[Adopted 9-12-1950 by G.O. No. 36-1950]
[Amended 9-24-1974 by G.O. No. 23-1974]
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business
of collecting garbage or refuse, including but not limited to mixed
wastepaper, within the City of Yonkers without first obtaining from
the Commissioner of Public Works a license to carry on such business.
[Amended 6-12-1990 by G.O. No. 2-1990; 5-28-1991 by G.O. No. 10-1991; 5-11-2021 by G.O. No. 7-2021]
The fee for a license under this article shall be $300 annually
or $585 for a biannual license for each vehicle used or engaged in
the business of collecting garbage and refuse, which fee shall be
payable to the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers prior to the issuance
of the license.
[Amended 5-11-2021 by Ord. No. 7-2021]
Each applicant for a license shall file with the Commissioner
of Public Works a policy of liability insurance, with limits of not
less than $100,000 covering injury to persons and the minimum amount
of $300,000 for any one accident, and property damage insurance in
the minimum amount of $50,000 covering damage to property, covering
each and every vehicle engaged in the collection of garbage and refuse,
which policy shall be endorsed to indemnify and save harmless the
City of Yonkers from any and all claims for personal injury or property
damage arising out of the issuance of a license to engage in the business
of collecting garbage and refuse. Each applicant shall also file with
the Commissioner of Public Works evidence, in the form of a certificate
of insurance, that proper workers' compensation insurance is in force
and effect covering each and every person employed by them in the
collection of garbage and refuse.
All licenses issued under this article shall be granted for
a term to end December 31 next following the issuance thereof.
[Amended 7-1-1952 by G.O. No. 19-1952[1]]
The vehicles to be used by collectors of garbage and refuse
shall be subject to inspection and approval of the Commissioner of
Public Works and shall be so constructed as to make impossible the
spilling of garbage and refuse; and in transporting such garbage and
refuse through City streets, the vehicle shall be covered in such
manner that none of the contents can spill on the City streets. During
the process of loading, vehicles may be uncovered, but any garbage
or refuse falling to the streets must be immediately cleaned up. Commencing
with the first day of July 1957, all vehicles used by collectors of
garbage and refuse shall be of the closed-body type and all replacements
of vehicles used for such purposes shall be with closed-body-type
vehicles only. During such period, no additional vehicles, other than
of the closed-body type, shall be licensed.
All vehicles used by collectors of garbage and refuse shall
be of a standard color designated by the Commissioner of Public Works
and shall carry such identification or other lettering therefor deemed
necessary by the Commissioner of Public Works.
The licensee must keep all vehicles clean, sanitary and neatly
painted and shall wash, steam-clean and disinfect such vehicles at
least once a week.
[Added 7-1-1952 by G.O. No. 19-1952]
Newspapers, wrapping paper, cardboard or other light refuse
and rubbish shall be securely bundled, tied or packed by the owner
or occupant before being placed outside the premises serviced by persons,
firms or corporations engaged in the collection of garbage and refuse,
and no garbage, refuse or rubbish shall be placed outside of any such
premises within the sidewalk area on Sunday.
An licensed collectors, unless otherwise directed by the Commissioner
of Public Works, shall deliver all combustible refuse to the City
incinerator for disposal.
[Amended 3-23-1965 by G.O. No. 18-1965; 8-6-1969 by G.O. No. 15-1969; 4-14-1970 by G.O. No.
19-1970; 11-9-1976 by G.O. No. 20-1976]
For the disposal of combustible refuse at the City incinerator,
a fee or charge on a per-ton basis, or any fractional part thereof,
shall be fixed from time to time by the Mayor, who shall take into
account in determining the amount of the fee or charge to be fixed
the incinerating and disposing of such refuse, the amount of the fee
or charge to be fixed with the consent of the City Council, and such
fee or charge so fixed shall be effective 48 hours after the posting
of such fee or charge in the City Clerk's office and shall be payable
by licensed private collectors and by any other persons delivering
such refuse to the City incinerator for disposal, provided that, if
no such fee or charge is so fixed and posted, the fee or charge shall
be $6 per ton or any fractional part thereof.
[Added 2-24-1959 by G.O. No. 5-1959]
For the disposal of unburnable material by licensed collectors
and by such other persons, firms or corporations as may deliver such
material to the present Cerone Avenue site, a fee in the amount of
$5 per load shall be payable. Such fee shall be payable in advance
by licensed collectors and other persons, firms or corporations delivering
unburnable material to the Cerone Avenue site for disposal. Coupon
books shall be made available by the Commissioner of Public Works
and may be purchased at Room 306, City Hall, Yonkers, New York, by
licensed collectors and other persons, firms or corporations utilizing
the facilities of the Cerone Avenue site, and the coupons therein
contained shall be presented and delivered by the holder thereof,
in denominations equivalent to the full amount of the fee payable
for disposal of each load delivered, to the person in charge of the
Cerone Avenue site prior to or at the time of delivery of such unburnable
material. The determination as to what constitutes unburnable material
will be made at the sole discretion of the Commissioner of Public
Works of the City of Yonkers.
All unburnable or noncombustible refuse collected by licensed
collectors shall be delivered to the City dump.
The Commissioner of Public Works shall have power and authority
to suspend or revoke any license granted by him for any violation
of the provisions of this chapter upon 10 days' notice, in writing,
to the licensee.
