The purpose of this chapter is to establish
safeguards in the handling and disposition of solid waste in order
to prevent unsafe, dangerous unhygienic and unsanitary conditions
in this municipality, to protect the general health, safety and welfare
of the inhabitants of this municipality and to maximize waste reduction,
reuse and recycling of materials.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other
combustible materials.
Stoves, refrigerators, sofas, chairs, mattresses or other
items too large to fit in a standard waste collection container.
Any private business operation, including more than three
apartments or dwelling units on the same premises.
Materials from the repair, construction, alteration or excavation
of buildings or structures, such as earth, plaster, mortar, brick,
roofing, wire, trees, concrete or other such material.
Metal or plastic cans or clear plastic bags (minimum of 1.5
mils thickness) or approved equivalents, not to contain more than
50 pounds gross weight when full, except for the wheeled ninety-gallon
containers of the contractor.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
The individual or firm holding the contract for residential
solid waste collection, recycling and disposal.
The area of the public right-of-way between the sidewalk
and the edge of the paved driving surface of a public street. If there
is no sidewalk, it is the area between the edge of the right-of-way
and the paved driving surface of a public street.
[Added 7-16-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001]
A building or part thereof providing complete and separate
living quarters and housekeeping facilities, including living, cooking,
sleeping and sanitary facilities.
Animal, vegetable, fruit or similar organic wastes liable
to become putrid, including wastes resulting from the handling, preparation
or storage of food.
A building or portion thereof providing living quarters for
more than five persons not constituting a family. This term shall
include a fraternity, sorority, college dormitory, boardinghouse or
rooming house.
Any person or persons who, with proper authentication from
competent medical practitioners, can show sufficient impairment to
prevent them from placing solid waste and containers at the curbside.
An accessory use customarily conducted entirely within a
dwelling by a principal resident thereof, which is clearly secondary
to the use of the dwelling for living purposes.
Any waste so designated by the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), solid waste handlers or other
appropriate regulating authority, including such materials as poisons,
acids, radioactive materials, pesticides, herbicides or other materials.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
For the purposes of this chapter, a building or portion thereof
housing more than three separate apartments or family dwelling units.
Any items designated by the NYSDEC, solid waste handlers
or other appropriate regulating authority that cannot be recycled
for sale or disposal for reuse.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Land, buildings or other structures owned and designated
on the St. Lawrence County Tax Maps as a single parcel of property
even if it contains more than one structure thereupon.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Any items designated by the NYSDEC, solid waste handlers,
other appropriate regulating authority or the village that can be
sold or disposed of for reuse.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000[1]]
Materials or substances discharged or rejected as being spent,
useless, worthless or in excess to the owner at the time of such discard
or rejection, except sewage and other highly diluted water-carried
materials and those in gaseous form. Wastes unacceptable for solid
waste pickup shall include but are not limited to yard wastes, sludge,
ashes, incinerator residue, street cleanings, dead animals, offal,
abandoned vehicles, agricultural waste, industrial waste, commercial
waste and construction and demolition debris.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Any individual or firm collecting, recycling and/or disposing
of solid waste generated by residents of this community.
All wastes designated by the NYSDEC or the village which
are deemed to be hazardous to the health of the residents of this
community, including those from households, industries, colleges or
other sources.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Refuse resulting from the collection and disposal of natural
items indigenous to the exterior portions or yards of residential
premises, such as branches, leaves, tree trimmings, hedge clippings,
grass cuttings or other such natural material.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also provided
for the repeal of the former definition of "refuse," which immediately
followed this definition.
[Amended 1-24-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
A.
Residential solid waste collection shall be limited
to all one-, two- and three-family dwelling units. It shall exclude
all commercial operations, businesses, industries, multiple-family
dwellings, fraternities, sororities, group dwellings, churches, synagogues,
colleges, schools, medical and dental offices, funeral parlors, home
occupations and membership clubs. Separate regulations are in force
by the NYSDEC and other regulatory authorities for all business and
industrial collections.
B.
The residential solid waste collection, recycling
and disposal service shall be made available to one-, two- and three-family
residences within the village. The base fee for this service shall
be mandatory for all one-, two- and three-family dwellings.
C.
The location of a home occupation in one-, two- and
three-family dwelling units shall not exempt the dwelling unit(s)
from the mandatory fee; however, no fee may be charged for the home
occupation.
D.
Collection of solid waste shall be made once each week according to the schedule shown in Appendix A, Residential Solid Waste Regulations.[1] Yard waste cleanup collections shall be made separately by village crews or an approved contractor, as described in Appendix A, Residential Solid Waste Regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A is included at the end of this chapter.
E.
Those providing proof to village solid waste offices
of sufficient handicaps so as to prevent them from placing solid waste
and containers at curbside shall be issued handicapped stickers by
the village and shall have their containers picked up at the garage,
porch or other approved location on the premises.
