§ 16-6. Solid waste transportation.

(a)

Vehicle/container requirements.

(1)

Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of garbage and other putrescible wastes, or refuse containing such materials, shall be covered, leak-proof, durable metal and of easily cleanable construction. These shall be cleaned at appropriate intervals to prevent nuisances, pollution or insect breeding, and shall be maintained in good repair.

(2)

Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of potentially infectious biomedical wastes, asbestos containing material, and hazardous wastes including, but not limited to, explosives, acids, caustics, pesticides, paints and solvents, automotive batteries, and vehicular fluids shall be durable, leak-proof, covered, and shall be constructed, loaded, moved and unloaded in a safe manner and in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal regulations.

(b)

Licensing of solid waste collection and/or transporting vehicles.

(1)

No person shall engage in the commercial collection or transportation of solid waste within the parish without first submitting a solid waste notification form and solid waste transporter supplemental form (or the successor form of such documents) to the state department of environmental quality and obtaining a transporter identification number from said state agency.

(2)

Persons collecting or transporting solid wastes which originate within their personal household are exempt from licensing of vehicles.

(c)

Containment of loads on vehicles; prohibition against tracking by vehicles of foreign substances. No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle loaded with litter within the parish, unless such vehicle is constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place. Nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the parish, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind on any street, alley, or other public place.

(d)

No person or commercial waste hauler shall service a bulk waste container between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when said bulk waste containers are located within three hundred (300) feet of a residential use.

(e)

This section may be enforced by the Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Deputies, and state or federal enforcement officials.

(Ord. No. 22100, § 1, 1-21-04)