[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Esopus as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-12-1980 by L.L. No. 13-1980]
This article shall be cited and shall be referred to hereinafter as
the "Rules and Regulations of the Sanitary Landfill."
The Town Board of the Town of Esopus finds it necessary to the preservation
of the health, safety, good conduct and appearance of the town and the convenience
and financial well-being of the citizenry to regulate the use of the sanitary
landfill. These rules and regulations are intended to maintain prompt, efficient,
clean and courteous service in the use of the sanitary landfill.
For the purpose of this article, the terms, phrases and words used herein
shall have the meanings ordinarily given thereto or as defined in the New
York State Sanitary Code and the Ulster County Sanitary Code. They shall be
given the construction provided for in the General Construction Law of the
State of New York.
The sanitary landfill shall be open on such days and times as the Town
Board shall provide by resolution, which dates and times shall be posted at
the entrance to the sanitary landfill. No person shall deposit waste, garbage
or refuse at any other day or time than as provided herein.
Only that refuse, garbage and waste as is accumulated in the Town of
Esopus shall be accepted. No such waste shall be accepted which contains burning
or smoldering substances, and no such waste shall be deposited at the landfill.
No person, firm or corporation shall carry or leave or cause to be carried
or left upon the sanitary landfill any automobile, vehicle, machine, appliance
or other article or any part thereof, unless the same shall have been dismantled
and the body thereof so cut and flattened out as to permit the same to occupy
a minimum of space.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited any garbage or rubbish
or any substance of any kind upon the dumping grounds, except at the places
and in the manner directed by the person in charge of the premises under authority
of the Town Board, whether such direction is given personally or by another
person by his authority or by sign or signs erected upon the premises by authority
of the Town Board of the Town of Esopus.
[Added 5-12-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993]
No person, firm or corporation shall carry or leave or cause to be carried
or left upon the sanitary landfill any garbage or rubbish originating or collected
outside the territorial limits of Ulster County, New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 92-8, Deposit of materials
from outside of town prohibited, was repealed 5-12-1993 by L.L. No. 3-1993.
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited
any garbage, rubbish or abandoned vehicles or parts thereof in or upon any
public highway, street or place within the Town of Esopus except upon the
dumping grounds aforesaid pursuant to the regulations thereof.
A.
[1]No person, firm or corporation who is not a resident of the County
of Ulster or who has not secured permission to do the same shall deposit waste
of any kind at the landfill.
[Added 5-12-1993 by L.L. No. 6-1993]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A, which provided that residency
is required to deposit, was repealed 5-12-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993.
B.
No person shall deposit waste at the landfill without
first having received an identification sticker from the Town Clerk. In lieu
of such sticker, proper proof of residency must be shown.
C.
The Town Board may hereafter provide by resolution for
rates to be charged for vehicle loads or wastes deposited in the sanitary
landfill, and no person shall deposit waste in the landfill without paying
the Town Clerk or the landfill operator for such load or loads.
[Amended 6-11-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
No person shall deposit waste in the sanitary landfill, except in conformity
with these rules and regulations, and no person shall engage in conduct adversely
affecting the quiet, efficient operation of the landfill.
The Town Board shall appoint a landfill custodian and such assistant
custodians as may be necessary to the operation of the landfill. The Town
Board may make such rules and regulations which are not inconsistent with
these and which are necessary to the efficient operation of the landfill.
Such rules shall be posted at the entrance to the landfill, and the Town Board
shall provide a copy of the same to the Town Clerk, who shall maintain them
in the Town Clerk's files. The landfill custodian, in addition to any
other remedies he may have by these regulations and at law, may exclude any
person from the use of the landfill who has violated the law or these regulations
or whose intention it is, in the opinion of the custodian, to violate these
regulations or other applicable laws.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of these rules and
regulations or those promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a violation
and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250
for each such offense. Each offense shall constitute a separate violation
and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed or interpreted
to mean that the town is a party to any contract for refuse removal.
[Adopted 3-14-1990[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This resolution also provided that its provisions
shall apply to both refuse collectors and individuals.
A.
Hours.
(1)
Individual residents of the town can use the landfill
during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each day, except Sunday and Wednesday
and holidays, with the proper identification car sticker affixed to the side
window on the driver's side only.
(2)
The landfill will be closed on Wednesdays and Sundays
and all holidays.
B.
Commercial and residential persons may bring refuse only
from the Town of Esopus.
C.
Residential landfill fees are $20 per year per vehicle
and $10 per year per vehicle for senior citizens (60 years of age and older).
Additional fees include:
[Amended 2-28-1991]
D.
All refuse collectors are to be licensed.
E.
Commercial/residential carter fees include $1,000 per
vehicle, plus the standard tipping fee of $42 per ton.
G.
Contractor construction and demolition (Town of Esopus
sites only) fees shall be $30 for a thirty-day permit, plus tipping fee.
[Amended 2-28-1991]
H.
The unit tipping fee shall be $42 per ton.
I.
Five-gallon containers and up are required to have one
end removed and to be cleaned.
J.
No batteries are allowed.
K.
No chemicals, acids or gunpowder is permitted.
L.
Metals, wire and plastic tubing must be separated.
M.
No industrial waste, farm or poultry waste, toxic or
flammable materials are allowed.
N.
No charge for brush. Logs must he no longer than four
feet in diameter. No stumps are allowed.
