This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Amherst
Landscapers Law."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LANDSCAPE MATERIAL
All grass, weeds, brush, leaves, flowers, shrubs, limbs up
to six inches in diameter and six feet in length, small stumps not
to exceed 24 inches in diameter and four feet in length.
[Amended 1-19-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
LANDSCAPER
Any person providing services of planting, trimming or cutting
of bushes, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, trees or grass for which a
contract or agreement has been established on other than his own property.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
All real property, improved or unimproved, owned by any municipal
corporation, person or otherwise and which is not included in the
definitions of "public highway" and "public place."
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Any street open to the public for its full width from property
line to property line, including the sidewalk area, whether or not
installed.
PUBLIC PLACE
All real property available to or open to use by all residents
of the Town of Amherst outside the corporate limits of the Village
of Williamsville.
No person who is a landscaper shall conduct any such activities
or remove any landscape material of any kind from the premises of
any person or transport the same through or upon any street, avenue,
parkway, road, boulevard or highway within the Town of Amherst, outside
the corporate limits of the Village of Williamsville, unless he shall
have first obtained a permit from the Town Clerk and shall have agreed
to conform to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 1-19-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
A. A licensed landscaper who has secured a permit as prescribed herein
and is using a certificated vehicle shall be authorized to use the
Town of Amherst compost facility for the disposal of landscape material.
The permit holder shall secure tipping fee disposal tickets from the
Town Clerk.
B. Tipping fees and finished material prices. The Town Board shall review
fees and prices on a yearly basis. Current fee and price structures
shall be posted in the Town Clerk's office and at the compost
facility.
[Amended 1-19-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Refuse Control Department,
the Amherst Police Department, the Engineering Department and such
other departments or persons as may be designated by the Town Board
of the Town of Amherst.