[Adopted 10-4-1988 as L.L. No. 2-1988
(Ch. 67, Art. I, of the 1981 Code)]
The purpose of this Article shall be to protect and promote the health,
safety and welfare of the people of the Village of Caledonia by controlling
the storage, collection and disposal of garbage and refuse within the Village
of Caledonia.
As used in this Article, unless the context or subject matter otherwise
requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ASHES
The residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel such as wood,
coal, coke, charcoal or like substances.
GARBAGE
All waste or animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter produced
from or resulting from the use and storage of food for human consumption within
the village limits and papers, rags, excelsior, straw, leather, rubber, boxes,
sweepings from buildings, tinware metal, metallic substances, earthenware
and others of similar nature.
REFUSE or TRASH
All discarded, relatively dry, miscellaneous refuse material, including
wood, tree trimmings, shrubbery trimmings, leaves and grass and other discarded
articles of similar nature, including furniture and appliances.
Use of incinerators or garbage disposal devices is permitted. Nothing
contained in this Article shall be construed to prohibit any person or householder
in the disposing of garbage and refuse in the home by means of household incinerators
or other garbage disposal devices, provided that the same produce no smoke
or odors nor become nor are nuisances or hazards.
Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any building, premises or
place of business in the Village of Caledonia where garbage, refuse, trash
or ashes are made or accumulated shall provide or cause to be provided, and
at all times hereafter keep within such building or upon the premises or place
of business, suitable and sufficient metal pails or receptacles, with tight
covers, for receiving and holding, without leakage, all garbage, refuse, trash
and ashes that may accumulate from said building, place of business or upon
said premises or any portion thereof of which said person may be the owner,
tenant, lessee or occupant. Said receptacles shall not be of greater capacity
than 20 gallons and not exceeding 50 pounds for households and three twenty-gallon
cans or six plastic bags of garbage in places of businesses and shall not
be used for any purpose other than as receptacles for garbage, refuse, trash
and ashes and shall be kept tightly covered and in a sanitary condition at
all times. Also, rubbish may be tied in bundles so as to be easily handled
by one man or securely sacked.
All garbage, refuse, trash and ashes must be placed in receptacles or
containers as herein specified, except articles and materials too bulky to
be so removed. Materials which are too bulky to be placed in containers shall
be tied in bundles not exceeding five feet in length; cardboard boxes, wooden
crates or collapsible material shall be knocked down and securely tied in
flat bundles, none to exceed a size which may be conveniently carried by one
man.
[Amended 4-3-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989]
Garbage cans and other receptacles containing garbage, refuse, trash,
ashes, furniture, appliances and bundles of refuse to be disposed of shall
be placed at the curb ready for collection by 6:30 a.m. on the scheduled day
of collection. In no event shall said garbage, refuse, furniture or appliances
be placed ready for collection more than 24 hours prior to said collection.
Also, no containers, etc., can be left out more than 24 hours on collection
day. No garbage or mixed refuse shall be burned in an open fire or in a metal
basket, can or drum in any part of the village.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be
guilty of a violation and shall be punishable by a fine not less than $25
and not exceeding $250 or 15 days' imprisonment, or both, for each twenty-four-hour
period of violation.
[Adopted 9-1-1992 as L.L. No. 2-1992
(Ch. 67, Art. II, of the 1981 Code)]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other nonresidential
generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
DROPOFF CENTER
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables can
be delivered.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated recyclable
materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
RECYCLABLES
Any material designated as such by the county, provided that such
material is not hazardous and can be reasonably separated from the solid waste
stream and held for material recycling or reuse value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
County rules and regulations adopted by the county pertaining to
the separation, collection, transportation and disposal of recyclables, as
may be amended from time to time by the county.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including but not
limited to materials or substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless,
worthless or in excess to owners at the time of such discard or rejection
or which are being accumulated, stored or physically, chemically or biologically
treated prior to being discarded or rejected, having served their intended
use, or as industrial, commercial and agricultural waste, sludges from air
or water pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities,
rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition
and construction debris and offal, but not including sewage and other highly
diluted water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special
nuclear or by-product material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, or waste which appears on the list or satisfies the characteristics
of hazardous waste promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental
Conservation.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream at the
point of generation for separate collection, sale or other disposition.
WASTE GENERATOR
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
WASTE HAULER
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated or
brought within the county.
All waste haulers doing business in the village shall offer or cause
to be offered to their customers collection, transportation and disposal services
for recyclables as any such waste hauler offers collection, transportation
and disposal services for solid waste. Unless otherwise provided in the recycling
rules and regulations, such services shall be provided on the same day(s)
as solid waste pickup, transportation or disposal services are provided.
A. All waste haulers shall offer a per-bag fee system to
promote reduction of solid waste.
B. Waste haulers are required to take recyclables to a materials
recovery facility where such materials are recycled.
C. Waste haulers are required to follow the requirements
of the recycling rules and regulations.
This chapter shall be primarily administered by the Village of Caledonia.
The county shall be primarily responsible for the development and implementation
of the recycling rules and regulations.