[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rye 10-21-1958. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall collect or transport garbage and/or refuse outside the limits of any incorporated village in the Town of Rye without a permit.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE and/or REFUSE
Includes ashes, trade waste, swill, cesspool contents, dead animals, filth, rubbish, offal, animal or vegetable waste, wastepaper, cardboard, manure, trash and similar material.
PERSON
Includes person, persons, firm, partnership or corporation.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Port Chester or his duly authorized representative.
TOWN
The Town of Rye.
Application for a permit shall be made in writing to the Town Clerk of the Town of Rye on a form to be furnished by him. The annual fee for such permit shall be $100 per vehicle. Said permit shall expire on the 31st day of December following date of issue. If the application for permit be made on or after the first day of July in any year, the fee shall be $50 for each vehicle for the balance of such year.
Before the issuance of a permit by the Town Clerk, he shall require satisfactory proof that the applicant is insured against any and all liability for an accident in the minimum amount of $100,000 for injury to, or death, of one person and the sum of $300,000 for all liability arising from any one accident, and $25,000 for property damage. In addition, the Town Clerk shall require proof that Workmen's Compensation has been obtained in those cases where it is required.
Before the Town Clerk shall issue a permit, each vehicle shall be approved by the Superintendent of Public Works, as to type and construction.
A. 
Vehicle bodies shall be totally enclosed, welded steel, rear dumping, constructed, maintained and operated so that once garbage and/or refuse has been loaded, none of it may be reworked, sorted, handled or removed from the body except by dumping the load or partial load.
B. 
Vehicle shall be loaded only from and through the rear end or top of the totally enclosed vehicle body, except that the body may have side doors at the forward end not larger than 36 inches by 36 inches for loading garbage and/or refuse which cannot be loaded through the rear or top openings. The vehicle shall be without any means of carrying anything on any part thereof except within the totally enclosed body.
C. 
Each vehicle shall be painted a uniform color. The color shall be chrome green.
D. 
The name and address of the permittee shall be painted on the cab or front portion of the vehicle in letters of at least two inches in height and of a color contrasting with the body color.
E. 
Each vehicle shall be equipped with a broom and shovel and all scattered litter shall be cleaned up at the loading point. Boxes, barrels or cartons shall not be broken or torn apart on the sidewalk or street.
F. 
All vehicles shall be regularly washed and cleaned on both the inside and outside, and keep free at all times from dirt and offensive odors.
G. 
Vehicles used for the transportation of garbage and/or refuse shall not be used for transportation of food or food products.
H. 
A vehicle plate shall be issued by the Town Clerk and shall be fastened on the vehicle in a conspicuous place adjacent to the name and address of the permittee.
I. 
No gunpowder, dynamite, cartridge, shell, or gasoline, naphtha, benzine, either or any other explosive or similarly dangerous substance or material shall be transported by a licensee.
A. 
Any person which shall only transport in its own vehicles garbage and/or refuse arising from its own business operation, and not the garbage and/or refuse of any other person, shall not be required to pay the fee for a permit under this section, but shall otherwise comply with these regulations.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to tree surgeons or gardeners removing debris resulting from the operations and their trade, or to building or plumbing contractors removing debris arising out of construction operations; unless said debris is removed by private refuse collectors, in which event the provisions of this section shall apply.
The Town Board of the Town shall have the power to suspend or revoke the permit of any permittee hereunder found on two successive inspections not to be operating in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. No order of suspension or revocation shall be made except after hearing and reasonable notice thereof to the permittee.
The incineration and disposal of garbage and/or refuse at the public dump of the Village of Port Chester, New York, shall be subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the Superintendent.
A. 
The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct and any person violating this chapter or any provisions thereof shall be and is hereby declared a disorderly person.
B. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, and in addition to the penalties provided by law, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $25 for each offense.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall take effect after publication and posting thereof as required by law.