Policy for Construction Job Sites

  1. All job sites will have Portable Toilets when there is no available on site facility available to workers. They shall be placed on the site or close to, within walking distance of 100 feet, before any work is started.
  2. All new construction will have a roll-off dumpster on the site for demolition and scrap materials; or will remove demolition and scrap materials from site daily; or will have another container as approved by the Building Inspector, until substantial completion of said job.
  3. All Jobs such as Additions, Renovations, and Repairs will have a container or roll-off dumpster on site when estimated waste and demolition is more than 100 cubic feet.
  4. Placement of the containers, roll-off dumpsters and portable toilets will not be placed in the roadway right of way without the written permission of the Road Agent with a copy of the Road Agent’s written permission to be filed with the Building Permits Application, Building Department.
  5. No Portable Toilet, Roll-off Dumpster or Demolition Container will be placed within Fifty Feet (50’) of waterways or wetlands. If setback cannot be achieved the Health Officer or Designee may waive distance to achieve a safe distance after visiting the job site.
  6. All information of proposed locations shown on plot plan and letters of waivers will be presented to the Health Officer or Designee and is to be submitted with Building Permit Application.
  7. Fines & Penalty: Failure to comply with the Policy for Construction Job Sites shall be found in Violation and subject to fines as set forth in RSA 676:17.
  8. Repeal. The adoption of these guidelines shall operate as a repeal of any other statement of policy adopted by previous Boards of Selectmen.
  9. Definition. For the purposes of this policy, a “container” is defined as a utility trailer, a dump truck, a pick-up truck, a commercial container, or any similar vessel that is utilized to hold materials for disposal at the construction site.

IN WITNESS WHEROF, the undersigned members of the New Durham Board of Health have set their hands this eighth day of May, 2002.

M. Dean Stimpson, Chairman
Paul R. Gelinas, Jr., Selectman
Phillip J. Kenny, Selectman
James W. Grigg, Health Officer, New Durham Board of Health
David T. Lindberg, Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer