[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Manchester as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-18-1980 by L.L. No. 9-1980 (Ch. 46, Art. I, of the 1980 Code)]
The purpose of this article shall be to protect and promote
the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Village of Manchester
and their property values by controlling the storage, collection and
disposal of refuse within the Village of Manchester.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All putrescible (or decayable) wastes, except sewage and
body wastes, including vegetables and animal offal and carcasses of
dead animals and all such substances accumulated on or removed from
all public and private establishments and properties, including residences,
but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, discarded wood,
lumber or stones.
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation,
association, society or group.
Includes rubbish and garbage.
Includes any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity
carrying on the business of receiving, collecting, transporting or
disposing of garbage, rubbish or other wastes for hire and/or salvage
within the Village of Manchester.
General, dry material produced routinely by households and
commercial or industrial establishments, such as paper, cans, bottles
and other containers and ashes.
Includes bushes, branches, Christmas trees and similar waste
materials; bulky objects such as discarded household appliances or
equipment or furniture; and building, demolition and construction
wastes. "Trash" shall be collected in the spring and fall by Village
employees.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Every owner, lessee or occupant of any building, premises or
place of business within the Village of Manchester shall provide or
cause to be provided at all times suitable and sufficient receptacles
for receiving and containing garbage or rubbish that may accumulate
or be used upon said premises. Receptacles shall meet the specifications
maintained by the Department of Public Works. All receptacles containing
garbage or rubbish shall be watertight, with proper tight covers and
handles. Such receptacles shall be securely closed at all times, and
the number thereof shall not exceed five twenty-gallon cans per week
per family. Any amount in excess of above shall be contracted with
the collector and shall not be a charge to the Village.
A.
The owner or occupant of the real property shall be responsible for
the regular collection and/or disposal of all refuse which may accumulate
on the property owned or occupied by him.
B.
No person shall accumulate or permit the accumulation of refuse on
any premises owned by him within the Village of Manchester except
for the purpose of collection, which shall normally occur at intervals
not less frequent than every seven days.
C.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the maintenance
of compost or mulch piles, provided that no garbage is deposited in
such piles, and further provided that such compost or mulch piles
do not develop obnoxious odors, attract rodents or otherwise create
a hazard to the health or enjoyment of neighboring property owners.
No person shall throw, deposit or burn, or cause to be thrown,
deposited or burned, any refuse, leaves or trash in or upon any public
highway, street or place, including gutters or drainage ditches, within
the Village of Manchester.
No vehicle used by the refuse collector shall travel into a
residential driveway for the purpose of collecting garbage or refuse.
A.
All receptacles with domestic garbage or household refuse shall be
transferred to the curb or roadside by the householder a reasonable
time before the pickup by the licensed refuse collector, but not to
exceed 12 hours.
B.
The refuse collector shall collect and transfer the same from this
point to his licensed vehicle.
C.
Such receptacles are to be returned to the curb or roadside by the
licensed refuse collector and removed therefrom by the householder
within a reasonable time after said collection, but not to exceed
12 hours.
Each collector shall furnish each customer with a card which
shall contain the name and telephone number of the person to call
in case of complaints and a list of any material which will not be
picked up by the collector.
The refuse collectors shall not permit refuse to fall or collect
upon the street or ground from which they are collecting, nor shall
they permit refuse to sift out or fall from any vehicle or in any
way become distributed upon or along private property or on the public
streets or other thoroughfares.
It shall be the responsibility of the Mayor or his authorized
representatives to enforce the provisions of this article.
[Adopted 11-18-1980 by L.L. No. 10-1980 (Ch. 56 of the 1980 Code)]
A.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
GARBAGE
LITTER
NEWSPAPER
PARK
PERSON
PRIVATE PREMISES
PUBLIC PLACE
REFUSE
RUBBISH
VEHICLES
VILLAGE
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A litter storage and collection receptacle of steel, aluminum
or plastic with a tight cover or a steel container with a closed lid
that meets the specifications maintained by the Department of Public
Works.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare
or tends to create blight.
A printed publication issued at regular intervals, including
any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less
than four issues per year and sold to the public, commonly containing
news, comment, features and advertisements, including any "newspaper"
duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States
in accordance with federal statute or regulation.
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any
other public area in the Village owned or operated by the Village
and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any house, building or other structure not owned or operated
by the Village, 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.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
Includes garbage and 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.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or public street.
The Village of Manchester.
B.
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 and the neuter. The
word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk,
park or other public place within the Village except in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
B.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, park
or other public place or upon private property.
C.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, park
or other public place within the Village the accumulation of litter
from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or
driveway.
D.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter.
No person shall throw or deposit litter from any vehicle upon
any street or other public place within the Village or upon private
property.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Village
except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public or private
place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter
shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for
its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere, as provided herein.
B.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any pond, river, stream
or other body of water within the Village.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within
the Village, whether owned by such person or not and whether occupied
or vacant, except that the owner or person in control of private property
may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such
a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or
upon private property.
B.
The owner or person in control of private property or any portion
thereof shall at all times maintain the premises or that portion controlled
by him free of litter except when stored properly in authorized private
receptacles for collection, when such person shall have actual notice
thereof or when said litter shall have been present a sufficient length
of time to constitute constructive notice.
