waste;
b) Reactive chemical waste;
c) Pathological waste;
d) Highly flammable, volatile, explosive, reactive or radioactive Materials with the
exception of certain Household Hazardous Waste categories;
e) Leachate toxic waste;
f) PCB waste;
g) Human excrement;
MATERIALS
Acceptable material for drop-off includes the following:
1. Automobile tires separated from the rims and free of foreign material and excessive
moisture;
2. Asphalt and concrete;
3. Batteries, either single use alkaline or rechargeable (excludes electric-vehicle batteries or
traction batteries);
4. Bulky Goods;
5. Clothing;
6. Construction, renovation and demolition material, including drywall, wood, metal, PVC
pipe no longer then 4 feet and other building materials;
7. Electrical and electronic equipment;
8. Garbage;
9. Household items for re-use including small appliances and toys and other such goods;
10. Mattresses;
11. Shingles.
ACCEPTABLE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE MATERIALS
1. Aerosol cans with contents remaining;
2. Antifreeze;
3. Batteries (all types);
4. Barbeque propane tanks;
5. Corrosive cleaners including inorganic acids, bases and oxidizers;
6. Fertilizers and other inorganic oxidizers;
7. Fire extinguishers;
8. Flammable liquids such as solvents and thinners;
9. Fluorescent light tubes;
10. Gasoline and fuels;
11. Medications;
12. Mercury switches and thermometers;
13. Motor oil;
14. Oil filters;
15. Pesticides and herbicides;
16. Paint;
17. Paint sludge;
18. Pharmaceuticals.
ACCEPT ABLE LANDFILLING MATERIALS
1. Bulky goods, with the exception of those items which can be re-used or recycled;
2.
Construction, renovation and demolition material with wood, drywall, metal and other
recyclable material separated;
2. Garbage;
3.
Soil or dirt in acceptable quality and quantity, as determined by the infrastructure
superintendent;
4. Hoses and pipes if they are cut into 4 feet or less.
LANDFILL FEES
SCHEDULE "A"
Tipping fees
Resident
Regular pick up - Half load
Regular ick u - Full load
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smau utility trailer - Half load
Small utility trailer- Full load
Large utility trailer - Half load
Large utility trailer- Full load
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Dum truck/Gravel Truck - Per load
$5.00
$10.00
$5.00
$10.00
$10.00
$20.00
$300.00
$500.00
$750.00
$1000.00
Non-Resident
$15.00
$22.50
$15.00
$22.50
$30.00
$45.00
$500.00
$750.00
$] 125.00
$ 1500.00
Contractor Bin - 20 yards - Per load
Contractor Bin - 30 yards - Per load
Contractor Bin - 40 yards - Per load
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Dump truck of commercial waste - Per
load (PW prior approval required)
HOURS OF OPERATION
$750.00
SCHEDULE "B"
OWNERSHIP
Tuesda s ➔
1 :00 .m. - 2:30 .m.
Thursdays ➔
(May 1 st to Sept 30th ONLY ➔
1 :00 p.m. -2:30 p.m.
7:00 .m. -9:00 .m.
Saturda s➔
1 :00 .m. -4:00 .m.
*Schedule may change as needed*
$1125.00
1. All properly prepared and separated collectable material set out within the designated
times becomes the property of the landfill upon pick-up or other receipt by authorized
employees or contractors of the Township of Dubreuilville;
THE LANDFILL SITE ATTENDENT MAY REFUSE ACCESS TO A PERSON IF:
1. The person does not have the funds to pay the user fees;
2. The Person's vehicle appears to be unsafe.
REFUSAL
The Township of Dubreuil ville landfill site reserves the right to refuse to accept for drop-off any
material of a questionable nature or origin.
SAFE LOAD
Person entering the landfill site location shall ensure that all material transported is secure,
covered, tied or enclosed to prevent any material from falling onto any roadway or public
property.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
This By-law shall apply to all property within the limit of the Township of Dubreuilville.
Penalty Notice
1. If an administrative penalty imposed is not paid within fifteen ( 15) days after the day that
it becomes due and payable, the Treasure/Tax Collector of the Township of Dubreuilville
may add the administrative penalty to the tax roll for any property in the local
municipality for which all of the owners are responsible for paying the administrative
penalty and collect it in the same manner.
2. Anyone issued a Penalty Notice can dispute it by requesting a Screening Review which is
an informal process for mediation with a Screening Officer. Most of all matters should be
resolved at this stage. If the accused is not satisfied with the Screening Officer's
determination, they may then request a review with a Hearing Officer. Once the decision
is made by a Hearing Officer, the decision is considered final, with no appeal process to a
higher Court.
