[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Peekskill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Assessment Review Board — See Ch. 7.
[Adopted 12-26-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989 (Ch. 186, Art. I of the 1984 Code)]
There is hereby imposed upon every commercial hazardous waste facility located wholly or partly within the City of Peekskill an assessment equal to 4% of the annual gross receipts of such facility.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
A facility that receives from off site any hazardous waste from any person that is not part of the same trust, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, including a government corporation, partnership, association, state, federal government and any agency thereof, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body, except when small quantities of hazardous wastes from public bodies are accepted on an emergency basis with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation on a no-cost basis.[1]
GROSS RECEIPTS
All receipts from the provision of hazardous waste management services attributable to a particular industrial hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facility without deduction therefor due to the cost of materials or equipment used, labor or services or other costs, interest or discount paid or any other expense whatsoever; provided, however, that as used in this article, "gross receipts" shall not include any amounts collected or paid pursuant to § 27-0923 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, which is titled "Special assessments on hazardous wastes generated."
HAZARDOUS WASTE
A hazardous waste as defined in § 27-0901, Subdivision 3, of the Environmental Conservation Law and/or Volume 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations, Part 371.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The annual assessments are effective for the calendar year 1989 and each year thereafter.
The assessment will be paid to the City Comptroller on the 15th day of March following the close of the year of assessment.
Each annual payment shall be supported by a verified statement from the facility's independent auditors certifying compliance with § 27-0925 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law.