City of Jamestown, NY Recycling

It is the goal of the City of Jamestown to facilitate the collection and disposal of solid waste generated by the residents of the City of Jamestown in the most economical and environmentally acceptable manner, to reduce the total amount of solid waste disposed of by the residents of the City of Jamestown, to encourage all residents to recycle reusable materials, to protect the environment and to provide for the general health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Jamestown and the environment thereof. The City Council of the City of Jamestown accordingly adopts this chapter in order to provide for the public health, safety and welfare and to facilitate the conservation of vital natural resources.

§ 224-2 Definitions and word usage.

For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases shall be construed herein as set forth in this section unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended. When not inconsistent with the context, the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall include the singular and vice versa. A masculine pronoun shall include the feminine, and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning indicated.

CARDBOARD

A thick corrugated paperboard, including corrugated boxes and cartons and similar corrugated materials.

DWELLING UNIT

A one or more rooms designed for occupancy by one family for living and sleeping purposes.[1]

HAZARDOUS WASTE

Waste defined in § 27-0903 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, and at Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6903, and the regulations thereunder.

METAL CANS

Food and beverage containers made entirely of metal to which there may be added paper or plastic labels.

NEWSPAPERS

A paper product printed on newsprint, including all newspaper, newspaper advertisements and comics, but excluding magazines, telephone books or other advertising material printed on glossy or slick papers, including such advertising material printed on glossy or slick paper which is enclosed with newspapers.

PRIVATE HAULER

A person, firm or corporation providing to residents the service of collecting and disposing of solid waste and/or recyclables to residents who do not for whatever reason receive the solid waste collection and disposal services of the City of Jamestown.

RECYCLABLES

Solid waste consisting of cardboard, newspapers, metal cans and soft plastic, together with such other materials as may from time to time be designated by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities and approved by the Jamestown City Council.

[Amended 2-27-2017; 12-28-2020]

RESIDENCE

A building or parcel of land containing dwelling units.

RESIDENT

A person residing in a residence.

SOFT PLASTIC

Containers consisting of the type of plastic upon the bottom or some other part of which there is embossed a universal recycling symbol as determined by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, but excluding the caps or lids of such containers; also, milk containers made of plastic regardless of whether embossed with the universal recycling symbol and such other food and beverage containers as may from time to time be designated by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, but excluding the caps or lids of such milk containers or other containers.

[Amended 8-13-1990; 2-27-2017]

SOLID WASTE

Putrescible substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess by the owners at the time of such discard or rejection, organic waste material, both animal and vegetable, waste material, both animal and vegetable, and wastepaper, but excluding white goods, tires, hazards waste, building materials, trees, tree parts, shrubs, grass clippings and related yard waste, commercial waste, construction and demolition debris, furniture and all other materials and substances which are not accepted by the Chautauqua County Landfill for disposal.

WHITE GOODS

Household mechanisms, including but not limited to televisions, air conditioners, refrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves, lawn mowers and other large and/or bulky items.

[1]

Editor's Note: The former definition of "glass," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-28-2020.

§ 224-3 Separation required.

It shall be the duty and responsibility of all persons who are residents of the City of Jamestown to separate recyclables from all residential solid waste whether such persons receive the solid waste collection and disposal services of the City of Jamestown or such persons dispose of solid waste by private hauler or any other lawfully accepted method of solid waste disposal.

§ 224-4 City collection and disposal; placement at curb.

It shall be the duty and responsibility of all persons residing in the City of Jamestown who receive the solid waste collection and disposal services of the City of Jamestown to separate recyclables from all residential solid waste and place such recyclables out for collection in the following manner:

Newspapers, cardboard, boxboard, paper, plastic, and metal (aluminum, tin) shall be placed in the appropriate recycling container approved by the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Cardboard boxes and other cardboard containers shall be flattened prior to placement in the appropriate recycling container approved by the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities.

[Amended 8-13-1990; 2-27-2017; 12-28-2020]

Prior to placement for collection and removal, newspapers and cardboard shall be free of staples, and soft plastic and metal cans shall be cleaned and the contents removed therefrom. Caps and lids shall be removed from all soft plastic recyclables. Metal cans shall be flattened whenever possible.

[Amended 2-27-2017; 12-28-2020]

Recyclables for collection by the City of Jamestown shall be placed at curbside on the day of the week specified by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Cardboard and newspapers, soft plastics, and metal cans shall be collected on separate weeks in accord with a schedule designated by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Recyclables placed for collection shall be collected on the same day of the week designated by the General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities for the collection of solid waste.

[Amended 8-13-1990; 2-27-2017; 12-28-2020]

No person shall place any solid waste or recyclables at curbside for collection earlier than 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to the appointed day for the pickup of said solid waste and recyclables by the City of Jamestown.

[Amended 8-13-1990; 12-28-2020]

Recyclables shall not be placed or mixed in the same container or otherwise commingled with other forms of solid waste.

Ownership of recyclables set out for collection shall thereupon vest with the City of Jamestown. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a person authorized by the City of Jamestown to collect, remove or dispose of recyclables, the ownership of which has vested with the City of Jamestown as herein provided.

[Amended 2-27-2017]

The General Manager of the City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is hereby empowered to designate the day of the week on which solid waste and particular recyclables will be collected and removed from a particular area.

[Amended 2-27-2017]

No person shall put out for collection and disposal any hazardous waste, nor shall any person commingle with any solid waste or recyclables put out for collection any hazardous waste.

[Amended 2-27-2017]

§ 224-5 Private collection and disposal.

No person receiving solid waste collection and/or disposal services from a private hauler at a residence shall mix or commingle recyclables with solid waste in the same container. All recyclables of such person shall be placed in separate containers from the containers of solid waste of such person for pickup and disposal by a private hauler.

No person receiving solid waste collection and/or disposal services from a private hauler at a residence shall place at curbside or upon any other real property of the City of Jamestown any solid waste, recyclables, white goods or hazardous materials for collection by such private haulers.

No private hauler shall collect from any residence in the City of Jamestown any solid waste in which there is mixed or commingled recyclables in the same container as such solid waste. Such private hauler may, however, collect all recyclables from such residences that are placed in containers separate from containers of solid waste.

§ 224-6 Display of building number.

The owner of a residence shall cause to be displayed on such residence the street number of such residence. Such number shall be of no less than two inches in length and/or width so as to be legible from the curbside of the main entrance on the street upon which such residence is located.

§ 224-7 Penalties for offenses.

[Amended 11-23-2009]

Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation, punishable as follows:

For a first conviction: a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $50.

For a second conviction within one year: a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.

For a third conviction within one year: a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $250.

For a fourth and each subsequent conviction within one year: a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500.