01-21-2014 Public Hearing Proposed Amendments to Chapters 17 &29 of Pittsylvania County CodePUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in the General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields
Courthouse Addition in Chatham, Virginia to receive citizen input on proposed
amendments of definitions and other text found in Chapter 17, Solid Waste Disposal, and
Chapter 29, Waste Ordinance, of the Pittsylvania County Code. A complete text of the
proposed changes are available in the Office of the County Administrator, 1 Center
Street, Chatham, Virginia, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and
5:00 p. m, as well as on the County's website at www.pittgov.org
PROPOSED CHANGES TO PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY CODE ( "PCC ")
CHAPTERS 17 AND 29
CHAPTER 17. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.
SEC. 17 -2. DEFINITIONS.
Article 1.
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K. "Household Solid Waste" shall mean solid waste generated solely by residential use,
and shall not include any industrial waste, agricult al _waste, ^ ^ ~^ ~� , or demelitien
waste as defined in the Virginia Department of .°t_- °olid Waste Management
Regulations, as amended, or hazardous waste as defined herein. Carpet shall be deemed
household solid waste if it is disposed of by the occupant of the residential dwelling. Residential
construction and /or demolition waste, created by and disposed of by the occupan0210 is/her
dwelling, shall be deemed household solid waste. L
L. It shall be unlawful to place dead animals, manure, nibbish, brush, tires or
hazardous waste in any refuse container.
Article II.
SEC. 17 -3. SANITARY REFUSE CONTAINERS.
A. Sanitary refuse containers may be provided by the County Government for
household solid waste and only for the use of the individual Pittsylvania County
residential hauler.
N. Some of the container sites provided by the County Government also include sites for
compactor units. Compactor units are typified and defined as large, open sites for the
disposal of household solid waste, which includes a mechanical device for compacting
solid waste. Compactor sites may also include a large open top box for the disposal of
household furniture and appliances generated solely by residential use in Pittsylvania
County by an individual residential hauler. Household furniture and appliances shall be
accepted and disposed of only in the open top boxes located at the compactor sites, and
only those generated by the individual common residential hauler.
SEC. 17 -20. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL REGULATIONS: SCAVENGING:
OWNERSHIP OF SOLID WASTE.
E. The following items shall also not be deposited at solid waste convenience centers:
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2. Furniture or other bulky residential household solid waste items that will not fit
into a compactor chamber. Said items may be placed in an open top box.
CHAPTER 29. WASTE ORDINANCE.
Article I.
SEC. 29.1. DEFINITIONS.
25. "Household Waste" means y > b garbage,
refuse, der4ved ffem hettsehelds. Households inelude single and mitiple residents, hotels
e pienie gfetmds, and day use
° r- "Household Solid Waste" shall mean solid waste generated solely by
residential use, and shall not include any industrial waste, agricultural waste, as defined in the
Virginia Department of Waste Management, Solid Waste Management Regulations, as amended,
or hazardous waste as defined herein. Carpet shall be deemed household solid waste if it is
disposed of by the occupant of the residential dwelling. Residential construction and/or
demolition waste, created of ari disposed by the occupant of a his/her dwelling, shall be deemed
household solid waste.
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