[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Geddes 3-13-2001
by L.L. No. 5-2001.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Littering — See Ch. 135.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 180, Solid
Waste, adopted 2-11-1992 by L.L. No. 3-1992.
The reduction of the amount of solid waste and conservation of recyclable materials is an important public concern because of the increasing cost of solid waste collection and disposal and its impact on the environment. The separation and collection of recyclable materials serves the general public's interest in our town by reducing the amount of solid waste and will otherwise comply with the Onondaga County Source Separation Law (Local Law No. 12 of 1989) and other applicable provisions of law. In 1988, in the interest of public health, safety and welfare and in order to conserve energy and natural resources, the State of New York enacted a New York State Solid Waste Management Act which established the following solid waste hierarchy: waste reduction, reuse, recycling and waste-to-energy (see New York Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0106), with land burial as a last resort only when reuse, recycling or waste-to-energy were unavailable. Section B-35 of the State Solid Waste Management Plan - 1997-1998 Update, recommended that Onondaga County take immediate steps to develop environmentally acceptable facilities to manage the solid waste generated in the county. In December 1991, Onondaga County adopted a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan that was subsequently approved by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The county plan, applicable to municipalities within the county, preferred waste-to-energy as a safe and sanitary alternative to the threat to the groundwater supply and other liabilities posed by the burying of such waste. Those reasons are further delineated in Section 5 of the aforementioned county plan. Public Authorities Law § 2045-e(7) and (8) allows the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency to contract with municipalities for the delivery of such waste and, in furtherance thereof, to process such solid waste. In compliance with both the state and county solid waste management plans, the town has determined that all solid waste, both residential and commercial, generated in our town and destined for disposal in the State of New York, may not be disposed of at any place other than the approved disposal site designated by the Town Board in § 180-2 hereof. This chapter will also establish and refine regulations requiring the licensing of municipal haulers and governing hauler services for the collection and disposal of solid waste materials. This chapter shall not regulate or otherwise restrict any disposal of solid waste generated within the town that is to be disposed of out-of-state or any handling of recyclable materials separated from the rest of the solid waste in accordance with Onondaga County's Source Separation Law or regulate the price, route or service of any motor carrier with respect to the transportation of property prohibited by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994, as amended (49 U.S.C.A. § 14501 et. seq.).
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.
Any facility operated by or designated by the Agency. Agency facilities
include the Agency transfer stations at Ley Creek and Rock Cut Road, Rock
Cut Road waste-to-energy facility, Agency landfill (when built), Agency yard
waste composting facilities at Jamesville and Amboy, construction and demolition
processing facility at Ley Creek and Agency-designated materials recovery
facilities.
The Onondaga County waste-to-energy facility on Rock Cut Road in
the Town of Onondaga.
Discarded building material, concrete, stones, earth from excavations
or grading and all other refuse material resulting from the erection, repair
or demolition of buildings, structures or other improvements of property.
The County of Onondaga.
Those recyclables designated by the County of Onondaga and the Onondaga
County Resource Recovery Agency pursuant to Local Law No. 12 of 1989, including
the following:
Cardboard containers, boxes and packaging, including pizza boxes,
which are cleaned of contamination by food wastes or polystyrene, commonly
called "styrofoam," and which have been flattened for transport.
Empty, washed glass jars, bottles and containers of clear, green
and amber (brown) that contained food and drink, caps removed. This term excludes
ceramic, window glass, auto glass, mirror and kitchenware.
All ferrous and nonferrous metals, including: steel, aluminum and
composite cans and containers (cleaned of food wastes) and empty aerosol cans
that did not contain hazardous material. Scrap metal, wire, pipes, tubing,
motors, sheet metal, etc., are recyclable but must be recycled through scrap
dealers.
Includes common machine-finished paper made chiefly from wood pulp
used for printing newspapers, as well as glossy inserts, magazines and catalogues.
All must be free of contaminants.
All bond paper and also computer printout, stationery, photocopy
and ledger paper of any color from all waste generators. Paper should, if
possible, be free of tape, adhesives, labels, rubber bands, paper clips, binders
and other contaminants. This term excludes carbon paper, chemical transfer
paper and tyvek or plastic-coated envelopes.
All HDPE- and PET-type plastic bottles (#1 and #2), including empty,
washed food, beverage, detergent, bleach and hair care containers with lids
removed. This term excludes all photographic film, vinyl, rigid and foam plastic
materials, as well as plastics numbered 3 through 7 and HDPE oil bottles,
as well as #1 and #2 containers that are not bottles or contained hazardous
material.
As found in brown paper bags and package wrapping.
