By-law 46-03 To Establish, Maintain and Operate a Waste Management System
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIOUX LOOKOUT
BY-LAW NO. 46-03
BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TO REPEAL ALL PREVIOUS BY-LAW'S GOVERNING
ANY ASPECT OF COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE.
WHEREAS Section 11 (1 )(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, authorizes single
tier municipalities to pass by-laws respecting waste management, and
WHEREAS the ,Council of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout deems it necessary and
expedient that regulations be made for establishing, maintaining and operating a system
for the collection of garbage and other refuse, and the removal and disposal thereof, for
regulating type,
siz~ and location of garbage receptacles within the limits of the
Municipality of Sioux Lookout, and to direct that the expenses of the said collection and
disposal shall be recovered by a "User Pay" system;
NOW THERFORE, the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
THAT, In this By-Law:
a) "Ashes" means the solid residue of any kind of fuel remaining after burning
including soot and any other chimney deposits, at any household, business or
institution.
b) "Attendant" shall mean the person assigned by the Municipality from time to
time to carry out the duties of landfill attendant.
c) "Commercial Waste" shall mean any matter resulting from the operation and
maintenance of business.
d) "Compacted Garbage" shall mean garbage that has been compressed by
mechanical or other means.
e) "Contaminated Soil" shall mean soil which has been exposed to, contains, is
saturated with or is in any other way polluted with a foreign element which the
MinistrY of the Environment has directed be disposed of in a sanitary landfill.
f)
"Corporation" or "Municipality" means the Corporation of the Municipality of
Sioux Lookout.
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g) "Domestic Waste" shall mean waste material resulting from the operation and
maintenance of a dwelling.
h) "Dwelling" means any building or other structure occupied or used as a place
of abode, other than a hotel or restaurant, or an apartment house, tenement
or building that contains fewer than five separate residences [five-plex]. A
dwelling of five residences or greater will be classified as a commercial
enterprise for the purpose of garbage collection and disposal.
i)
"Edge of Road" means the edge of the traveled portion of the street o~ edge
of a hard surface where curbs are not provided.
j)
"Garbage" means any waste materials from
dwelling~,
institutions, and
commercial enterprises including restaurants; vegetable and animal wastes
from groceries, markets and other food establishments; discarded wearing
apparel,
rags,
celluloid
and
straw,
glass
crockery
and
earthenware;
household litter and trash.
It does not include ashes; discarded furniture and
household appliances; wood and metal scrap; trimmings from shrubs and
trees and yard or garden waste; manure or night soil; or recyclable materials.
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k) "Garbage Collector" means and includes:
i.
Any employee of The Corporation assigned to collect and dispose of
garbage and other refuse.
ii.
A contractor, including its employees, engaged by The Corporation for the
collection and disposal of garbage and other refuse.
I)
"Householder" means the owner, occupant, lessee, tenant or other person in
charge of a dwelling, hotel, restaurant, apartment house, office building, shop
or store, public institution or other premises.
m) "Landfill Card" means a card that is sold by the Corporation or its agents that
is purchased by the householder in order to access or place materials at the
Municipal landfill site.
n) "Lane". means a traveled roadway with approximately 6.1
m right-of-way
owned by the Corporation.
0) "Manufacturer and Trades Waste" means any abandoned, condemned or
rejected product or the waste from any products or by-product used by a
manufacturer, builder or contractor in the operation of their business or trade,
and scrap metal and motor vehicle parts from garages and service stations.
p) "Non-Collectable Waste" means any waste other than "garbage" or "refuse" .
and without limiting the generality of the foregoing shall include:
i.
manufacturing waste or industrial waste;
ii.
explosives and any highly flammable or volatile substances of any nature
whatsoever;
iii. liquid or gaseou$ wastes;
iv. infected materials includin,g dressings or bandages;
v.
organic materials including swill which has not been drained of all liquids
and wrapped;
vi. carcasses or parts thereof of any animal or other creature, except kitchen
and table waste from a household.
