Recognizing the environmental, energy recovery
and economic advantages of co-disposal of solid waste and sludge,
this article is enacted and is applicable to all sources and collectors
of nonhazardous waste within the limits of the City of Glen Cove.
As used in this article, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms or abbreviations
shall have the following meanings:
CO-DISPOSAL FACILITY
The co-disposal facility owned by the City of Glen Cove,
located on Morris Avenue in the City of Glen Cove.
COLLECTOR
Anyone, including a municipality, engaged in collecting household,
commercial and industrial waste.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Such waste designated to be hazardous by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
NONHAZARDOUS WASTE
Waste as classified by New York State Environmental Conservation
Law Title 6 as Types 0, 1, 2 and 3. Type 6 may be included if it is
classified as nonhazardous; Types 4 and 5 are not permitted.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
SOURCE
Any generator of waste.
TIPPING FEE
The cost charged by the co-disposal facility to the collector
to dispose of nonhazardous waste delivered to the facility.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The City of Glen Cove shall, at its discretion,
enter into contracts with private carters servicing other communities
to accept nonhazardous Type 2 waste for reduction at the co-disposal
facility. Each such contract shall be valid for a period of not more
than 60 months.
This article shall become effective upon receipt
by the City of Glen Cove co-disposal facility from the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation of a certificate to operate,
but in no event shall such effective date be sooner than three days
following the publication of this article in the official newspaper
of the City of Glen Cove.
[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.