§ 82-63. Exemptions.

(a)

This article shall not apply to any individual, corporation, partnership, or cooperative disposing of livestock feeding facility waste from facilities with a total capacity of up to 1,000 cattle or 5,000 swine. If such individual, corporation, partnership, or cooperative shall provide an approved waste disposal system which is capable of properly disposing of the runoff from a ten-year storm, such individual, corporation, partnership or cooperative shall be further exempt regardless of total per head capacity.

(b)

Nothing in this article shall limit the right of any person to use poultry or other animal manure for fertilizer.

(c)

Provisions of this article shall not apply to any person not collecting and disposing of residential municipal solid waste, commercial solid waste, or C&D waste for a fee, but who is a holder of a valid solid waste handling permit from the director of the environmental protection division of the state department of natural resources pursuant to Rules of Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division, chapters 391-3-4-.02 and 391-3-4-.06 for disposal or on-site burial. Such disposal shall be governed by state environmental protection division regulations and by the requirements of the current county development regulations.

(d)

Composting by residential service unit owners is expressly permitted pursuant to this article.

(e)

A residential service unit owner which holds a vacant structure permit or a boarding-up permit from the county shall be refunded or exempted from any residential service fee for solid waste collection and disposal services during the period of time which the permit is valid. Should such vacant structure permit or boarding-up permit not be renewed, the county shall collect any due and owed residential service fees through any billing process available.

(f)

Residential properties with agricultural-residence district zoning may apply for an exemption from the residential service fee, provided the residential service unit owner provides proof that a service agreement with a commercial service provider has been entered into to service the residential municipal solid waste collection needs of the property.

(g)

Nothing in this article or in any service agreement shall limit the county's ability to procure additional services necessary to provide for removal, processing, recycling and/or disposal of solid wastes generated as a result of a natural or man-made disaster event.

(Ord. No. SWO2012-002, § XIII, 8-7-2012)