For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings indicated below:
The residue from the burning of wood, coal coke or other
combustible materials.
A metal container owned or provided by the owner or occupant
of property receiving on-site collection service having the capacity
of 1 1/2 cubic yards which is approved by the Superintendent
of Public Works for the deposit of garbage, trash, refuse and recyclables
while awaiting collection.
An unoccupied ground area, fully open to the sky, between
the street line and a line drawn parallel thereto along the front
of the building, extending from lot line to lot line.
The horizontal distance measured along the full length of
a street line abutting the lot.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes, and other organic
residues, 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 of public health, safety and welfare or tends
to create blight.
Any boundary of a lot other than a street line.
Discarded newspapers, magazines and other printed material.
Grass clippings, weeds, leaves, branches, vegetative cuttings,
twigs, shrubbery trimmings, and other similar organic landscaping-type
materials generated from a property. Excluded are tree trunks, root
systems, tree stumps, logs, and other large growing vegetation.
The individual or business entity or organization having
title to a building or real property, including any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant
by the entirety, of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
partnership, co-partnership, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity or legal representatives, agents
or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular
shall include the plural, where indicated by context.
Any public street, sidewalk, roadway, highway, parkway, public
park, public mall, public parking lot and any private property the
use of which owners and lessees have opened and offered to patrons
or the public at large in the Village.
All components of any solid waste generated by a person which
is required to be separated in accordance with Westchester County
Source Separation Law.
Any method, technique or process utilized to separate, process,
modify, convert, treat or otherwise prepare solid waste so that its
component materials or substances may be beneficially used or reused.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible, solid waste (excluding ashes), often referred
to as "bulk" materials, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as bedding (mattresses and box springs), crockery, furniture
and other household items and similar materials.
The throwing, depositing, sweeping littering, abandoning
or spilling of waste materials, whether on private property or a public
area.
The individual designated by the Village Manager as the head
of the Department of Public Works regardless of title assigned to
the position, and those designees duly authorized by said Superintendent
or the Village Manager.
Whenever refuse or waste materials of any kind whatsoever are
accumulated for disposal in the business, commercial, manufacturing
and industrial zones or in premises used for business or commercial
purposes regardless of the land zoning, the waste materials must be
accumulated and stored wholly within a building or within a totally
enclosed storeroom which shall be part of and abutting to the building
it shall serve. All open areas of any lot used for commercial or business
purposes shall be kept clean and free of refuse, debris or litter
of any kind.
In the event refuse or waste materials of any kind whatsoever cannot be accumulated and stored within the premises as required in § 225-2, then, upon consent of the Superintendent, a utility storage building or an approved metal container may be utilized and shall be located in accordance with plans or a suitable diagram filed in the office of the Superintendent. Any application for an outdoor storage building must meet all building and zoning codes and ordinances and be reviewed and approved by the Village Building Department in accordance with all applicable laws. The Superintendent may require suitable screening for outdoor receptacles as a condition to granting approval.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, store, deposit, scatter
or dump or cause to permit to be placed, stored, deposited, scattered
or dumped for the purpose of abandonment or otherwise, rubbish or
junk, metal bricks, stones, plaster, lumber, automobiles, automobile
bodies or parts thereof, metal tanks, barrels, metal containers or
refuse or waste material of any nature, on any public or privately
owned lot, tract, street, alley, park, reserve or other public area
within the Village.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cast, throw place, store,
deposit or dump or cause or permit to be cast, thrown, placed, stored,
deposited or dumped any quantities of refuse, rubbish or waste materials
of any kind or nature emanating from or produced in any home or business
establishment and which should be disposed of in private garbage receptacles
pursuant to this chapter in any Village-owned garbage receptacle,
or to place such refuse, rubbish or waste materials adjacent to any
Village-owned garbage receptacles. This subsection does not prohibit
the disposal of small amounts of rubbish or refuse as may be produced
by an individual when not in a home or place of business in Village
receptacles.
A.
It shall be the duty of every owner of any improved or vacant lot
in the Village to keep the sidewalks and walkways clear of boxes,
goods, wares or merchandise, except for the purpose of loading or
unloading the same, in which event such boxes, goods, wares or merchandise
shall not remain on any sidewalk or walkway for more than 15 minutes.
B.
The owner of any property shall at all times maintain the entire
premises free of litter. This section shall not be construed to prohibit
the storage of litter in private receptacles for collection in accordance
with this chapter or as otherwise may be authorized by law or regulation.
C.
Every owner of any building or property shall keep or cause to be
kept the sidewalk, flagging and curbstone abutting said building or
property free from obstruction and nuisances of any kind, and shall
keep said sidewalks, flagging, curbstones, and airshafts areaways,
backyards, courts and alleys free from litter, and any other offensive
material. Such person shall also remove litter and other offensive
material between the curbstone abutting the building or premises and
the roadway area extending 1 1/2 feet from the curbstone into
the street on which the building or premises front. Such persons shall
not, however, be responsible for cleaning the litter, debris and other
offensive material which accumulates at catch basins located within
1 1/2 feet distance from the curbstone into the street.
