Town of West Bloomfield, NY Article II Disposal of Solid Waste from Outside Sources

[Adopted 5-14-1974 by L.L. No. 1-1974]

§ 115-2 Depositing waste originating outside of town prohibited.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity to dump, deposit, store, collect, accumulate, bury, burn, leave or spread upon any lot or parcel of land in the Town of West Bloomfield any garbage, solid waste matter or materials, treated or untreated sewage or sewage sludge, putrefactive or putrescent or putrescible matter or materials, wastepaper, rags, scrap of any kind or description commonly termed "junk" or "trash," where such items originate from a source or sources outside the Town of West Bloomfield and are carried, hauled, trucked or transported into the Town of West Bloomfield for the purposes of disposal therein.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity owning any lot or parcel of land in the Town of West Bloomfield to authorize, permit, consent or suffer any other person or party to dump, deposit, store, collect, accumulate, bury, burn, leave or spread upon said lot or parcel of land any garbage, solid waste matter or materials, treated or untreated sewage or sewage sludge, putrefactive or putrescent or putrescible matter or materials, wastepaper, scrap of any kind or description commonly termed "junk" or "trash," where such items originate from a source or sources outside the Town of West Bloomfield and are carried, hauled, trucked or transported into the Town of West Bloomfield for the purposes of disposal therein.

§ 115-3 Exceptions.

A. This article shall not apply to the operation of automobile junkyards as defined in Subdivision 2 of § 136 of the General Municipal Law.

B. This article shall not apply to the purchase or use of commercial fertilizers, specialty fertilizers or bulk fertilizers sold and distributed in the State of New York pursuant to Article 10 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.

§ 115-4 Penalties for offenses. [1]

Any person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).