vii. hay, straw, manure, and excreta;
viii. any materials which have become frozen to a waste receptacle and
cannot be removed therefrom by shaking at the time of collection;
ix. stock of any wholesaler, retailer, or merchandiser;
x. broken plaster, lumber, broken concrete, excavated material or other
waste resulting from the construction, alteration, repair, demolition or
removal of any building or s~ructure;
xi. discarded trucks, automobiles and other vehicles at;ld the parts thereof or
accessories thereto, including tires;
xii. caustics and acids;
xiii. poisons, pesticides and herbicides;
xiv. septic tank pumping, raw sewage sludge and industrial process sludge;
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xv. tree trunks and stumps;
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xvi. asbestos in solid or liquid form resulting from the removal of asbestos
containing construction or insulation materials or the making of asbestos-
containing products containing asbestos in more than a trivial amount or
proportion;
xvii. sawdust or wood shavings;
xviii. celluloid cuttings, film, petroleum-soaked rags;
xix. explosive or easily combustible substances;
xx. sharps including but not limited to broken glass, needles, blades and
knives.
q) "Occupant" includes any lessee, tenant, householder, owner or any person in
charge of any "premises" as hereunder defined.
r)
"Other. Approved Materials" shall mean all other materials not within the
definition of garbage which have been approved of by the Attendant as- being
material which does not form a health hazard or have a deleterious effect on
,the operation of the landfill.
The Attendant shall have the sole right to
determine whether material is approved or otherwise.
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s) "Pick up Point" means that place, area or point on or adjacent to, the
householder's property from which garbage will be collected by the garbage .
collector.
t)
"Premises" includes any building, place, dwelling place, room or rooming
house,: apartment, hotel,. motel, restaurant, shop, store, office, shopping
centre, parking lot, vacant lot and any other property which is under separate
occupation or control.
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!u) "Recyclable Material" includes clean white paper,
maga~ines, newspaper,
steel and aluminum cans, plastic containers, phone books, and such other
materials as may from time to time be approved by Council as recyclable
materials.
v) "Refubag" means plastic bags manufactured specifically for use as garbage
disposal bags acceptable to the Corp<?ration, and measuring approXimately
660 mm by 910 mm, but no less than 450 mm x 900 mm.
w) "Regulation Bag Tag" means a tag that is sold by tile Corporation or its
agents that is purchased by the householder and applied intact to each bag
for pick-up by the garbage collector.
x) "Street"
means
any public highway,
road,
street,
lane,
square,
place,
thoroughfare, walk or way within the Corporation.
y) "Swill" shall mean the undrained refuse resulting from the operation of any
premise, and without restricting the generality of the foregoing, shall include
any non-solid refuse from restaurant, hotels, Ii.ospitals and nursin~ homes.
z) "Waste" means any discarded material including:'
i.
garbage, as defined herein;
ii.
refuse, including garden cuttings, leaves, twigs, branches, brush, tree
limbs, and shrubs; and
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iii. rubbish meaning weighty or bulky materials or articles, and without limiting
the
generality
of
the
foregoing,
includes
such
items
as
stoves,
refrigerators, rugs, furniture, non-collapsible boxes, crates and barrels,
bath tubs, water tanks; bicycles, tires, fence and wash line posts, and any
other materials and articles which would normally accumulate at a
dwelling and are not included in "Garbage" or "Refuse" but does not
include "Non-collectable waste".
aa)
"Waste Generator" means occupant, tenant, renter or owner of the
dwelling within the Municipality or any institutional, commercial or
industrial enterprise that produces waste.
bb)
Waste Receptacle" means a suitable device for holding the refubag
in such a manner as to permit its use as a receptacle and shall be
eqUipped with a hinged cover and includes garbage cans in good
condition and fitted with a tight lid.
All portable receptacles are to
be acceptable to the Municipality.
2.
