[Adopted 12-20-1988 by Res.
No. 8 of 12-20-1988 (Ch. 99, Art. I, of the 1973 Code)]
The City of Hudson, commencing December 27, 1988, requires that all
solid waste placed for disposal in accordance with the provisions of the Code
of the City of Hudson shall be placed in plastic bags not exceeding 30 gallons
in size or 30 pounds in weight, which said bags shall have affixed an appropriate
sticker of the City of Hudson evidencing the payment of a user fee per bag
of solid waste to be collected, as established by the Common Council.
[Adopted 1-9-1989 by L.L.
No. 1-1989 (Ch. 99, Art. II, of the 1973 Code)]
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings stated in this section:
ALUMINUM
Pure aluminum in any form, including but not limited to cans, cooking
utensils, aluminum foil and lawn furniture.
BLUE BOX
The container to be used for placement of recyclable materials for
collection by the Department. "Blue box" shall refer to the container available
from the City of Hudson, as well as any other container approved for such
use by regulation of the Superintendent.
BRUSH
Tree branches not exceeding two inches in diameter, twigs and shrub
and hedge clippings.
BULK ITEMS
Large items and materials, including furniture, (other than aluminum)
yard furniture, house furnishings and large appliances, such as refrigerators,
stoves, washing machines and clothes dryers, and automobile or other motor
vehicle tires.
COLLECTIBLE YARD WASTES
Grass, leaves and waste plant and dirt materials from vegetable and
flower gardens, lawns and yards; and brush.
NEWSPAPERS
Newsprint. It does not include glossy magazines or materials.
PERSON
One or more individuals; any partnership, corporation, firm, association,
trust, estate or governmental entity; and any other entity whatsoever.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Clear (flint), green and brown glass bottles, jugs and jars; aluminum,
copper, stainless steel and brass; newspapers; corrugated cardboard; tin cans;
and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers such as those used for milk,
oil, detergents, apple cider, etc. "Recyclable materials" does not include
plate glass, broken glass, window glass or any other type of glass not specified
in this definition or recyclable materials unsuitable for recycling because
of secondary household use.
REFUSE
The rubbish, recyclable materials and collectible yard wastes resulting
from the normal, day-to-day operation of a household or business; refuse may
be generated by a household, a business establishment or a public or quasi-public
facility. Refuse does not include rubble, bulk items, industrial waste or
any other material not covered under this definition.
RUBBISH
Food wastes, including but not limited to table cleanings; fruit,
vegetable and animal parings and scraps; decaying or spoiled vegetable, animal
and fruit matter; fallen fruit; any paper, plastic, cardboard or other material
used to wrap, cover or contain food, other than certain HDPE or glass containers
defined in this section as "recyclable materials," and any other household
waste resulting from the use, consumption and preparation of food; metal (other
than pure aluminum, copper, stainless steel or brass); and miscellaneous waste
materials, including rags, drugs, health aids and materials, sweeping, excelsior,
rubber, leather, cloth, clothing, magazines, paper (other than newspapers),
waste materials from normal maintenance and repair activities, pasteboard,
crockery, shells, dirt, filth, ashes, wood, glass (other than certain glass
bottles, jugs and jars defined in this section as "recyclable wastes"), brick
and any other similar waste materials. Rubbish does not include recyclable
materials, bulk items, rubble or any other material not covered under this
definition.
RUBBLE
Waste material typically resulting from construction, demolition
and major renovation activities, including but not limited to waste cement,
concrete, masonry, bricks, tiles, sheetrock, plaster, shingles, lumber, telephone
poles, railroad ties, wooden pallets, doors and door frames, windows and window
frames and any similar materials.
All empty refuse containers and any other empty waste containers shall
be removed from the curb, sidewalk, alley or street where they have been placed
as soon as possible after collection by the Department and, in any event,
no later than 6:00 p.m. on the same day as collection. Empty refuse containers
or other empty waste containers remaining at or near the curb, sidewalk or
street on the day after collection may be picked up and disposed of by the
Department.
Where the Department has not collected certain refuse and/or waste material
because those materials were not placed or prepared in accord with the provisions
of this article, the person who placed such material for collection or the
owner of the real property adjoining the curb, sidewalk, street or alley where
such waste materials were placed shall remove those wastes from the location
as soon as possible after the Department has refused collection and, in any
event, by 6:00 p.m. of the designated collection day. The failure to remove
any uncollected waste material by 6:00 p.m. of the designated collection day
shall constitute a violation of this article.
From the time any person places any properly prepared recyclable materials
at or near any curb, sidewalk, alley or street for purposes of collection
by the Department, those recyclable materials shall become and be the property
of the City of Hudson or its authorized agent. No person who is not acting
under authority of the City or its authorized agent shall collect, pick up,
remove or cause to be collected, picked up or removed any recyclable materials
so placed for collection. Each such unauthorized collection, pickup or removal
shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prevent any person from entering
into a contractual agreement with a private waste hauler for the removal of
refuse and other waste materials generated by that person or at property owned
by that person.
The Superintendent is authorized to establish an appropriate mechanism
for selling or facilitating the sale or distribution of blue boxes for recyclable
materials.
The Superintendent shall have the authority to adopt whatever regulations
are consistent with this article and to continue to enforce any existing regulations
that are consistent with this article.
The Common Council of the City of Hudson may, by resolution, impose
fees for the collection of any refuse (other than recyclable materials), rubble,
bulk items or industrial waste. After any such fees are imposed, the manner
of implementation and collection shall be by regulation of the Superintendent
not inconsistent with the terms of the resolution imposing such fees.