The Town Board of the Town of Stanford recognizes
that the preservation and improvement of the quality of the natural
and man-made environment within the Town of Stanford, in the face
of population growth, urbanization and technologic change with their
accompanying demands on natural resources, are found to be of increasing
and vital importance to the health, welfare and economic well-being
of the present and future inhabitants and require forthright action
by the governing body of the Town of Stanford. It is further recognized
that the biologic integrity of the natural environment on which man
is dependent for survival and the natural and functional beauty of
our surroundings which condition the quality of our life experience
cannot be protected without the full cooperation and participation
of all the people of the Town of Stanford working partnership with
local and state officials and with various public and private institutions,
agencies and organizations. We find it is in the public interest to
enact this chapter.
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Town of Stanford by the proper regulation of disposal of all items mentioned in §
111-3.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BRUSH
Includes any part less than four inches in diameter of a
tree and parts of shrubs, small wood plants and the like.
GARBAGE
Includes waste food, paper, leaves, wood chips, waste fruit
or vegetable matter or organic waste of any kind, including but not
limited to carcasses of animals or fish, or parts thereof, and toxic
chemicals.
LOGS
Includes any parts of trees other than brush.
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership,
corporation or association of persons, and the singular number shall
include the plural number.
RUBBISH
Includes tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass of all kinds and
pottery.
TIRES
Includes rubber tires from any vehicle.
WASTE METAL
Includes automobiles or parts thereof, refrigerators, ranges,
electrical appliances and plumbing fixtures and parts of discarded
machinery.
No person shall commercially collect rubbish, garbage (excluding those items prohibited in §
111-5A), waste metal, discarded building material, brush, logs or tires from residents of the Town of Stanford unless he shall first apply for and receive a disposal license granted by the Town Board permitting such person to conduct such business within the Town. Such application shall be made annually and may be revoked by the Board at any time. Such application shall be made within 30 days after the effective date hereof, with no fee, and thereafter prior to January 15 of each year accompanied by a licensing fee of $5; in the absence of an earlier revocation of license, each granting of such disposal license shall terminate on December 31 of each year.
[Amended 9-13-1984 by L.L. No. 4-1984]
Any person committing an offense against the
provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation under the
Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or both.
Any person whose agents, servants, officers
or employees shall be convicted of one or more violations hereof may
thereafter be denied use of such dump site and may have his disposal
license revoked.
The Town Board shall have the right at any time to establish charges for dumping at said dump site, such charges to be fixed at a fair and equitable rate. Such schedule of charges may be fixed by resolution of the Town Board and shall be effective upon the posting of such schedule of fees in the manner of posting provided in §
111-4.