An ordinance to establish a program for the
collection of recyclable material in the City of New Rochelle, to
prohibit the disposal of recyclable materials into the conventional
municipal solid waste disposal system and to fix penalties for the
violation thereof shall be enacted.
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Recycling Ordinance of the City of New Rochelle."
This article shall apply to all residential
property and commercial and institutional establishments which generate
solid waste in the City of New Rochelle.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CITY
The City of New Rochelle.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Those properties used primarily for commercial purposes and
those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing more than
three dwelling units.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of Public Works of the City of New Rochelle.
FALL LEAVES
Leaves from trees which fall to the ground between the months
of September and December.
[Added 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 53-2000]
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including
but not limited to hospitals, schools (public and private), nursing
homes, libraries and all governmental offices.
PERSON
Every owner, lessee or occupant of a residence; every commercial
establishment; every institutional establishment.
RECYCLABLES
The following materials: paper, glass, metals, plastics and
cardboard.
RECYCLE
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.
SEPARATE COLLECTION
The City or private hauler who collects and transports solid
waste or recyclables shall keep source-separated recyclables separate
from solid waste during collection, transportation and storage.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible materials that are discarded,
including but not limited to garbage, refuse, commercial waste, rubbish,
ashes and incinerator residue. Solid waste shall not be understood
to include recyclables, as defined in this article.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from solid waste at the point
of generation for separate collection by the City or private hauler.
WASTE GENERATOR
Any person who produces or is responsible for solid waste
or recyclables in the City of New Rochelle which require disposal.
YARD WASTE
Organic substances or components thereof which typically
grow on or around properties, including grass, brush, shrubbery, leaves,
flowers, vegetables and branches less than three inches in diameter.
[Added 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 53-2000]
There is hereby established a program for the
mandatory separation of the following recyclable materials from the
municipal solid waste stream by all persons within the City of New
Rochelle, hereinafter referred to as the "municipality."
F. Yard waste.
[Added 3-21-2000 by Ord. No. 53-2000]
It shall be a violation of this article for any unauthorized person or organization to collect, pick up or cause to be collected or picked up within the boundaries of the municipality any of the recyclable materials designated in §
163-8.5 of this article. Each such collection in violation of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 5-20-1997 by Ord. No. 103-1997]
The Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to establish and promulgate reasonable regulations detailing the manner, days and times for the collection of the recyclable materials designated in §
163-8.5 of this article and such other matters as are required to implement this article. Such regulations shall take effect only upon the approval of the City Council by adoption of a resolution implementing the same. The Commissioner of Police, with the approval of the City Manager, may designate people outside the Police Department to enforce the provisions of this article and any implementing regulations adopted thereunder.