[Adopted 3-25-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
This article shall be entitled "Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
in the Town of Hartford, Washington County, 1991."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
preparation, handling, cooking and consumption of food.
PUTRESCIBLE
The tendency of organic matter to decompose with the formation
of malodorous by-products.
RECOVER
Any act or process by which recyclables are separated from
the solid waste stream.
RECYCLABLES
Solid waste that exhibits the potential to be used repeatedly
in place of a virgin material.
RECYCLABLES HANDLING AND RECOVERY FACILITY
A solid waste management facility, other than collection
and transfer vehicles, at which recyclables are separated from the
solid waste stream or at which previously separated recyclables are
collected.
RECYCLE
To use recyclables in place of virgin materials in manufacturing
a product.
REFUSE
Anything putrescible or nonputrescible that is discarded
or rejected as useless or worthless.
RESIDUALS
Sludge, sewage sludge, septage, air pollution control facility
waste, or any other such waste having similar characteristics or effects;
and solid waste remaining after the processing of solid waste by composting
methods that was not made into compost suitable for use.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible materials or substances
that are discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless
or in excess to the owners at the time of such discard or rejection,
including but not limited to garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial
waste, sludges from air or water treatment facilities, rubbish, tires,
ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator residue, construction
and demolition debris, discarded automobiles, and offal.
This article, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 10,
Article 27 of the Environmental Conservation Law, Town Local Law § 221,
specifically supersedes Chapter 681 of Washington County Solid Waste
Treatment and Disposal (1987) as it relates to the ability and powers
of Washington County in collecting, receiving, transporting, delivering,
storing, processing and disposing of solid waste or recovery. This
article hereby asserts the powers of the Town of Hartford to adopt
and amend local laws within its borders so that the local laws enacted
by the County shall not take precedent over and shall not supersede
said local law of this Town.
[Adopted 3-25-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LITTERING
The disposal of solid, liquid or other waste by dumping adjacent
to or upon any public or private road, thoroughfare, public or private
land or waterway and the disposal of solid, liquid or other waste
in a waste receptacle without the approval or authorization of the
owner of said receptacle.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
municipality, association of persons or governmental agency.
It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to engage in littering
within the Town of Hartford. Nothing herein shall be construed to
restrict or impede any lawfully conducted solid waste management programs
within the Town of Hartford that are authorized by the Town Board
of the Town of Hartford.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be
guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $500 for each offense (each day a violation
of the terms of this article continues constitutes a separate offense)
or by imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both.