As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BAGS
Containers made of flexible material, which shall either
be made of paper or biodegradable plastic, and used to store leaves.
BULKY ITEMS
Any household appliances, furniture or other items of solid
waste which are larger than two feet by two feet by four feet or heavier
than 50 pounds and/or cannot be easily and safely placed in the common
collection vehicle by two persons.
GARBAGE
Any animal, mineral or vegetable refuse and waste matter,
dead animals weighing not more than 10 pounds, carrion, offal, swill
and similar materials.
LEAVES
The structures formerly attached to stems which function
as a principal organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in most plants.
NEWSPAPERS AND PAPER GOODS
Newsprint, noncoated paper sold or distributed at regular
or irregular intervals to conveyor report news, opinions, advertisements
or other matters of public or private interest, but excluding all
magazines, books, other periodicals, brochures, posters, cardboard,
boxes, containers and other paper products of any kind or nature whatsoever.
OUTDOOR RUBBISH
Hedge, garden or lawn clippings, weedings, dead or fallen
leaves, parts or branches of trees, shrubbery and plantings and rakings
of material from gardens, driveways and lawns.
RECYCLABLE MATERIAL
Nondeposit glass and metal food jars and cans, metal and
plastic containers and nondeposit glass or metal beverage containers
and all other similar nondeposit containers, but not inclusive of
aerosol cans, decorative glassware, drinking glasses, light bulbs,
home or auto glass, paint cans and containers used for toxic or hazardous
substances as well as lids and caps from glass containers.
RUBBISH
Sweepings from buildings (except from buildings under construction,
alterations and repairs), boxes, barrels, paper, rags, excelsior,
straw, Christmas trees, old clothes, shoes, bedding, furniture or
parts thereof, small rubber or wooden scrap and similar materials
of a size and dimension as prescribed by the Garbage and Rubbish Ordinance
of the Town of North Hempstead.
No person shall throw, cast, deposit or keep or cause or allow
the throwing, casting, depositing or keeping of any garbage, rubbish,
outdoor or outside rubbish or indoor or outdoor refuse or recyclable
materials on any land situated within the Village, or maintain or
permit to remain on his or her land any garbage, rubbish or outdoor
or outside rubbish or recyclable materials, except in accordance with
the provisions of this article.
Glass mirrors, metal, all china and earthenware, except for
recyclable materials, and large pieces of glass or mirror ("large"
means six feet by three feet or larger) shall be placed in separate
containers or bags and clearly marked and exposed to view to prevent
injury in handling. Metal scrap and other nonburnable material shall
be kept separate from rubbish.
No single garbage container, with contents, shall weigh more
than 50 pounds or measure more than three feet in length.
No more than five twenty-gallon bags or five twenty-gallon containers
will be removed from any one premises in any one collection day.
The owner, lessee or occupant of each and every business building
or business establishment and every premises other than a single-family
dwelling shall cause all garbage, rubbish and outdoor or outside rubbish
or any and all of the refuse or waste referred to in this article
to be removed at the owner's, lessee's or occupier's
expense. The Village shall not remove the garbage, rubbish and outdoor
rubbish and shall not incur any cost, expense or obligation in connection
with the removal. The owner, lessee or occupant shall not permit,
cause or allow any garbage, rubbish or outdoor or outside rubbish
or recyclable materials to remain or accumulate upon such premises,
or any part thereof, for more than two consecutive days.
Building, roofing and siding contractors, painters and floor-
and rug-covering firms must remove any waste generated by their work.
Any such waste not removed by the contractor, painter, floor- and
rug-covering firms shall be the responsibility of the owner, occupant
or lessee to remove. The cost of such removal shall be the joint and
several responsibility of the owner, occupant or lessee of the premises
from which such waste is removed.
Refuse from buildings under construction or being altered will
not be collected as part of the Village collection service.
Leaves shall not be disposed of or deposited on any public street,
roadway or thoroughfare in any fashion, or in any manner whatsoever.
All leaves must be removed by gardeners, except, solely, when homeowners
place the leaves in paper bags, or homeowners place the leaves in
biodegradable plastic bags, which is not the preferable method of
disposal. The permitted bags, as the case may be, shall be no less
than 20 gallons in size and no more than 60 gallons in size and, when
filled, shall not weigh more than 50 pounds. The bags must be placed
only on the homeowner's front property alongside the street which
is in the front of the residence. All such bags containing solely
leaves will be removed by the Village of East Hills. All violations
of this provision of this article, whether committed by either the
homeowner or the gardener, shall be punishable by a fine of $500 for
the first day and $1,000 per day each day thereafter. Each day that
the leaves remain on a street, roadway or thoroughfare shall be considered
a separate offense. In addition, each gardener who commits a violation
of this article is subject to revocation of any license or permit
issued by the Incorporated Village of East Hills and may be ineligible
for any license or permit required by the Incorporated Village of
East Hills for a period of 18 months from the date of conviction of
violation of this section.
Portable sanitary units may be placed on a temporary basis only
at the rear or side of any dwelling or then-permanent structure and
shall be promptly removed upon completion of any project which necessitated
their use.
A violation of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, except as otherwise specifically provided in any section of this article.