As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGENCY
The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.
AGENCY PERMIT
The permit issued by the Agency which must be acquired by
haulers prior to being issued a municipal license pursuant to this
article.
HAULER
Any person or entity engaged in the collection and/or transportation
of solid waste and/or recyclables holding a valid Agency permit and
a municipal license.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
A.
Any waste which is defined or regulated as a hazardous waste,
toxic substance, hazardous chemical substance or mixture of asbestos
under federal, state or local law or under rules, regulations, policies
or guidelines issued in relation thereto, as they may be amended from
time to time, including but not limited to:
(1)
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
§ 6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and solid waste
Amendments of 1984) and the regulations contained in 40 CFR Parts
260 through 281.
(2)
The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq.) and the regulations contained in 40 CFR Parts 761 through
766.
(3)
The State Environmental Conservation Law (Title 9 of Article
27) and the regulations contained in 6 NYCRR Parts 370, 371, 372 and
373 (Subpart 373-3).
B.
Radioactive materials which are source, special nuclear or by-product
material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. § 2011
et seq.) and the regulations contained in 10 CFR Part 40.
C.
Any other material that by federal, state or local law, or under
rules, regulations, policies, guidelines or orders having the force
of law in relation thereto, is regulated as harmful, toxic or hazardous
to health and ineligible for processing at the facility.
MUNICIPAL LICENSE
The license issued by the Village as a prerequisite to performing
solid waste collection services within the Village.
RECYCLING PLAN
The Onondaga County Source Separation Law, Local Law No.
12, adopted March 6, 1989, as amended.
SOLID WASTE
Residential, governmental, commercial and/or industrial refuse
but not including human wastes, demolition wastes, residue from incinerators
or other destructive systems for processing waste, other than now-existing
individual building incinerators, residue from which is presently
collected as part of normal refuse collection practices, junked automobiles,
and pathological, toxic, explosive or radioactive material or other
hazardous wastes which, under existing or future federal, state or
local laws, require special handling in their collection or disposal.
SYSTEM
The county's solid waste management and disposal system and
every aspect thereof, including but not limited to the waste-to-energy
facility, and any transfer stations or landfills acquired, constructed
or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by the county
or any agent, designee or contractor in connection with the county
solid waste management and disposal plan.
WASTE GENERATOR
Any person or legal entity who or which produces solid waste
requiring off-site disposal.
It shall be a precondition of doing business as a hauler in
the Village of North Syracuse that the person or entity intending
to conduct such business obtain a license from the Village. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the contractual hauler for the Village, as defined
in this chapter, shall not be required to obtain a license under this
article for purposes of the collection of garbage, refuse, rubbish
and recyclables pursuant to the contract with the Village. An application
must be submitted to the Village Clerk, in which the person or entity
satisfactorily demonstrates the following:
A. The person or entity has a valid Agency permit at the time of application.
B. The person or entity agrees to maintain a valid Agency permit at
his/her or its expense, and will immediately notify the Village Clerk
in writing at any time such Agency permit may be revoked or otherwise
limited or conditioned.
C. The person or entity agrees and covenants to deliver all of the solid
waste it collects within the Village of North Syracuse to the system
or as directed by the Agency.
D. The person or entity agrees and covenants not to deliver any hazardous
waste into the system.
E. The person or entity has supplied a plan of operation for collection
and transport which addresses the previsions of the recycling plan
as it applies to haulers, which it shall adhere to and comply with.
F. The person or entity has supplied the requisite business information
as required by the Village license application.
G. The person or entity has supplied the requisite insurance information
as required by the Village license application.
The Village will immediately revoke any license issued by the
Village upon the happening of any or a combination of the following:
A. Failure to maintain a valid Agency permit.
B. Failure to comply with this article.
The Village hereby adopts as its source-separation legislation,
required pursuant to General Municipal Law § 120-aa, the
recycling plan as adopted by the Onondaga County Legislature, as defined
herein (attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and kept on file with the Village
Clerk).
The Village of North Syracuse hereby adopts the county's SEQRA
findings statement dated February 4, 1989, relating to the system
(attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and kept on file with the Village Clerk) and confirms its solid waste agreement with the county
dated March 27, 1989.
A license fee in accordance with the fee schedule established
by the Board of Trustees will be required of all haulers. This fee
will be collected at the time of application. The fee may be changed
by the Board of Trustees by resolution.
[Amended 9-8-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
Any hauler conducting business without a municipal license shall
be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment not to
exceed 15 days, or both. Each week's continued violation shall constitute
a separate, additional violation for which no further notice of any
kind needs to be filed or served.