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 Levy County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 74. SOLID WASTE
 Article II. COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

  § 74-34. Disposal requirements.  

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  • (a)

    No person shall dispose of solid waste at any location in the county other than at the Bronson landfill site.

    (b)

    No person shall burn solid waste or any other such material unless a burning permit has been issued by the appropriate authority.

    (c)

    Sanitary landfill fees and charges shall be determined by the board of county commissioners by resolution, after the conduct of a public hearing. All fees shall be paid prior to accessibility to the site being permitted, except in those instances where persons are billed for such charge in accordance with this article.

    (d)

    Rules and regulations pertaining to traffic control, speed limits and coverage of vehicle loads shall be posted at the landfill site and shall be strictly enforced.

    (e)

    Types of special waste which are not allowed to be deposited at the landfill site without special permission of the coordinator are as follows: Vehicles, boats, waste oil, sludge and septic tank pumpings. Types of special waste which are not allowed to be deposited at the landfill at any time are infectious waste and hazardous waste. Hazardous waste which are intended to be disposed of by land disposal at the sanitary landfill site shall be rendered nonhazardous at the owner's expense and approved by the coordinator prior to delivery to the sanitary landfill site. Any infectious waste shall be properly incinerated or processed by an alternate method which shall be approved by the coordinator and shall be rendered noninfectious at the owner's expense prior to delivery to the sanitary landfill site.

    (f)

    Persons using the sanitary landfill site shall be required to pay the proper fee for use of the landfill as established by resolution of the board of county commissioners, except that the coordinator, at his sole discretion, may allow persons to deposit clean fill material and good road building materials at the sanitary landfill site without payment of any fee. The purpose of this provision is to allow the county the advantage of encouraging the depositing of these materials which are a direct value to the county and the operation of the landfill site. The coordinator shall be the sole judge as to the usefulness of any materials for the purposes described in this article and all materials received under this provision shall be deposited at the direction of the coordinator, or his authorized representative, and the coordinator shall have the sole authority to discontinue operations covered under this provision at any time due to circumstances at the landfill site which justify such determination.

    (g)

    All solid waste deposited at the landfill site shall be as directed by the coordinator or his authorized representatives.

    (h)

    Salvaging by any persons shall not be permitted without written authorization by the board of county commissioners.

    (i)

    The discharge of explosives within the boundaries of the sanitary landfill shall be allowed only by the proper agency of the county for the purpose of law enforcement or animal control and then only with the permission of the coordinator.

(Ord. No. 84-7, § 4, 12-18-1984; Ord. No. 2011-05, § 5, 9-19-2011)