[Adopted 11-11-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
DROP-OFF CENTER
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables
can be delivered.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated
recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
RECYCLABLES
Any material designated as such by the county, provided that
such material is not hazardous and can be reasonably separated from
the solid waste stream and held for material recycling or reuse value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
County rules and regulations adopted by the county pertaining
to the separation, collection, transportation and disposal of recyclables,
as may be amended from time to time by the county.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including
but not limited to materials or substances discarded or rejected as
being spent, useless, worthless, or in excess to owners at the time
of such discard or rejection, or are being accumulated, stored or
physically, chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded
or rejected, having served their intended use, or as industrial, commercial
and agricultural waste, sludges from air or water pollution control
facilities or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained
gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and construction
debris and offal, but not including sewage and other highly diluted
water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special
nuclear or by-product material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended, or waste which appears on the list or satisfies
the characteristics of hazardous waste promulgated by the Commissioner
of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream
at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other
disposition.
WASTE GENERATOR
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
WASTE HAULER
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated
or brought within the county.
VILLAGE
The Village of Livonia, Livonia, New York.
This Article shall be primarily administered by the Village.
The county shall be primarily responsible for the development and
implementation of the recycling rules and regulations.
[Added 5-27-1998 by L.L.
No. 6-1998]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation, who or which shall
violate any provisions of this Article shall be guilty of an offense
punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 15 days, or both. Each days' continued violation
shall constitute a separate offense.