Includes gable-topped paper cartons that contained milk and juice
products.
Paper packaging as found in cereal, cracker and tissue boxes, etc.,
and toilet tissue and paper towel tubes.
Includes discarded and bulk mail, computer paper, colored paper,
greeting cards, wrapping paper and carbonless multipart forms; excludes any
paper coated with foil or plastic.
That street curb immediately in front of the property from which
solid waste material and recyclables to be collected are generated or, in
the absence of an actual curb, that portion of the property which is immediately
adjacent to the street.
The use of collection receptacles for residential, commercial and
institutional solid waste generators and the regular periodic pickup and transfer
of the contents of such receptacles by a hauler at the location of a waste
generator.
A household residing in a dwelling of four units or less and which
is required to utilize recycling containers.
Any person, company or firm who engages in the collection, transportation,
disposal or delivery of solid waste within our town.
Any waste (excluding household hazardous waste) which is defined or
regulated as a hazardous waste, toxic substance, hazardous chemical substance
or mixture or asbestos (regulated waste) under federal, state or local law,
or under rules, regulations, policies or guidelines issued in relation thereof,
as they maybe amended from time to time, including, but not limited to:
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Sections
6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984)
and the regulations contained in 40 CFR Parts 260-281.
The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 2601 et seq.) and
the regulations contained in 40 CFR Parts 761-766.
The State Environmental Conservation Law (Title 9 of Article 27) and
the regulations contained in 6 NYCRR Parts 370, 371, 372, 373 (Subpart 373-3).
Radioactive materials which are source, special nuclear or by-product
material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. Sections 2011
et seq.) and the regulations contained in 10 CFR Part 40; or
Any other material that by federal, state or local law, or under rules,
regulations, policies, guidelines or orders having the force of law in relation
thereto, are regulated as harmful, toxic or hazardous to health and ineligible
for processing at the Agency facility.
All other large and/or bulky articles actually used in the home and
which equip it for living, such as chairs, sofas, tables, beds or carpets.
A large and/or bulky household mechanism such as a refrigerator,
washer, dryer, stove, furnace or hot water tank.
A private or public facility for receiving and processing recyclables
into marketable commodities.
Any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or
immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto or
in the production or testing of biologicals.
The license issued by the town to a hauler as a prerequisite to performing
solid waste collection services within the town's municipal limits.
A natural person, association, partnership, firm, corporation, limited-liability
company, trust, estate or governmental unit and any other entity whatsoever.
Those recyclable materials, including county-designated recyclable
materials, which can be practically separated from nonrecyclable waste for
which reuse markets can be accessed for less than the cost of disposal.
The blue bin or other container supplied by the Agency, county, the
town or their designees for the use by eligible households within the town.
Such containers shall be used exclusively for the storage of county-designated
recyclable materials. Such containers shall at all times remain the property
of the Agency.
The Onondaga County Source Separation Law, Local Law No. 12, adopted
March 6, 1989, as subsequently amended.
Those medical wastes that have been listed in 6 NYCRR 364.9, Paragraph
(c)(1), and that must be managed in accordance with the requirements of that
part.
All materials or substances discarded or rejected as being spent,
useless, worthless or in excess to the owners at the time of such discard
or rejection, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, residential,
governmental, commercial and/or light industrial refuse, but shall not include
recyclables, yard and garden waste, human wastes, rendering wastes, demolition
wastes, residue from incinerators or other destructive systems for processing
waste (other than now-existing individual building incinerators, the residue
from which is presently collected as part of normal refuse collection practices),
junked automobiles, pathological, medical, toxic, explosive, radioactive material
or other waste material which, under existing or future federal, state or
local laws, require special handling in its collection or disposal.
Onondaga County's solid waste management system as operated by the
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency and every aspect thereof, including,
but not limited to, the Rock Cut Road waste-to-energy facility, Agency landfill
(when built), yard waste composting facilities at Jamesville and Amboy, construction
and demolition processing facility at Ley Creek and the Rock Cut Road and
Ley Creek transfer stations.
The Town of Geddes.
The Town Board of the Town of Geddes.
The Clerk of the Town of Geddes.
Any person which produces solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
Garden waste, leaves, grass clippings, weeds and brush.
It shall be a precondition of doing business as a hauler in the town
that the person/firm intending to conduct such business obtain a municipal
hauler license and a town sticker. An application on a form approved and provided
by the town must be submitted to the Town Codes Enforcement Office in which
the person satisfactorily shall be bound by the following provisions:
A.
