The provisions of this article shall apply to
every person owning property or residing or doing business within
the limits of the City.
The collection and disposal of refuse shall
be under the supervision of the Director of Public Works, who shall
have authority to make or modify, from time to time, such regulations
pertaining to the collection and disposal of refuse as may be deemed
advisable in the public interest, provided that such regulations are
not contrary to the intent of this article.
[Amended 11-13-1990; 3-28-2000]
Upon the effective date of this article (August
9, 1988), a mandatory curbside program was established for the separate
collection of components of the solid waste stream designated by the
City Council of the City of Glen Cove as being recyclable. The
recyclable items for collection, delineated herein, may, by City Council
resolution, be expanded or shortened depending upon the current financial
marketability of each material.
[Amended 11-13-1990; 3-28-2000]
A. It shall be the responsibility of each person within
the jurisdiction of the City of Glen Cove to ensure that all recyclable
materials are properly separated from other discarded materials, are
cleaned of contaminants and are otherwise prepared for collection
in accordance with the procedures detailed in this section. All recyclables
are to be placed in designated recyclable containers. When the amount
of recyclable materials exceeds the capacity of the designated container(s),
excess materials shall be placed securely in separate containers alongside
designated container(s) at curbside.
B. Recyclable materials shall be placed at curbside consistent
with the recycling schedule established by the City Council of Glen
Cove.
C. The City will only collect recyclable materials at
curbside that are prepared for pickup consistent within the requirements
specified herein. In all cases, recyclables must be rinsed clean of
all food residue or chemical contamination. Each receptacle that is
used for the curbside storage of recyclables shall not exceed 35 pounds
in total weight when filled.
D. Newspaper recyclables may be placed in brown paper
bags or tied with twine in bundles not to exceed 35 pounds in weight
nor one foot in thickness. Such bundles shall be placed within or
on top of the designated recycling containers or adjacent to the container.
Papers are not to be secured with wire or plastic bindings and/or
placed in plastic trash bags.
E. Those plastic bottle and containers deemed as being
recyclable shall be placed within designated recycling container(s)
and shall be devoid of lids and caps.
F. All clear, amber, brown and green glass bottles and
jars shall be placed within the designated recycling container(s)
and shall be devoid of caps.
G. Metal containers comprised of aluminum, tin, ferrous
or BI-metal components shall be placed within the designated recycling
container.
H. Scrap (bulk) metal shall be placed at curbside on
days scheduled. The Department of Public Works must be advised to
make the pickup. The City will accept no more than four items per
location per pickup day. All metal pipes put out for recycling must
be no more than four feet in length.
I. In the event that the City of Glen Cove determines
that additional or revised measures and/or preparations are necessary
in order to properly market recyclable materials, the City reserves
the power to require City residents and occupants to undertake such
actions. Such changes would be subject to reasonable advance notice
by the City.
Collection of the several classes of refuse
as herein defined shall be made with such frequency and on such days
and at such hours as may from time to time be established by the Director
of Public Works.
[Amended 12-23-2003]
The Department of Public Works shall not accept
for collection refuse material which is not prepared, stored or placed
for collection in accordance with the provisions of this article,
including but not limited to material not properly segregated, material
in unsafe, inadequate or overloaded containers, material not placed
at the designated collection point. Leaves must be bagged in clear
bags and put curbside on yard waste collection day or dropped off
at the Waste Transfer Station located at 100 Morris Avenue in accordance
with current policy, as established by the Director of Public Works.
Leaves may not be discarded within the City of Glen Cove right-of-way
or public road system at any time. Grass clippings are not collected
by the City. They may either be recycled on site or dropped off at
a designated Glen Cove grass clipping facility.
[Added 5-27-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997; 6-27-2000]
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.