[Adopted 2-5-1990 by L.L.
No. 1-1990 (Ch. 128, Art. I, of the 1998 Code)]
The purpose of this article shall be to protect and promote
the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town of Verona
by controlling littering and regulating the storage of garbage and
refuse within the Town of Verona.
For the purposes of this article, the following words, phrases
and terms and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words used in the plural number include
the singular, words used in the singular number include the plural
and words in the masculine include the feminine. The word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
A litter storage and collection receptacle of steel, aluminum
or plastic of 10 to 30 gallons' capacity with tight cover or
a larger steel container with closed lid.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste materials which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare or tends
to create blight.
PARK
A park, playground, recreation center or any other public
area in the Town, owned by the Town and devoted to active or passive
recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any house, building or other structure not owned or operated
by the Town, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited
or vacant, including any yard, ground, parking lot, walk, driveway,
porch steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such
house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, highway rights-of-way, sidewalks or
other public ways and any and all public or quasi-public parks, spaces,
grounds and buildings, including school grounds.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street
cleanings, offal, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and any parts
thereof, agricultural wastes, commercial wastes, industrial wastes
and construction and demolition debris.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as but not limited to paper wrappings,
cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding and crockery.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or public street.
[Amended 5-4-1998 by L.L.
No. 1-1998]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment
not to exceed 15 days, or both. Each day of continued violation of
this article, after written notice thereof, shall constitute a separate
additional violation. In addition, the Town may also institute an
action or proceeding, including an injunction, to compel compliance
with or prevent violation of this article.
[The recycling program and regulations of Oneida County
are controlling in the Town of Verona.]