[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Skaneateles 1-8-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
ASHES
GARBAGE
PERSON
REFUSE
VILLAGE
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.
Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking
and consumption of food; all animal waste and litter; all vegetable
waste; and all putrescible matter and wastes from the handling, storage
and sale of products.
Includes an individual, a corporation, a joint-stock corporation,
or other legal entity, a partnership, and any unincorporated association,
and shall include both singular and plural but shall not include the
Village of Skaneateles or any agent or servant thereof, or independent
contractor therewith, while engaged in or performing any work for
said Village and while acting within the scope of his authority.
Combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons,
boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood
furniture, bedding, rags, and wearing apparel; noncombustible trash,
including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt,
small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery,
and other mineral waste; and rubbish and waste including but not limited
to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch basin dirt, and contents
of litter receptacles, provided that "refuse" shall not include earth
and wastes from building construction operations, nor shall it include
solid wastes resulting from industrial processing and manufacturing
operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber,
scraps and shavings.
The Village of Skaneateles.
B.
All other words used in this chapter shall connote
their ordinary or generally accepted meaning.
[Amended 2-10-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022[
It shall be unlawful to place, dispose, discard
or permit to remain anywhere in the Village any garbage, excepting
in a tightly covered and wholly enclosed metal container.
It shall be unlawful to cause or permit to accumulate
any dust, ashes or trash of such a nature that it can be blown away
by the wind anywhere in the Village excepting in a covered, wholly
enclosed container.
A.
It shall be unlawful to place, dispose, deposit or
discard, collect or dump any garbage, refuse or ashes anywhere in
the Village excepting in a container for the collection and removal
thereof from the Village within a reasonable time. Containers must
be placed in the immediate vicinity of the residence. Containers may
not be placed at the curbside, at the end of a residence driveway
closest to the street, or other similar area. These restrictions shall
not apply to leaves or brush to be picked up by the Village on scheduled
occasions.
[Amended 2-10-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
B.
It shall be unlawful to collect, dump, deposit, dispose
of, throw into or abandon any garbage, refuse, ashes or any solid
material whatsoever, not to be used or used for the lawful construction,
improvement or repair of docks, piers, seawalls, boat slips or other
construction, within the Village, upon the shores or below the high-water
mark or within or upon the waters of Skaneateles Lake, its outlet,
or Skaneateles Creek, or any tributaries thereof.
C.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or dispose of any liquids or waste matter intermixed, contained or dissolved in any liquids, in the Village, within the waters of Skaneateles Lake, its outlet, Skaneateles Creek or any tributaries thereof, or the areas adjoining any of them as defined in Subsection B of this section, tending to contaminate or pollute or increase the contamination or pollution of the waters thereof, including but not limited to sewage, industrial, chemical or petroleum wastes.
It shall be unlawful to place, discard, deposit
or permit to remain any garbage in any containers maintained or placed
upon the streets, sidewalks, parking areas or parks within the Village
for the deposit or disposal of rubbish or litter.
[Amended by L.L. No. 1-1968]
A.
From conveyances. It shall be unlawful to deposit
or to abandon any garbage, refuse or ashes from any vehicle, or any
other conveyance, onto any sidewalks or streets or other public places
in the Village.
B.
Duty of operator of vehicle. It shall be the lawful
duty of the operator of any vehicle from which any garbage, refuse
or ashes have been deposited, fallen, or escaped to immediately remove
from the Village any such matter, and any omission in the performance
of this duty shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
C.
By pedestrians. It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian
to deposit or abandon any garbage, refuse or ashes onto the sidewalks,
streets, parks or other public places in the Village.
Refuse which is flammable shall not be mixed
or mingled with refuse which is nonflammable.
It shall be unlawful to dump or place any garbage,
refuse or ashes on any premises in the Village without the consent
of the owner of such premises. However, any such owner who shall consent
to the disposal thereof upon his premises in any manner prohibited
by this chapter shall be deemed to have participated in the violation
of this chapter and will be immediately subject to the penalties as
hereinafter set forth.
A.
The commission of or omission to perform any act,
or any condition prohibited or declared to be unlawful in this chapter,
shall constitute a violation thereof and a separate offense, and any
person participating in or committing such offense shall be fined
not less than $100 nor more than $250 for each offense committed.[1]
B.
Obedience to this chapter may be enforced by the Village
of Skaneateles by injunction.
C.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day during or on which a violation of this chapter occurs and continues.
D.
The fact that garbage, refuse or ashes remain on any
occupant's premises in the Village in violation of this chapter shall
be prima facie evidence that the occupant of such premises is responsible
for the violation of the chapter occurring.
