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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF POWASSAN
BY-LAW 2023-17
Being a Bylaw for establishing and maintaining a system for the collection, removal, and
disposal of garbage, recyclable materials, yard waste, and other refuse.
WHEREAS, Section 11 (2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, gives municipalities the
authority to pass by-laws respecting matters within the spheres of jurisdiction as described in the
Table to this Section.
AND WHEREAS, the Table in Section 11 (2) of the Municipal Act, 2001, lists waste
management as a "sphere of jurisdiction" for single tier municipalities.
AND WHEREAS, the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan deems it
necessary to establish rules and regulations governing policies relating to the disposal of garbage
and to implement tipping fees to cover costs associated with the disposal of garbage and other
refuse.
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan enacts
as follows:
1. SECTION 1- DEFINITIONS
1.1. “Bag” shall mean a non-returnable plastic bag which is for Residential and
Commercial use; bag dimensions not greater than 30” x 33”, with a maximum
volume of 90 litres and weighing not more than 40 pounds.
1.2. “Biomedical Waste” shall mean whether solid or liquid, including but not limited to |
any animal or human organ or part thereof, bone, muscle, or animal or human tissue
or part thereof, used bandages, poultices, dressings, vials or any other similar material
or substance which contains or may contain pathogenic micro-organisms, or which
may be hazardous or dangerous.
1.3. “Commercial User” shall mean an owner/operator of an Industrial or Commercial
facility or business, as determined where the assessed value of said facility or
business is at least 40% in a Commercial or Industrial property tax class.
1.4. “Council” shall mean the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of
Powassan.
1.5, "Domestic Waste" shall mean the waste produced by residents in their homes.
1.6. “Household Hazardous Waste" shall mean waste requiring special care as itemized
in Schedule ‘A’ of this By-law;
1.7. “IC&I Waste” shall mean waste produced by the industrial or commercial sector.
1.8. “Mixed Use” shall mean a property which contains both a primary dwelling unit, and
meets the criteria to be classified as a Commercial User.
1.9. “Multi-Residential” shall mean complexes that contain three or more residential
units.
1.10. “Municipality” shall mean the Corporation of the Municipality of Powassan.
1.11.
1.12.
1.13.
1.14.
1.15.
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1.17.
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1.21.
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2.6.
2.7.
“Non-Collection Waste” shall mean the materials as described in Schedule ‘B’ that
will not be picked up at the curbside.
“Privacy Bag” shall mean an opaque bag no larger than a grocery bag, that provides
an adequate method to enable residents to shield material they would prefer not to be
exposed for view such as sanitary products, diapers, or incontinence products.
"Recyclable" shall mean those classifications of waste capable of being diverted from
the normal waste stream as specified in Schedule ‘D’.
“Refuse” shall mean the same as “waste”.
“Residential Dwelling Unit” shall mean any single parcel of land containing a
primary residential dwelling, or group of adjoining parcels of land which have at least
one (1) mutually shared owner.
“Salvaging” shall mean the process of finding items for the purpose of reuse.
“Special Area” shall mean an area at the Landfill/Recycling site, designated for a
particular purpose.
“Unacceptable Waste” shall mean waste not accepted at the waste site as itemized in
Schedule ‘E’ to this By-law.
“Untagged Bags” shall mean bags for which payment is subsidized through property
tax levy, and for which additional charges will not apply.
“User” shall mean an owner of a residence or multi residential property, or a tenant
of a residence or multi residential property entitled to place refuse and recyclables at
the curbside for collection or to dispose of them at the Landfill/Recycling Site.
“Waste” shall include domestic and solid non-hazardous, non-recyclable refuse and
other wastes as designated and as approved by the Ministry of the Environment.
. SECTION 2- RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION
Users with a Residential Dwelling Unit located on a year-round maintained road
will be provided with garbage collection at their curbside.
Users will be provided with two (2) Untagged Bags per week, per Residential
Dwelling Unit for curbside collection.
Properties classified as Multi-Residential, with twelve (12) or fewer taxable units,
shall be allocated two (2) untagged Bags per week, per unit.
Properties classified as Multi-Residential, with greater than twelve (12) taxable
units, will not receive a weekly allocation of Untagged Bags and will not receive
curbside collection services.
Bags in excess of the amount allocated per week must be tagged at the curbside to
be collected. Tags must be purchased at the Municipal Office, for a fee as per the
governing User Fees By-law.
Payment must be made for all Bags which are brought by a resident to the
Landfill/Recycling site. Users may not claim these bags as part of their weekly
Untagged Bag allocation.
Any unused allocation in any given week is forfeited and does not carry forward to |
be credited against collection in any future week.
2.8.
2.9.
2.10.
Vacant landowners are not classified as Users as defined in this By-law and will not
be provided with curbside collection.
