[Adopted 3-12-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
This article shall be known as the "Recycling - Source Separation Law
of the Town of Hague."
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, campsites 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.
DROPOFF 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, except newsprint on glossy paper; clear, green and brown glass containers; tin cans; aluminum; copper; brass; stainless steel; corrugated cardboard; high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic containers; motor vehicle batteries; household or any other type of batteries; motor vehicle tires; and scrap metal, including miscellaneous iron, steel and white metals (appliances); and waste oil. The Director may modify this definition at his or her discretion in accordance with §
142-4A(4) hereof and subject to Town Board approval.
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
Single- and multiple-family residences, boardinghouses, dormitories,
mobile home parks, seasonal residences and camps.
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 dropoff area. Each such
unauthorized collection, pickup or removal from a dropoff area shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation of this article.