[Adopted 6-1-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
This article is enacted in recognition of the
fact that the owners of private, residential, commercial and industrial
property in the Town of Richmond have from time to time provided a
place or places where solid waste, commonly referred to as "garbage
or rubbish," can be deposited by said owners and their tenants, licensees
and/or invitees in bulk refuse disposal containers provided by said
owners, referred to generically as "dumpsters," that said bulk refuse
disposal containers are located wholly within the boundaries of privately
owned residential, commercial and industrial property within the Town
of Richmond, and the cost of placement, transport and disposal is
paid by said owners. It is the intent of this article to enable the
Town Board of the Town of Richmond, as it sees fit, to provide regulations
governing the restriction and use of those facilities by persons or
other entities, not authorized or otherwise permitted by the owner
of the property upon which it is located, to use the same for disposal
of garbage or rubbish.
Each dumpster or other bulk disposal container
placed upon private property wherein the owner of said property wishes
to be provided the protection of this article, other than for temporary
use for demolition or other purposes not to exceed 14 days, shall
have prominently displayed on or near the bulk disposal container
a sign advising all persons that placement of garbage or refuse in
said bulk refuse container without the express permission of the owner
of the property upon which it is located is a violation of this article.
The Town Board of the Town of Richmond may designate, by resolution,[1] the size and wording of the sign to be placed on or near
said dumpster or other bulk refuse disposal container and shall obtain
the same. Said signs may be purchased at cost from the Town Clerk
by the owner or owners of any property within the town where said
dumpster or other bulk refuse disposal container is located.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current resolution is included at the end of this chapter.
[Amended 3-10-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
Any person who violates this article shall be
guilty of a violation, and upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $100, and not more than $500, or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
Any resolution of the Town Board authorized
by this article may be adopted without public notice or public hearing.
