[Ord. of 9-6-1978, § 1; Ord. of 4-1-1991, § 13; Ord. of 2-3-2003, §§ 6,
7]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed:
Uncontaminated aluminum packaging, such as pie plates and
frozen dinner trays.
The residue of coal, wood or other fuel after burning.
Large household items, such as furniture, mattresses, major
appliances, tires, scrap metal items and carpets.
Containers comprised of aluminum, tin, steel or a combination
thereof, which contain or formerly contained only food and/or beverage
substances.
All corrugated cardboard normally used for mailing, shipping
or containerizing goods, merchandise or other material, but excluding
plastic-, foam- or wax-coated or soiled cardboard.
Remains of major remodeling, construction reconstruction,
repair and demolition operations on houses, apartments, pavements
and other structures, such as excavated earth, stones, concrete, bricks,
plaster, roofing, sheathing, lumber and insulation, as well as rubble
from the installation of plumbing, heating and electrical systems.
Computers (desktop, main frames, laptops), keyboards, mice,
modems, power supplies, docking stations, cable and wiring, circuit
boards, monitors, CRTs, terminals, printers, copiers, facsimile machines,
telephones, cellular phones, two-way radios, walkie-talkies, pagers,
beepers, answering machines, typewriters, word processors, audio visual
equipment such as overhead projectors, security equipment (cameras,
monitors), stereo equipment, televisions, VCRs, radios and camcorders.
Organic waste, such as meat, fat, bones, fish, fruit or vegetable
or any other matter used for food by human beings or used in the preparation,
preservation, dressing or cooking thereof.
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for the
packaging or bottling of various matter and all other material commonly
known as "glass," excluding, however, ceramics, light bulbs, blue
and flat glass and glass commonly known as "window glass."
Large and/or bulky household appliances (refrigerator, washer,
dryer, stove, etc.) ordinarily operated by gas or electric current.
All uncontaminated paper commonly referred to as "newsprint"
and distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having
printed thereon news and opinion and containing advertisements and
other matter of public interest, and shall include supplements, comics
and enclosures.
All bond paper, including computer printouts, stationery,
photo copy and ledger from commercial waste generators.
All containers made from high-density polyethylene or polyethylene
terephthalate (PET), including but not limited to bottles having contained
the following products: milk, water, juice, detergent, bleach, antifreeze
and soda; or other resins that may be designated as a recyclable material
in accordance with the Dutchess County local law providing for the
mandatory collection and disposition of recyclables in Dutchess County
once economic markets exist.
Office paper, cardboard, newspaper, cans, glass, plastic,
aluminum products, tires, major appliances, electronics and such other
materials as may be designated by the Commissioner of Solid Waste
Management of Dutchess County and the Recyclables Oversight Committee
established and appointed pursuant to the Dutchess County local law
providing for the mandatory collection and disposition of recyclables
in Dutchess County.
Building material and any other incombustible matter or material.
Any paper, plastic, cardboard or other material used to wrap,
cover or contain food, other than recyclable material as defined in
this section; any other household waste resulting from the use, consumption
and preparation of food; small metal household discards; miscellaneous
waste material, including rags, drugs, health aids and materials,
sweepings, rubber, leather, cloth, clothing, magazines, paper (other
than newspapers, office paper and corrugated cardboard), waste materials
from normal maintenance and repair activities, pasteboard, crockery,
shells, dirt, wood and glass, other than recyclable material and construction
and demolition items as defined in this section.
Grass clippings, leaves and cuttings from shrubs, hedges,
trees, brush and garden debris.
[Ord. of 9-6-1978, § 1; Ord. of 4-1-1991, § 14]
No persons shall throw or deposit or procure, cause or direct
the throwing or depositing or shall allow or suffer the throwing or
depositing of any ashes, garbage, refuse, rubbish, recyclable material,
yard waste, bulky waste, construction or demolition debris onto, on
or upon any property, lot or land, either public or private or upon
or into any creek, river or stream within the City of Poughkeepsie.
[Ord. of 9-6-1978, § 1; Ord. of 3-6-1989, § 14; Ord. of 11-1-1994, § 15;
Ord. of 8-16-2004, § 1]
Any person violating the provisions of Section 9-47 shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine in City Court of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both, or a civil penalty recoverable in accordance with Section 9-11 of this chapter of $1,000, together with any and all costs incurred by the City for the removal of the material.
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Editor's Note: See also the penalty in Administrative Code
§ 10.10.
