As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CONTAINER
Covered, metal or heavy-duty plastic pail or a heavy-duty
plastic liner or sack, suitable for such purposes, to contain garbage
or refuse.
GARBAGE
Includes all waste, vegetable, animal or other matter, liquid
or solid, likely to ferment or decompose and produce noxious odors
or become injurious to the public health.
REFUSE
Includes trash and litter whether or not combustible, consisting
of but not limited to paper and paper products; wood and wood products;
metal and metal products; glass and glass products; ashes; dust and
dirt; rock; concrete and other mineral waste; sweepings; grass; leaves
and yard trimmings or any and all other discarded objects and materials;
provided, however, that refuse shall not include earth and waste from
building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from
industrial processes and manufacturing operations.
No person, firm or corporation shall place or fill, or cause
or permit to be placed or filled, a container or refuse bundle in
such a manner that such container or bundle shall rupture, overflow,
spill or scatter any parts of its contents.
No person, firm or corporation shall collect, transport or dispose
of garbage, refuse or any other waste whatsoever, without first obtaining
a permit therefor as provided in this article.
No person shall engage in alley or rag picking, sorting or salvaging
or otherwise, scavenging in any container of garbage or refuse, or
refuse bundle or otherwise disturbing the contents thereof.
[Amended 10-20-2104 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
The Town Board of the Town of Mount Hope is hereby empowered
to fix and regulate the maximum fees charged to Town residents for
garbage collection by commercial garbage collectors within the Town.
Set fees shall be established by resolution of the Town Board and
may be modified on 30 days' written notice to the licensed collectors
within the Town.
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall
be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not more than $250. Each commission of a single act prohibited by
this article shall constitute a separate violation hereof, and each
day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense, punishable
as such.
The Town Board may revoke any permit granted and issued hereunder
or suspend the same for such period as the Board may deem proper for
any violation by the permittee of any provision of this article, or
for a material misstatement in his application for such permit and
shall afford the permittee the opportunity to request a hearing thereon.