THAT the Corporation may contract for the collection and disposal of all waste
within the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, upon such terms and conditions and at
such price or prices as may appear reasonable to the Corporation.
3.
THAT all waste within the limits of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout, except as .
hereinafter mentioned, shall be collected, removed and disposed of by the
garbage collector or other service engaged to collect same, and the expenses of
collecting and disposing of such garbage and other refuse shall be paid by the
waste generator.
4.
THAT no person shall sweep, throw, cast, lay, deposit, direct, suffer or permit
any servant, agent or employee to sweep, throw, cast, lay or deposit any ashes,
garbage, dirt, stones, or refuse of any kind whatsoever in or upon any streets or
roads within the Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
5.
THAT no person shall permit the accumulation of ashes, waste or other refuse,
or any swill or liquid waste, upon their premises or upon premises occupied or
controlled by them, the existence of which is likely to be detrimental to the public
health.
6.
THAT no person shall pick over, disturb, remove or scatter any ashes, garbage
or other refuse placed for collection or disposal by a householder in accordance
with the provisions of this By-Law whether the same is contained in a receptacle
or not.
7.
THAT notwithstanding anything in this By-Law, no person shall place for
collection any material, substances or 'object which mayor is likely to burn,
detonate or explode as a result of improper handling or exposure to weather.
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THAT no person shall place a permanent waste receptacle between the edge of
the road and the householder's property line, Le. not on the Municipal right-of-
way or boulevard..
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THAT all waste receptacles shall comply with the following:
a) Every householder using a waste receptacle shall provide and maintain in
good repair receptacles in sufficient number to hold all garbage or other
waste
produced
or
emanating
from
their
premises,
and
such
waste
receptacles shall be kept on a portion of the householder's premises.
b) All waste receptacles shall have a tightly fitting hinged lid or cover of non-
corroding
material,
be equipped with
proper carrying
handles and
be
constructed and maintained to adequately contain and protect the material
placed therein, and in all cases, shall be acceptable to the Municipality.
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THAT notwithstanding the above, the following shall also apply:
a) The occupant shall place waste receptacles at the curbside on the day of the
collection, and shall remove same from the curbside following pick-up of
wastes on the same day.
Receptacles shall not be allowed at the curbside
overnight.
b) All wastes placed into receptacles shall be contained in refubags which shall
be affixed with a regulation bag tag when the receptacle is placed at the
curbside.
c) Occupant shall store the waste receptacle immediately adjacent to their
residence, or a legal accessory building thereto.
d) A refubag that contains waste shall not weigh more than 40 pounds or 18
kilograms.
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e) Waste and other refuse placed for collection shall be drained of all liquid
matter before placed in a receptacle and all table and kitchen waste shall be
well wrapped in paper and placed in a refuse bag. A regulation bag tag must
be applied to each bag and/or cardboard carton for broken glass in a manner
in which the tag is clearly visible and cannot be removed.
f) Refubags shall be sealed by tying a knot at the top of the plastic bag and
applying regulation bag tags intact around the bag below the knot in a fashion
so that the tag is clearly visible and cannot be removed.
g) Any ashes shall be completely extinguished, cold and placed into a sealed
container.
11.
THAT recyclable materials shall be handled as follows:
a) All recyclable materials· shall be separated from the waste stream and placed
into separate approved containers for pick-Up by the Corporation or a
contractor retained by the Corporation.
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b) All materials identified as recyclable by Council from time to time, must be
recycled and will not be picked up as garbage.
c) Occupants shall
place all separated
residential
recyclable bags at the
curbside prior to 8:00 a.m. on the day of collection.
