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Planning board cleans up solid waste ordinance language, sends revisions to town manager
Summary
Board removed an overbroad paragraph, reorganized sections to clarify resident, nonresident and commercial hauler rules, and voted unanimously to advance the solid waste management ordinance amendments to the town manager, Select Board and town meeting.
The Skowhegan Planning Board voted unanimously to adopt edits to the town's solid waste management ordinance that clarify who must be authorized to collect and transport waste to the town facility.
Board members identified an overbroad opening paragraph that could be read to prohibit residents from transporting their own household waste. After discussion the board agreed to eliminate the first paragraph, merge elements into section 9.1, and reorganize the section sequence so it begins with "all residents," then nonresident taxpayers and then commercial haulers. Board members said the edit would better reflect the ordinance's intended scope and reduce ambiguity for enforcement.
A board member asked whether the town manager had reviewed the revisions; staff said the packet would go to the town manager and then to the Select Board before town meeting. The board approved the changes and directed staff to forward the revised language for subsequent steps in the adoption process.
The motion to adopt passed unanimously at the meeting; the transcript records the vote as unanimous but does not list numeric roll-call tallies.