The hauler will deliver all of the nonrecyclable solid waste (residential and commercial) it collects within the town and destined for disposal in the State of New York to the approved disposal site specified in § 180-2 above. It shall be unlawful to unload or deposit any solid waste hauled from any premises within the limits of the town and destined for disposal in the State of New York at any place other than the approved disposal site specified by the town in § 180-2 above. Any hauler failing to dispose of said solid waste at the approved disposal site so designated shall be subject to having its license revoked.
B.
The hauler will supply a plan of operation for collection
and transportation and which provides for a recycling plan as required by
Onondaga County Local Law No. 12 of 1989 as it applies to haulers, which it
shall adhere to and comply with. The hauler shall agree to provide for the
collection of county-designated recyclables in every waste hauler disposal
agreement, written or oral, as part of its standard service and to include
the cost of such collection in its standard waste collection rates.
A.
The hauler shall attach a municipal sticker, which must
be visibly and securely affixed to the driver's side vent window or upper
part of the driver's side of the windshield of each of the hauler vehicles
in operation.
Municipal hauler licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be effective
for an annual term from January 1 through December 31 (one calendar year).
The town shall have the right to cancel any existing municipal hauler license upon 30 days' written notice to the hauler if the town shall enact legislation establishing a new system for collection of solid waste in the town that is inconsistent with the continuation of said license. The town shall revoke a municipal hauler license upon the happening of any or a combination of the following: failure of the hauler to comply with any provision of § 180-3 or § 180-4 of this chapter. Prior to any such revocation, the hauler shall be notified by the town of an opportunity for a hearing in the matter, which hearing shall be held not less than five days after the hauler is notified in writing by the town of the pending license revocation and the charges against it. All hearings shall be on a date and time and at a place determined by the town. The hearing shall be informal and held before the Town Supervisor or his/her designee. Compliance with technical rules of evidence shall not be required, and the decision of the Town Supervisor or his/her designee shall be final.
The town hereby adopts as its source separation legislation, required
pursuant to General Municipal Law, § 120-aa, the Onondaga County
Source Separation Law (i.e., Local Law No. 12 of 1989) as adopted by the Onondaga
County Legislature and subsequently amended under its terms.
A.
No hauler shall dispose of county-designated recyclable
materials picked up in our town as solid waste nor shall any hauler accept
county-designated recyclable materials for disposal as solid waste.
B.
Recycling containers shall at all times remain the property
of the Agency or town, as the case may be, and are provided for the use and
convenience of eligible households in complying with this chapter. No hauler
shall:
(1)
Remove a recycling container from the town;
(2)
Willfully destroy a recycling container;
(3)
Dispose of a recycling container other than by returning
such container to the town at a designated location; or
(4)
Use a recycling container for other than the temporary
storage of county-designated recyclable materials.
The Town Board may, by resolution, designate and impose such other fees
as it deems reasonable and appropriate in relation to the collection and disposal
of any solid waste. After any such fees are imposed, the manner of implementation
and collection shall be by regulation of the Town Board or its designee not
inconsistent with the terms of the resolution imposing such fees. The Town
Board by resolution, also from time to time, may establish fees to defray
expenses in connection with the fee for the municipal hauler license and administration
of this chapter. Fees shall be paid by the applicant at the time of application.
Haulers shall not collect solid waste in the town on Sundays, Thanksgiving
or Christmas.
A.
In consideration of the town issuing a municipal hauler
license to an applicant, the applicant shall agree, upon the issuance of such
license to the applicant, that the applicant shall indemnify, hold harmless
and defend the town and its officers and employees from and against any and
all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, payments, actions, recoveries,
judgments and expenses of every kind, nature and description, including without
limitation all engineers' and attorneys' fees, fines, penalties and clean-up
costs resulting from any such claim, etc., arising out of or connected in
any way with the applicant's acting as a hauler or the applicant's involvement
or participation in the collection, distribution or transportation of solid
waste.
B.
The hauler, as a condition of obtaining a municipal hauler
license, shall provide and maintain the following insurance coverages at limits
to be set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board:
C.
The public liability policy aforementioned shall name
the Town of Geddes as an additional insured.
D.
Each policy of insurance shall be endorsed to contain
the following language: "The town will be given 30 days prior written notification
of any cancellation, nonrenewal or modification of this policy which reduces
coverage or limits at the following address: Town Clerk, Town of Geddes, 1000
Woods Road, Solvay, New York 13209."
E.
Prior to the issuance of any municipal hauler license,
the hauler must provide to the Town Codes Office proof of insurance coverage
in a form to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.
Haulers shall not operate earlier than 7:00 a.m., nor later than 9:00
p.m.