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THAT the collection of waste shall be undertaken as follows:
a) The Utilities Manager shall, from time to time, name one or more days in each
week for the collection of waste and other refuse from premises within the
Municipality or in any defined areas thereof.
b) Collection shall be made by the Corporation or its contractor once each
week per dwelling between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
c) The owner/operator of any institutional, commercial or industrial enterprises
including residential complexes of five or more units shall be responsible for
the collection and disposal of waste generated. The terms are:
i)
That Industrial, Commercial and Institutional garbage collected by private
or individual contractors will be accepted at the Landfill Site.
ii) That recyclables and cardboard generated from Industrial, Commercial
and Institutional shall be prohibited from disposal at the Municipal
Landfill Site
d) Commercial Waste pick-up/removal shall be allowed without restrictive hours.
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e) Every householder shall place all waste at the pick up point no later than 8:00
a.m. on the day fixed for collection.
f)
No Collection shall be made on the following holidays:
, New Years Day
Good Friday
Victoria Day
Dominion Day
Boxing Day
Labour Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Civic Holiday
Remembrance Day
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Collection missed on a holiday shall be made the following working day.
g) Hours of operation at the Landfill Site shall be established from time to time
by Council resolution.
h) i.
The pickup points for householders that must use lane access for safety
reasons as determined by the Utilities Manager will be at one edge of
the lane right of way.
ii.
The pickup point for householders with and without lane access will be at
the edge of the traveled portion of the road (i.e. edge of shoulder) or
curbside where curbs exist.
iii.
All householders must provide an adequate path so that the receptacle
is accessible all year round.
i)
No Garbage Collector shall:
i)
In the case of residential pickup, enter private property; or
ii)
In the case of commercial pickup, enter any dwelling, hotel,
apartment or retail business for the purpose of carrying out or returning
thereto any receptacle.
13.
THAT the location of waste to be collected shall be as follows:
a)
No person shall place waste, out for collection except in accordance with this
Section.
b)
No householder shall store waste and/or refuse, except in approved
receptacles placed in a location described herein and which is ~ot a nuisance
to any neighbor;
The Utilities Manager may determine where approved receptacles shall be
located and his determination shall be final.
c)
The Sioux Lookout waste·collection system is a "roadside collection service"
for collection at ground level and all waste shall be placed for collection in
accordance with the following:
i)
Roads with concrete curbs
_garbage shall be placed directly behinq the curb
ii)
Roads with concrete sidewalks tightly abutting the curb
. _garbage shall be placed directly behind sidewalk on the property owners
side
iii) Roads with boulevards between sidewalks and curbs
_garbage shall be placed directly on the boulevard behind the curb
iv) Roads with asphalt gutter and asphalt shoulder
_garbage shall be placed on edge of asphalt shoulder
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v) Roads with gravel shoulders
- garbage shall be placed directly on road shoulder
vi) Where back lanes must be used for the safety of the collection person or
the' vehicle may be at risk, the collection point will be assigned by the
.Utilities Manager to one side of the lane to cover both sides.
d)
No person shall place garbage or refuse to impede or obstruct pedestrian
and/or vehicular traffic or maintenance operations.
14.
THAT the Garbage Collector shall not collect the following:
a)
Refubags weighing more than 40 Ibs or 18 kg.
The collector will attach a
"tag" to the bag explaining reason for non-pick-up.
b)
Any non-collectable waste;
c)
Any collectable waste from waste receptacles or waste containers that are
inaccessible to the collectors;
d)
Any collectable waste not placed fo~ collection as stipulated in Section 14;
e)
Any collectable waste in a waste container not situated in a location
approved by the Utilities Manager;
f)
Any waste that is not deposited according to the requirements set out by
this By-Law;
g)
Any waste that has been scattered and strewn about. The clean-up of such
waste shall be the responsibility of the occupant or the person who set out
the waste for collection purposes.
15.
