The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health,
welfare and safety of the residents of the Village of Chatham by regulating
the dumping and depositing of solid waste and by providing for and
financing the cost of the collection of residential waste within the
Village of Chatham.
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings:
RECYCLABLES
Those waste materials which are acceptable to the Columbia
County Solid Waste Department for receipt and processing by the Columbia
County solid waste recycling program.
RESIDENT
A person who maintains a fixed, permanent and principal home
within the corporate limits of the Village of Chatham to which such
person, wherever temporarily located, always intends to return. The
ownership of commercial property or other real property which is not
improved and occupied as a home shall not constitute a "residence"
for purposes of this chapter.
SOLID WASTE
Shall consist of the following:
A.
GARBAGEAll waste, vegetable, animal or other matter, liquid or solid, likely to ferment or decompose, produce noxious odors or become injurious to the public health.
B.
REFUSETrash and litter, whether or not combustible, consisting of but not limited to paper and paper products, wood products, ashes, dust and dirt and plastic residential containers and materials.
C.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRISAny scrap lumber, metal, earth, sand, brick, stone, plaster, roofing and siding material or other debris of a similar nature, which accumulates or is incidental to the construction or renovation of homes, buildings, public works or other projects.
D.
BULK ITEMSAny large, heavy and/or bulky household appliances, furniture or furnishings.
Residential garbage and refuse collection service shall be provided
only to residents of the Village of Chatham and only in accordance
with the strict compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
There is hereby established a garbage/refuse collection/tipping
fee system within the Village of Chatham as follows:
A. Each bag of garbage and/or refuse which is placed for collection
by the Village of Chatham or its agents or employees must have affixed
thereto an official Village of Chatham garbage/refuse collection sticker.
B. Village garbage/refuse collection stickers may be purchased at the
office of the Village Clerk/Treasurer. The cost of the garbage/refuse
stickers shall be at the rate established, from time to time, by resolution
of the Board of Trustees.
C. Garbage and/or refuse which is placed for collection by the Village
of Chatham or its agents or employees without the required garbage/refuse
sticker will not be picked up.
D. The placing of garbage and/or refuse for collection without the required
garbage/refuse sticker shall constitute a violation of the this chapter
and shall subject such person to the penalties hereinafter provided
for.
Recyclables shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter,
provided that the same are properly separated and packaged in accordance
with the requirements of the Columbia County solid waste recycling
program. Recyclables which are not properly separated and packaged
will not be picked up. The placing of recyclables which are not properly
separated and packaged for collection by the Village of Chatham or
its agents or employees shall constitute a violation of this chapter
and shall subject such person to the penalties hereinafter provided
for.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall
be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $250 or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both.