Town of Aurora, NY Article II Solid Waste Management

§ 91-4 Duty of owners and occupiers of property; collection procedures.

A. Owners and occupiers of residential property are hereby required to make accumulated municipal solid waste available for collection as scheduled under the terms hereof.

B. All municipal solid waste accumulated on any residential property in the Municipality shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Municipality or by an authorized collector under contract with the Municipality (or by a licensed private collector under private subscription) and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

C. All municipal solid waste accumulated on commercial and institutional properties shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by authorized collectors under contract with, or licensed by, the Town of Aurora. In such case where a commercial or institutional establishment contracts directly with a collector, the fee or payment shall be a matter of private agreement between the owners or occupiers and the collector. When approved by the Municipality, owners of nonresidential properties may collect, convey and dispose of privately generated municipal solid waste by their own containers and/or trucks, provided that they comply with the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.

D. Municipal solid waste, yard waste and recyclable materials may, subject to applicable regulations, if any, adopted from time to time by the Town of Aurora, be placed at curbside by owners or occupants not prior to 6:00 a.m. on the day before scheduled or specially arranged collections. All empty containers used to hold municipal solid waste, yard waste or recyclable materials must be removed from curbside by owners or occupants by 6:00 a.m. on the day following the day of collection. To the extent applicable, collection schedules for municipal solid waste, yard waste and recyclable materials shall be provided to customers by authorized collectors or, when and if collected directly by the Town of Aurora, be available in the Town Clerk's office.

E. It shall be unlawful for any person to collect and dispose of any municipal solid waste within the Town of Aurora except as provided in this chapter.

§ 91-5 Source separation of recyclable materials.

Municipal solid waste generated or originated within the Town of Aurora which has been left for collection or which is delivered by the generator of such waste to a facility shall be handled in the following manner:

A. Prior to initial collection or transport, source separation shall be required of each and every person or party discarding municipal solid waste and/or recyclable materials. Recyclable materials shall not be commingled with other solid waste during collection, transportation or storage following collection.

B. Collectors collecting residential, commercial and/or institutional MSW generated within the Town shall refuse to collect MSW from any person or party who has clearly failed to source-separate the recyclable materials and/or who has not properly prepared the recyclable materials to the specifications of the Town. A written explanation shall be provided to the person or party for the reason of the refusal for collection of the materials by the collector.