THAT Industrial, Commercial and Institutional waste shall be stored and
maintained on all premises in accordance with the following:
a)
Occupants will cover waste receptacles to prevent the scattering of loose
waste, the ingress and egress of flies, the escape of offensive odors, and at
all times, shall be kept in a proper, clean, and sanitary condition. All waste
from the preparation of food shall be drained and thoroughly wrapped
before being placed in the receptacle;
b) Waste receptacles shall be kept in proper sanitary condition as described in
Section (a) above. The pick up area shall be kept clear of ice, snow, motor
vehicles or any other obstruction so that convenient access is provided for
the collector;
c) Non-collectable waste shall not be placed with waste that has been placed
for normal collection;
d) Where
private
collection
is
utilized
at
residential
buildings,
schools,
hospitals, places of business and other institutions, properly constructed
and maintained waste containers are acceptable for the storage of garbage
and/or refuse until it is collected privately.
However, such waste container
shall:
i.
Be constructed of metal or other material approved by the Director of
Operations;
ii.
Be leak-proof;
iii. Preclude the ingress or egress of flies or the escape of odors therefrom;
iv. 'Be of acceptable appearance and painted to the satisfaction of the
Utilities Manager;
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v..Be kept in a clean and sanitary condition;
vi. Be emptied frequently enough so as not to be allowed to overflow; and
vii. Be placed on private property in alocation satisfactory to Municipal staff
or Council or be placed on any street or public property only with the
express written permission of Council
16.
THAT fees or other charges shall be established for the collection and disposal of
certain items as determined from time to time by Council resolution.
17.
THAT,
i.
Manufacturer or trade waste shall not be collected by the Corporation but
shall be removed or disposed of by the owner or person responsible
therefor in such manner as the Municipality may deem and all costs, and
expenses incurred or necessitated in disposing of same in accordance
with Municipal regulations; Shall be borne by the owner or person
responsible.
ii.
Where any expense is incurred by the Municipality in arranging for the
disposal of any manufacturer or trade waste for which a manufacturer,
builder, contractor, or other person is responsible, such person shall
forthwith pay to the Municipality the amount of the expense so incurred.
18.
THAT no person shall remove or convey, or cause or permit to be removed or
conveyed, any waste, non-collectable material, or liquid material upon or along
any public street or any other public place within the Municipality except in
vehicles with properly covered, leak-proof containers or properly covered with
tarpaulins or canvas, so fastened down around the edges so as to prevent any of
the contents falling therefrom.
19.
THAT an owner, lessee, tenant or other person in charge of a hotel, apartment
block, tenement, shop, store or public institution shall make arrangements with a
private contractor and at his own expense for the collection and removal of
waste.
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THAT the occupant of any dwelling or structure is responsible for the disposal of
non-collectable waste in accordance with Municipal and Provincial regulations
made under the Environmental Protection Act.
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23.
THAT any person convicted of a violation of any of the proVisions of this By-Law
may lose garbage pick-Up or incur a penalty, or both, and such penalty, at the
discretion of the Judge, shall not exc~ed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars
[$5000.00] (exclusive of costs) for each offense, and such penalty shall be
recoverable under the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act.
In addition to any penalty prescribed by Section 21, at the discretion of the
Utilities Manager, any person in violation of the provisions of this By-Law may
lose muniCipal garbage pick-L!p services.
THAT where waste is not collected for any reason or reasons and is left by the
Occupant to cause untidy or unsanitary condition, and if after a demand in writing
by the Corporation it is not removed, the work necessary to remove it shall be
performed by the Corporation, and failing payment by the Occupant within ten
(10) days after notice in writing of the cost of such work, the cost may be
recovered from the Occupant.
THAT for the purpose of garbage collection, the Utilities Manager may direct that
the Municipality be divided into as many collection zones or districts as may be
deemed necessary for the convenient collection of garbage and/or refuse and
may fix a day or days on which the same shall be collected in the said districts.
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THAT all previous By-Laws governing any aspect of collection and disposal of
garbag~ be and are hereby repealed.
25.
THAT this By-Law shall come into force and take effect on the date of its final
passing.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS TWENTIETH DAY OF AUGUST 2003.
READ ATHIRD TIME AND PASSED THIS TWENTIETH DAY OFAUGUST 2003.
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