Screening
When receiving a request for a Screening Review form on or before the due date shown on the
Penalty, the Screening Officer shall:
1. No appointment is necessary for your Screening Review, and a decision will be email
or sent by registered mail back to you within fifteen ( 15) business days;
2. If you want to request a time extension due to mitigating or extenuating
circumstances, you must fill in an AMPS Time Extension Request for Screening
Review. In Order to be considered for an Extension of Time to Request a Screening
Review, this Request must be received by the Screening Officer within fifteen (15)
days of the date the Penalty Notice was issued;
3. The Screening Officer may grant an Extension and set a date for a Screening Review
only if the Applicant demonstrates, on a balance of probabilities, the existence of
mitigating or extenuating circumstances that warrant an extension of time;
4. You will be notified of the decision of the Screening Officer. If the Screening Ofiicer
grants an extension, a staff member will contact you to book a Screening Review
appointment;
5.
If you do not attend the Screening Review at the scheduled time, an administrative
fee of$100 will be added to the amount of the Penalty Notice as per User Fee By
law.
Hearing
In order to be considered for a Hearing Review, the Request for Review by Hearing Officer form
must be received on or before the due date shown on the Decision of the Screening Officer.
1. A Notice of Appointment for Hearing Review will be e-mailed or mailed to you, with
the date, time, and location of the scheduled Hearing Review;
2. A final decision, will be email or sent by registered mail back to you within (15)
business days;
3. If you do not attend the Decision of Appeal Hearing at the scheduled time an
administrative fee of $250 will be added to the amount of the Penalty Notice as per
User Fee By-law.
Conflicts with Other By-laws
1. Wherever a standard established by this By-law is different from a standard in relation
to the same matter established by any other By-law in force in the Township of
Dubreuil ville, the standard which provides the higher degree of protection for the
health, safety, and welfare of the occupants and of the public shall prevail.
2. Every provision of this By-law is declared severable from the remainder and if any
provision of this By-law shall be declared invalid by a court of competent authority,
such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this By-law, and it is
hereby declared that the remainder of the By-law shall be valid and shall remain in
force.
Penalties
1. Any person who contravenes a designated provision of this By-law is guilty of an
offence, and, when given a Penalty Notice, in accordance with the Administrative
Monetary Penalty System (herein after, "AMPS (ADMINSTRATIVE MONETARY
PENALTY SYSTEM) BY-LAW", be liable to pay to the Township an administrative
penalty as set out in the schedules attached to the AMPS By-law (as amended from
time to time).
2. Where a person does not comply with a notice issued pursuant to Section 5.6, the
Infrastructure Superintendent may perform or carry out that which is required to be
done or cause it to be performed or carried out at that person's expense.
3. The Corporation of the Township ofDubreuilville may recover all costs associated
with the actions taken to do that which is required to effect compliance with this
bylaw plus interest from the day the Municipality incurs such costs and ending on the
day the costs, including the interest is paid in full.
4. All costs referred to in Section C, including any interest on such costs, recoverable by
the Municipality pursuant to this by-law or otherwise pursuant to the Municipal Act,
2001, S.O. 2001. c.25 or any successor legislation, may be recovered by any lawful
means available to the Corporation, and such recovery methods may include adding
such amounts to the tax roll and collecting such amounts in the same manner as taxes.
SCHEDULES
I.
Provisions of this By-law that allow for financial penalties shall be updated and
attached to the Schedules of the Administrative Penalties found in the AMPS By-law
(as amended from time to time).
2. Schedule "C" is attached and forms part of this by-law.
READ a first, second and third time and be finally passed this 14th day of February 2024.
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SCHEDULE "C"
LANDFILL SITE
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY AMOUNT
Column 1
Column 2
Provision
Short Form Wording
creating or
defining
offence
No trespassing on landfill site
8. (a)
No scavenging at any time
7. (a)
Illegal dumping at anytime at landfill and
6. (a)
road leading to site
leave debris behind
18. (a)
Fail to stop when asked by a landfill site
5. (b)
attendant
Fail to identify materials
5. (c)
Fail to be safe with any motorized vehicle
5. (e)
Fail to obey all landfill signs or landfill
5. (h)
attendant
Dumping illegal materials on landfill site
6. (a)
property
Fail to contain hazardous materials
4. (i)
Fail to obey landfill site hours of operation
4. (e)
Schedule "C", SET FINES, is considered part of this By-law. Set fines take
effect on the date of ORDER attached to this By-law.
Column
3
Set fine
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100
$100