Where certain solid waste, recyclables and/or other waste materials
were not collected because those materials were not placed or prepared by
the waste generator in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the
person who placed such materials for collection and the owner of the property
adjoining the curb where such waste materials were placed shall remove those
wastes from the location as soon as possible after the hauler has refused
collection and, in any event, by 6:00 p.m. on the designated collection day.
The collection, removal and carrying of solid waste, recyclables and/or
material, and the transportation of solid waste, paper and recyclables, on
any highway, street, alley or lane of the town must be done in covered vehicles.
No hauler shall throw or scatter or cause to be scattered or deposited or
to escape from the vehicle any solid waste or recyclables on the streets or
public places.
Yard and garden waste may not be accepted for disposal at any Agency
facility but may be accepted for recycling at a yard waste composting facility
of the hauler's choice within the county or taken elsewhere.
Except as specifically permitted in this chapter, no hauler shall deposit
or cause to be deposited or stored for more than one day upon any property
any solid waste and/or recyclables, and dumping thereof is hereby prohibited.
No leachate or other obnoxious or contaminating substance shall be allowed
to drain from any hauler vehicle on the public streets.
No hauler shall suffer or permit solid waste to accumulate or remain
upon private premises, including extended storage in hauler vehicles owned
or operated by that hauler, so that the same shall emit odors or become offensive
or dangerous to the public health or to any person or property.
No hauler shall bury or burn any solid waste and/or recyclables or cause
to be buried or burned any solid waste and/or recyclables, papers, trash,
hazardous waste and/or materials within the limits of the town, unless authorized
to do so in writing by the Town Board.
This chapter shall also apply to all special events held in the town.
The sponsor of said events shall be responsible for sorting all solid waste
materials into appropriate containers or bags and making all arrangements
for pickup and disposal of all solid waste materials. The hauler may charge
a fee to be determined by the Town Board for such pickups and disposal.
B.
In addition to the above-provided penalties and revocations,
or in lieu thereof, the Town Board may also institute and maintain an action
or proceeding in the name of the town in a court of competent jurisdiction
to compel compliance with or to restrain by temporary restraining order, preliminary
and/or permanent injunction any violation of this chapter.
C.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Town Code Enforcement
Officer, Town Police Department, Town Building Inspector, Town Fire Inspector,
Superintendent of Highways, Onondaga County Sheriffs Department, New York
State Police, Department of Environmental Conservation Officers and all local
law enforcement agencies.
The failure of a hauler to comply with the provisions of this chapter
shall be considered a violation subject to the following specified fines for
each offense pursuant to § 80.05 (4) of the Penal Law as well as
for corporate officers, directors and officials except for corporations in
their corporate capacity which shall be fined pursuant to § 80.10
of the Penal Law. Each day's violation shall be considered a new and separate
offense subject to a separate penalty as fixed below. Any fines collected
under this chapter shall inure to the town and shall be deposited in the town
general fund to use as it deems appropriate.
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Section
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Violation
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Fine
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|---|---|---|
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180-3
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Failure to obtain a municipal hauler license
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$250.00
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180-3
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Failure to deliver all solid waste collected within the town and destined
for disposal within New York State to the town-approved disposal site
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$250.00, plus revocation
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180-4A
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Failure to obtain a municipal sticker to the hauler vehicle
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$250.00
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180-4B
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Duplication or imitating the municipal sticker or engaging in the selling
of the municipal sticker
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Revocation
|
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180-7A
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Accepting and/or disposing of county designated recyclable materials
as solid waste
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$200.00
|
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180-7B
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Removing, destroying or disposing of a recycling container or using
same for other than storage of a county designated recyclable
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$150.00
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180-9
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Engaging in the collection of solid waste and/or recyclables on Sundays,
Thanksgiving or Christmas
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$50.00
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180-10D
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Failure to notify the town, 30 days' prior written notice of any cancellation,
nonrenewal or modification of required insurance policy
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$50.00
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180-11
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Failure to comply with the designated hours of operation
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$200.00
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180-12
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Failure to remove uncollected solid waste improperly set out for disposal
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$100.00
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180-13
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Throwing, scattering or allowing deposit of any solid waste and/or county-designated
recyclables or other waste upon the streets
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$100.00
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180-13
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Engaging in the collection of solid waste and/or county-designated recyclables
in a noncovered vehicle
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$100.00
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180-15
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Dumping or depositing any solid waste and/or recyclable material upon
any property; draining leachate from hauler vehicle
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$100.00
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180-16
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Allowing solid waste or other waste material and recyclables to accumulate
upon any property so that it becomes obnoxious, unsightly or offensive
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$250.00
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180-17
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Any hauler engaging in the burial or private burning of solid waste
and/or recyclables, papers, trash, hazardous waste and/or materials within
the limits of the town
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$250.00
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If any paragraph, section, sentence or portion of a sentence of this
chapter shall be found and determined to be invalid, unlawful and/or unconstitutional,
such determination shall not invalidate or void any other paragraph, section,
sentence or portion thereof, and such other parts thereof shall remain in
full force and effect unless and until legally revoked, modified and/or amended.