No waste other than Bags shall be collected at the curbside; all other waste shall be
considered Non-Collection Waste and must be brought to the Landfill/Recycling
site.
Tipping fees for all Non-Collection Waste shall be as per the User Fees By-law.
3. SECTION 3- COMMERCIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION
3.1.
3.2.
3.3,
3.4.
3.5.
3.6.
3.7.
3.8.
3.9.
3.10.
3.11.
Commercial Users may elect to receive curbside waste collection services, for a fee
as per the User Fees By-law.
Commercial Users receiving curbside waste collection services will be allocated 6
(six) Untagged Bags per week. For greater clarify, the six (6) bag allocation is per
Commercial User; a single Commercial User will not be assigned multiple
Untagged Bag allocations.
Bags in excess of the amount allocated per week will be invoiced to the Commercial |
User quarterly. Invoices will be due within thirty (30) days.
Any unused allocation in any given week is forfeited and does not carry forward to
be credited against collection in any future week.
Invoices that are outstanding after thirty (30) days will be added to the tax roll, and
interest accumulated thereon at 1.25% per month.
Any Commercial User for which two (2) invoices are unpaid in full, will receive a
suspension of services. Service will only be reinstated at the discretion of the lead
Municipal Administrator, after all outstanding balances have been paid in full.
No Waste other than Bags shall be eligible for commercial waste collection services.
A Commercial User is not permitted to tag bags in excess of their Untagged Bag
allocation.
Payment must be made for all Bags which are brought by a Commercial User to the
Landfill/Recycling site. Commercial Users may not claim these bags as part of their
weekly Untagged Bag allocation.
A property which is considered Mixed Use shall receive eight (8) Untagged Bags
weekly.
A Commercial User whose property is classed as ‘Exempt’ for the purposes of
taxation shall not receive any Untagged Bags.
4. SECTION 4- SITE OPERATION
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
The Municipality operates a Landfill/Recycling site, described as follows:
40 Proudfoot Road, Powassan; CON 7 PT LOT 15 PT PCL 4820
The Landfill/Recycling site shall be available for the depositing of waste produced
within the Municipality of Powassan, in accordance with this By-law.
No person shall enter and/or leave the Landfill/Recycling site without showing
proper identification to the Landfill/Recycling site attendant upon request that
verifies residence within the Municipality of Powassan, or by otherwise verifying
that the origin of the waste is within the Municipality.
4.4,
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4.7.
4.8.
4.9.
4.10.
4.11.
The Landfill/Recycling site shall only be used when the Attendant ts on duty, as
outlined in Schedule ‘C’ of this By-law, or otherwise by written agreement with the
Municipality.
All waste material shall be transported to the Landfill/Recycling site in a manner as
to prevent scattering or losing of waste while en route to the waste site.
All waste must be properly sorted and disposed of in the Designated Areas, upon
payment of the applicable tipping fees as per the User Fee By-law.
Household Hazardous Waste as identified in Schedule ‘A’ of this By-law shall not
be accepted at the Landfill/Recycling site. This waste must be disposed of at an
external site as advertised by the Municipality.
Other Unacceptable Items as outlined in Schedule ‘E’ to this By-law will not be
accepted at the Landfill/Recycling site.
Salvaging will not be permitted at the Landfill/Recycling site. This applies to the
entire site and includes the scrap and white goods, electronics, and glass.
Regulations of the Ministry of Environment, the Environmental Protection Act, and
Certificates of Approval shall be observed at all times.
The Municipality reserves the right to prohibit any individual, firm, or Corporation
from accessing the Landfill/Recycling site.
5. SECTION 5- STORAGE AND CURBSIDE COLLECTION
5.1.
5.2.
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5.10.
No person shall store waste on a property outside of a building that is not in a closed,
animal resistant container and further, that said container shall not be stored in the
front yard of that property.
Household Hazardous Waste as outlined in Schedule ‘A’ of this By-law shall not be
collected as curbside waste and must be disposed of at an external site as advertised
by the Municipality.
Other Unacceptable Items as outlined in Schedule ‘E’ of this By-law shall not be
collected as curbside waste.
Scavenging of any kind will not be permitted.
Waste and recycling collection will be provided as per the schedule circulated
annually by the Municipality. Waste and recycling must be to the curb by 7:00 a.m.
of the collection day. The Municipality will not return to collect waste or recycling
that was not brought to the curb on time.
Waste and recycling shall be placed as close as possible to the edge of the street
adjacent to the owner's property but not so as to impede or interfere with the flow
of traffic or maintenance of the roadway.
Collectible waste placed out for collection shall be properly tagged as specified in
Sections 2.2 and 2.5 of this By-law.
Recycling shall be placed securely in a Blue Bin.
