As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ASHES
Includes the residue from burning wood, coal, coke or other combustible
materials.
GARBAGE
Includes wastes from preparation, cooking and serving food and market
wastes from handling, storage and sale of produce. This includes combustible
containers that have been used for storage of animal or vegetable products
or other refuse which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation
or decay.
RECYCLABLES
Discarded refuse which may be recycled, comprising solid waste in
the form of paper, glass, metals and plastics.
REFUSE
All garbage, ashes and rubbish.
RUBBISH
Includes any and all materials of a generally combustible nature
not included under the term "ashes" and "garbage," including but not limited
to such items as leaves, grass clippings, hedge trimmings, limbs and branches;
and such other material as rugs, furniture, ranges, refrigerators, couches,
television sets, paper, household and personal articles of every description,
clothes, shoes, bedding and similar materials.
TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Mill Neck.
Collection of refuse within the village shall be made with such frequency
and on such days and at such hours as may from time to time be established
by the Trustees.
The collection and disposal of refuse shall be under the supervision
of the Trustees, who shall have authority to make or modify, from time to
time, such regulations pertaining to the collection and disposal of refuse
as may be deemed advisable in the public interest, provided that such regulations
are not contrary to the intent of this chapter.
The village shall have the right to refuse to render collection and
disposal service until any violation of this chapter is abated.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal
Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall
constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct
offense hereunder.
The invalidity of any provision of this chapter shall not invalidate
any other provision thereof.
The provisions on recyclable waste shall take effect on the later date
of either January 1, 1990, or the date on which the City of Glen Cove begins
requiring recyclables to be separated from refuse delivered to its incinerator.
All other provisions herein shall take effect immediately.