[Added 11-9-2004 by L.L. No. 6-2004]
Receptacles used for storage of garbage and refuse materials shall be
watertight and shall meet the following specifications:
A.
Trash cans shall be of a durable grade of galvanized
metal or other suitable material approved by the Town Highway Superintendent,
from 20 to 32 gallons' capacity and weighing less than 25 pounds empty
or 50 pounds fully loaded with normal refuse. They shall be provided with
two lifting handles on opposite sides and a tightly fitting cover with a lifting
handle. The can shall be without inside protrusions, and the refuse shall
be loosely packed so that the contents shall discharge freely when the receptacle
is inverted.
B.
Refuse bags skill be made of heavy, multiple-ply paper
or polyethylene or ethylene copolymer resin and designed for outdoor storage
of refuse. Bags must be securely tied or sealed to prevent emission of odors,
be of a material so liquids and greases will not be able to penetrate through
the material and be of sufficient thickness and strength to contain the refuse
enclosed without tearing or ripping under normal handling.
C.
Grass and other yard waste shall be placed in appropriate
receptacles as determined by the Town Highway Superintendent.
D.
These receptacle limitations shall not apply to special
bulk waste pickups appropriately arranged with the Town Highway Department.
E.
Building materials and similar refuse and debris caused
by the work of contractors, tradesmen or workmen shall not be placed in the
receptacles required by this section, but shall be lawfully disposed of by
the contractors, tradesmen or workmen, who may dispose of the materials on
their own or who may obtain a permit for such disposal from the Town Highway
Department to utilize the Town disposal system.
A.
Garbage containers that have deteriorated to the extent
of having jagged or sharp edges capable of causing injury to those whose duty
it is to handle these containers or to such extent that the lid does not fit
tightly and securely shall be condemned by the Town. A record shall be made
and no further service shall be made by the Town until the condemned container
is replaced.
B.
Garbage containers that are so overloaded that the lid
will not fit securely on the container will not be picked up by collection
authorities.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the property
owner or resident of the premises placing the containers, to remove, handle
or otherwise disturb garbage containers or their contents, which have been
placed for collection by the Town collection authorities.
The Town Highway Superintendent may designate the location for placement
of debris and other waste for pickup by the Town collection authorities.
A.
No person shall cause or permit any garbage or other
debris to accumulate or remain on private premises so that the same shall
emit odors or become offensive or dangerous to the public health or safety
or to any person or property.
B.
No person shall place bulk waste items for disposal outside
on private property without appropriately arranging for pickup and disposal
of said items with the Town Highway Department.
A.
No person or entity shall bring in, place, deposit or
cause to be brought, placed or deposited in the Town any garbage, recyclables,
trash, paper, hazardous waste, material or ashes originating outside the Town
for the purpose of disposing of the same within the Town.
B.
No person or entity who is a resident of the Town or
owner, lessee or person in control of real property within the Town shall
permit any person or entity to bring in, place, deposit or cause to be brought,
placed or deposited in the Town any garbage, recyclables, trash, paper, hazardous
waste, material or ashes originating outside the Town for the purpose of disposing
of the same within the lawn.
A.
Any person found guilty of a violation of this article
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250, imprisonment for not more
than 15 days, or both fine and imprisonment.
B.
Where appropriate, and in addition to any other remedies,
fines or penalties otherwise available, violations of this article may be
remedied directly by the Town of Geddes upon failure of the property owner
to remedy stated violation(s) within 48 hours of receipt of written notice
from the Town Code Enforcement Officer. In instances where the property owner
is not an occupant of the property, written notice shall be provided to the
occupant and duplicate written notice shall be mailed to the property owner
at the address listed on the most recent tax records. The costs of said remedial
action, including any and all tipping fees and an overhead charge of 20%,
shall be billed to the owner of the property at which the violation(s) occurred.
Prior to the imposition of said costs and within 10 days of the Town's
remedial action, the property owner may request a hearing before the Town
Board regarding the costs. Should said costs remain unpaid for a period of
90 days following the Town Board hearing and a decision adverse to the person
charged, as the case may be, these costs shall be added to the real property
tax bill next rendered to the property owner.
