[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Union Vale as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-5-1962 (Ch. 54 of the
1983 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COMMERCIAL COLLECTOR
All persons or corporations or other enterprises engaged in the business
of collecting rubbish, garbage and other waste materials, as defined in this
article, on a contract or other basis, for a consideration.
[Added 10-28-1971]
GARBAGE
Includes waste food, papers and all waste or vegetable matter of
any kind or any other matter which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation
or decay, but shall not include dead animals or parts thereof.
LOAD
A quantity of refuse, garbage, rubbish or other waste, as defined
in this article, containing not more than 20 cubic yards.
[Added 10-28-1971]
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership, corporation
or association of persons, and the singular number shall include the plural
number.
REFUSE
All putrescible solid waste, except body wastes, including, but not
limited to, household garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleaning debris, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, dismantled automobiles and parts thereof,
scrap metal, junk, machinery and solid market and industrial wastes.
[Added 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
RUBBISH
Includes waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery and
all discarded substances of a solid and incombustible nature.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
The premises owned by the Town of Union Vale, situate in said Town of
Union Vale, located on the southerly side of the state highway known as Route
55, and bounded on the north and east by NYS Route 55, on the west by parcel
437115-00-6660 and on the south by lands in the Town of Beckman are designated
as the recycling center of this Town for the disposal of refuse from the residents
of the Town, subject to the provisions of this article. The regulations herein
contained shall also apply to any other lands hereafter acquired or leased
for the purpose of disposal of refuse.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
No person shall carry or leave or cause to be carried or left upon the premises mentioned in §
188-2 of this article, any automobile, vehicle, machine or other article, or any large part thereof. Appliances and other bulk items listed on the Union Vale Bulk Item Disposal list may be disposed of for a fee to be set by the Town Board.
No person shall carry or leave or cause to be carried or left upon the premises mentioned in §
188-2 of this article, any material, waste or offal of any kind which shall or may thereafter create a nuisance of any kind or which shall be or may become dangerous to human or animal life.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
No person not a resident of or conducting an established business in
the Town of Union Vale shall deposit any refuse or garbage of any kind on
the premises herein designated for that purpose. To use the recycling center
nonresidents may purchase a nonresident recycling permit from the Town Clerk.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any substance of any
kind at the recycling center, except at the places and in the manner directed
by the person in charge of the premises under the authority of the Town Board,
whether such direction is given personally or by another person by his authority
or by a sign or signs erected upon the premises by his authority.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited
any garbage, refuse, or abandoned vehicles or parts thereof in or upon any
public highway, street or place within the Town of Union Vale, except within
the recycling center aforesaid, pursuant to the regulations herein.
[Added 10-28-1971; amended 1-3-1985]
All commercial collectors depositing garbage, rubbish or other waste
materials as defined in this article on the Town site as described in this
article shall pay an annual fee as set from time to time by resolution of
the Town Board. No commercial collectors shall be permitted to deposit garbage,
rubbish or other waste, as defined in this article, collected outside the
corporate limits of the Town of Union Vale.
[Amended 12-10-1979 by L.L.
No. 6-1979]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both, for each offense.
Any person who or whose servants, agents, employees or officers shall
be convicted of a violation hereof may thereafter be denied the use of such
recycling center, either temporarily or permanently, by the officer or employee
in charge thereof or by resolution of the Town Board.
[Adopted 10-6-1988 by L.L.
No. 5-1988 (Ch. 72 of the 1983 Code)]
This article shall be known as the "Mandatory Separation of Paper, Glass,
Plastic and Aluminum Law of the Town of Union Vale."
The Town Board acknowledges that the cost of solid waste disposal is
rapidly increasing, while at the same time solid waste disposal capacity within
existing regulations is limited in the Town and, in general, within the region.
By establishing a mandatory program of recycling by separating paper, glass,
plastic and aluminum from garbage and trash, the life of existing disposal
facilities will be extended by reducing the amount of solid waste to be disposed
of and, in turn, will reduce the overall cost of solid waste disposal.
A program for the mandatory separation of paper, glass, plastic and
aluminum from garbage and trash to be disposed of within the Town of Union
Vale is hereby established. All residents who utilize the Town transfer station
for the disposal of their garbage and trash shall separate therefrom all paper,
glass, plastic and aluminum before disposing of any garbage or trash in the
compactor located at the transfer station.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ALUMINUM
All disposable items made from the metal aluminum, including but
not limited to all containers used for soda, beer, other beverages and food,
foil wrappers, containers for prepared food and lawn chairs (fabric removed).
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal, fish, foul, fruit or vegetable waste incident
to and resulting from the use, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GLASS
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone, the
product being transparent or translucent and being used for the packaging
or bottling of various matter and all other material commonly known as "glass,"
excluding, however, ceramics, light bulbs, blue and flat glass and glass commonly
known as "window glass."
PAPER
A substance made in the form of thin sheets from bark, wood or other
fibrous material, including but not limited to newspapers and magazines.
PLASTIC
All containers made from high-density polyethylene, including but
not limited to bottles having contained the following types of liquid: milk,
juice, water, soap, bleach, detergent, oil, antifreeze, carbonated beverages
and auto window-washing fluid.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Paper, corrugated cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum, metal, waste
oil, fluorescent bulbs, and rechargeable batteries.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
TRASH
All nonputrescible solid waste.
All residents who use the Town transfer station shall, prior to using
the facility, separate from their garbage and trash all paper, glass, plastic
and aluminum. All categories of recyclable material, as defined in this article,
shall be disposed of in separate containers that shall be made available at
the transfer station. Once deposited in the containers provided, all recyclable
materials become the property of the Town of Union Vale.
Nothing in this article shall prohibit or prevent any private property owner, tenant or property user from securing a private contract for the removal of garbage and trash, including those items defined as recyclable material in §
188-14.
No person shall take or remove any recyclable material from the Town
of Union Vale transfer station unless authorized to do so by the Town Board
of the Town of Union Vale.
The governing body of the Town of Union Vale may from time to time,
by resolution, promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the provisions
of this article in order to effectuate the purposes hereof.
Any person, firm, business, corporation or other entity who violates
or fails to comply with any provision of this article or any rule or regulation
promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine not to exceed the following amounts for the following offenses:
A. First offense: a fine of not more than $50.
B. Second offense: a fine of not more than $100.
C. Subsequent offenses: a fine of not more than $200 and
denial of access to the transfer station for one year from the date of conviction.
The transfer station attendant and the Town of Union Vale Zoning Enforcement
Officer are hereby authorized to enforce this article and any rules and regulations
established pursuant thereto.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any person using the
transfer station may donate or sell recyclables to any person, partnership,
business, corporation or other entity, whether operating for profit or not
for profit.
[Added 11-20-1989]
A. Compact fees shall be $50 per sticker and $2 per thirty-three-gallon bag.
[Amended 6-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 4-2003]
B. There shall be a fee of $4 (two coupons) for bags over
33 gallons in size.
[Added 2-12-1998]
C. The fee for tires brought to the Recycling Center on
Cleanup Days shall be $2 per tire.
[Added 6-11-1998]
D. Annual permit fees for use of the transfer station by
nonresidents of Union Vale shall be as follows:
[Added 1-7-1999]