[Amended 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 5-1983]
This Part 2 shall be known as the "Refuse Disposal and Anti-Littering Law" of the Town of Hamburg.
[Amended 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 5-1983]
This Part 2 is adopted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Town of Hamburg, including the protection and preservation of property of the town and its inhabitants in all matters related thereto by controlling the storage, collection and disposal of refuse and by prohibiting littering within the Town of Hamburg.
As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
All putrescible or decayable wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, and shall include all such substances accumulated on or removed from all public and private establishments and properties, including residences, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, discarded wood or lumber, grass clippings, weeds or leaves and any similar materials.
Same as "refuse."
[Added 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 5-1983]
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporations, association, society or group.
Includes garbage, rubbish and trash and all waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare or to create unsightliness.
[Amended 7-18-1983 by L.L. No. 5-1983]
Includes any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity carrying on the business of receiving, collecting, transporting or disposing of garbage, rubbish, trash or other wastes, for hire and/or salvage within the Town of Hamburg.
General, dry material produced routinely by household, commercial or industrial establishments, such as paper, cans, bottles and other containers and ashes and any other similar materials.
Includes bushes, branches, Christmas trees, lawn rakings and similar waste materials, bulky objects, such as discarded household appliances or equipment or furniture, building demolition and construction wastes.