Tagged bags with large quantities of visible recycling (over 10%) will not be picked
up.
Waste or recycling that does not comply with this bylaw shall not be collected and
will have a sticker affixed to it indicating why it was not collected. It is the User's
responsibility to remove these materials from the curbside within 12 hours and to
store them as per Section 4.1 of this By-law until the following scheduled collection
day, or to transport them to the Landfill/Recycling site for disposal.
5.11. | Only recycling outlined in Schedule ‘D’ to this By-law will be collected.
6. SECTION 6- ENFORCEMENT, REPEAL AND ENACTMENT
6.1. That any person, firm, or Corporation who contravenes any of the provisions of this
By- law, or attempts to unlawfully dispose of garbage without the purchase or
payment of applicable fees, will be guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable
to a fine not exceeding the sum of $5,000.00, including costs for each offence and
all such fines will be recoverable under the provisions of the Provincial Offences
Act.
6.2. That all Schedules attached hereto form part of this By-law.
6.3. That all previous By-laws and resolutions, and parts of By-laws and resolutions,
inconsistent with the provisions of this By-law are hereby repealed.
6.4. That this By-law shall come into force and effect on the 1° day of August 2023.
Read a FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD time and passed for the immediate benefit of the
community this 1° day of August 2023.
Mayor Clerk
Schedule ‘A’
Household Hazardous Waste
Acetic acid- oxalic acid
Acid aerosols
Anti-freeze
Antiseptic
Arsenicals
Baking soda
Barbecue lighter fluid
Bleach
Botanicals
Bug killer
Caustic aerosols
Cell phones/games/flashlights, etc.
Cement cleaner
Ceramic paints
Chlorinated hydrocarbons
Degreaser
Driveway sealer
Elemental mercury
Ethanol/methanol/toluene acetone
Expired medication (not liquid)
Fertilizers
Fire extinguishers
Fly sprays, flea sprays and collars
Fondue fuel/methyl hydrate
Fungicide
Furniture polish
Gas/oil mix
Gasoline/ diesel/naphtha gas
Glue/epoxy/adhesives
Herbicides
Household paints
Household cleaners
Insecticide
Insulating foam
Kerosene/thinners
Liquid waxes & polishes
Liquid medication
Muriatic acid-poo] chemicals
Nickel/cadmium/alkaline
Oil filters
Oils/brake fluids/transmission oil
Organic bases
Oven cleaners/disinfectants
Petroleum distillates
Pharmaceuticals
Photo processing waste/boric acid
Power steering fluid
Propane cylinders
Rat poison
Roofing tar/calking tubes
Rust remover
Shellac/resins/urethanes/varnish
Silver polish
Soaps/detergents
Spray paints
Stains/varnishes
Steel/aluminum cleaners/drain cleaner
Sulfuric acid
Toilet bow] cleaner
Varsol-paints
WD40
Window cleaners
Schedule ‘B’
Non-Collectible Waste
Items which will not be picked up at the curb will include the following:
a) Household Hazardous Waste- Schedule ‘A’
b) Items which require Tipping Fees as per the User Fees By-law
c) Unacceptable Waste as per Schedule ‘F’
Schedule ‘C’
Landfill Hours
Regular Operating Hours:
Sunday Monday Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Friday Saturday
Closed Closed Closed 8am.—12 Closed 8am.—12| 8am.-—4
p.m. p.m. p.m.
Closed on Holidays: New Years Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day,
Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
* ¢* @# @
Schedule ‘D’
Recyclable (Blue Box) Items
Cans (pop, soup, etc.)
Plastic Bottles (water, pop, juice etc.)
Plastic Tubs and Jugs (sour cream, yogurt, laundry detergent, etc.)
Glass Bottles and Jars
Empty, Dry Paint Cans (take lid off)
Aerosols (empty health, beauty, food aerosols only)
Grocery bags and Plastic film (newspaper bags, saran wrap etc.)
Newspapers
Coffee Cups
Magazines/Catalogues/Phone Books
Hard & Soft Covered Books
Junk Mail and Office Paper
Milk Cartons and TetraPaks
Boxboard (cracker/cereal boxes etc.)
Spiral Wound Tubes (Pringles, concentrated juice packages etc.)
Corrugated Cardboard (breakdown no larger than 40"x40"x8" or 100cmx100cmx20cm).
Loose cardboard must be bundled and tied together.
Schedule ‘E’
Unacceptable Waste
Items that are not acceptable at either the Hazardous Waste Days or the Landfill/Recycling Site
include, bur are not limited to:
e Stumps
e Automobiles
e Vehicle parts
e Recreational vehicles-snow machines, canoes, campers etc.
e Recreational vehicle parts
e Cement
e Asphalt
¢ Florescent bulbs