[Amended 10-25-1988; 3-28-2000]
As used in this Part 1, the following definitions
shall apply:
GLASS
All clear (flint), amber, brown and green glass bottles and
jars rinsed clean of food, beverage or other residue, with lids or
caps removed and discarded. Mirrors, crystal, laminates, ceramics,
porcelains, windows and plate glass are excluded from the program.
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
Lead-acid batteries utilized in motorized vehicles shall
be considered a recyclable material, but will not be part of the City's
curbside collection program and will be deemed illegal for disposal
in regular trash collections. All such batteries must be disposed
of at a designated battery recycling location or returned to a retail
store that sells lead-acid batteries. New York State law requires
that such establishments accept such batteries without charge.
METAL
A.
CANSContainers comprised of aluminum, tin, ferrous or bimetal components, which contained only food and/or beverage substances and are rinsed clean of food residue.
B.
SCRAP/BULKAll ferrous and nonferrous materials, including steel, aluminum and composite cans, containers, scrap metal, wire, piping, fencing, tubing, sheet metal, etc. Such materials must be free of chemical contamination. Boilers, auto/boat batteries, oil/gas tanks or pipe lengths that exceed four feet in length will be excluded from this program.
MOTOR OIL
Motor oil shall be considered a recyclable material but will
not be part of the City's curbside collection program. Waste
motor oil will be disposed of by residents and occupants of the City
of Glen Cove at service stations and/or those retailers of motor oil
required to accept such materials under state law.
PAPER PRODUCTS
A.
NEWSPAPERNewsprint and all newspaper and newspaper enclosures, such as advertisements, supplements and comics, as well as magazines, telephone books and brown paper bags that are dry and free of contaminants, such as dirt, adhesives, oils and food wastes. Newspaper recyclables do not include miscellaneous stationary products, letters, envelopes, junk mail, blueprint paper, office paper, computer paper, books or paper products other than those delineated above.
PLASTICS
Containers composed of only polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastics, used for food, beverage,
detergent, bleach and hair care substances. All containers must be
empty, rinsed of residues and contaminants and free of lids or caps;
under the resin-coding system established by the Society of Plastics
Industries.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS or RECYCLABLES
Any discarded materials designated by this article, and/or
by subsequent resolution of the City Council of the City of Glen Cove
pursuant to this article which can be reclaimed economically by source
separation for the purpose of recycling, reduction and/or reuse.
SOURCE SEPARATION (or) CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLES
The separation of designated recyclables from the solid waste
stream by the generator at the point of generation. The recyclables
shall be handled as defined within this article and be placed at the
curbside for collection on days assigned by the City.
No truck or other vehicle, trailer or other
conveyance shall be operated or loaded in such a manner that any part
or portion of its load, whether sand, gravel, stone, dirt, rubbish,
paper, boxes, trash or other material shall be dropped, blown or caused
to fall or drop upon any public street, highway, public place or thoroughfare
in the City.
The owner or occupant of each and every building
or lot in the City shall at all times during the summer keep the sidewalks,
gutters and drains adjoining their respective buildings or lots free
from dirt, filth, weeds, rubbish, encumbrances and obstructions of
every kind, and during the winter shall keep the same free from snow
and ice, and when the ice cannot be removed, shall keep the same covered
with ashes, sand or other materials in such manner as to enable persons
to walk thereon with safety. Such owner or occupant shall remove said
snow, ice, dirt, filth, weeds, rubbish or other encumbrances within
12 hours after the same shall have fallen or accumulated thereon,
and in case of failure to do so, the Director of Public Works may
cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner or occupant
and assess such expense upon such adjoining property as hereinafter
provided.
No person shall bring garbage, refuse or decaying
matter of any kind, unburnables, trash or landfill material into the
City nor shall any person maintain a private or public dump within
the limits of the City where such garbage, refuse or decaying matter
may be deposited, except as otherwise provided in this Part 1.
[Added 5-27-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997; amended 6-27-2000; 6-24-2014 by L.L. No. 2-2014]
A. Any person
or corporation or officer thereof who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article, or who fails to comply therewith or who shall fail
to comply with any written notice of violation or order issued by
the Building Department Administrator, shall be guilty of a violation
within the meaning of the New York Penal Law and, upon conviction,
shall be liable to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000
or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both; and,
upon a second conviction for the same offense committed within five
years of the date of the first offense, shall be liable to a fine
of not less than $2,000 nor more than $3,500 or to imprisonment for
a period not to exceed 15 days, or both; and, upon a third conviction
for the same offense committed within five years of the date of the
second offense, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $3,500
nor more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a period not to exceed
15 days, or both. Each week that any such violation continues shall
constitute a separate and distinct violation. The owner or owners
of any building or premises or part thereof where a violation of any
of the provisions of this article shall exist or any lessee, tenant,
builder, contractor, subcontractor, agent, person or corporation employed
in connection therewith and any person who assisted in the commission
of any such violation shall each be guilty of a separate offense and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as herein provided.
B. Notwithstanding Subsection
A above, or any other provision of law to the contrary, any person violating any §
235-3A of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty set in accordance with Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty.