[Adopted 12-10-1990 by L.L.
No. 2-1990]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
Businesses, including without limitation retail stores, banks and
financial institutions, business and professional offices, personal service
establishments, hotels, motels and other tourist accommodations, tourist attractions,
mortuaries and funeral homes, restaurants, pet shops, veterinary establishments,
medical offices, automobile sales establishments, gasoline stations, car washes
and agricultural endeavors and any other business endeavors not specifically
stated herein.
DIRECTOR
The person appointed by the Town Board to administer and supervise
the Town's recycling and solid waste management program.
DROP-OFF AREA
Any area designated from time to time by the Director where persons
can bring recyclables for aggregation and further transport to a solid waste
management facility.
HOUSEHOLD COLLECTION
The practice whereby solid waste, including separated recyclables,
generated by the residential sector is placed at or near the roadside or other
appropriate location at residential property, to be picked up by a commercial
hauler for transportation to a solid waste management facility.
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Establishments primarily concerned with manufacturing or other substantial
physical or chemical materials processing operations, including without limitation
manufacturing establishments, warehouses, wholesale distributors, freight
and trucking terminals and heavy machinery sales, service and repairs.
INSTITUTIONAL SECTOR
Public, charitable and similar establishments, including schools,
churches, hospitals, psychiatric centers, government offices and garages and
nursing homes.
RECYCLABLES
The following materials: newsprint, clear, green and brown glass containers, tin cans, aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel, corrugated cardboard, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic containers, motor vehicle batteries, motor vehicle tires and scrap metal, including miscellaneous iron, steel and white metals (appliances). The Director may modify this definition at his or her discretion in accordance with §
143-3D hereof and subject to Town Board approval.
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
Single- and multiple-family residences, boarding houses, dormitories,
mobile home parks, seasonal residences and camps.
Persons in the residential sector shall dispose of recyclables by delivering
recyclables, properly separated and prepared, to a solid waste management
facility or to any drop-off area which the Director may designate, or by arranging
for pickup of separated recyclables by a commercial hauler.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person without authority
of the Town to collect, pick up, remove or cause to be collected, picked up
or removed any recyclables placed for collection at a drop-off area. Each
such unauthorized collection, pickup or removal from a drop-off area shall
constitute a separate and distinct violation of this article.
The Town Board shall have the power to adopt and promulgate, amend and
repeal such rules and regulations as may be recommended by the Director and
which in its discretion are necessary or desirable to carry out, interpret
and enforce the intent and purposes of this article. Notwithstanding this
power, any failure to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations shall
not impair the enforceability of this article.
The Director shall develop, subject to Town Board approval, a comprehensive,
innovative and effective public education program concerning the requirements
of this article and any amendments, the overall value of recycling and waste
reduction and any related public programs.