[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ossining 8-19-1975
as Ord. No. 86. Section 165-6 amended during codification;
see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the disposal of all solid
waste generated in this municipality in compliance with federal and state
standards for the control of air, water and ground pollution through participation
in the Plan for Solid Waste Management in Westchester County, New York, dated
May 7, 1974, adopted by the Westchester County Board of Legislators by Resolution
No. 162-1974.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any person duly licensed or authorized to engage in, or
who engages in, the business of collecting, storing, transporting and disposing
of solid waste as defined above.
A Plan for Solid Waste Management in Westchester County, New York,
dated May 7, 1974.
Includes all manner of useless or unwanted or discarded solid or
semisolid nontoxic, domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional, construction
and demolition waste materials, except hazardous, toxic, chemical, human or
rendering wastes.
Includes any fixed facility that is established, maintained and operated,
either as its primary function or in support of some other facility or operation,
for the transfer, treatment, disposal or salvage of solid waste. It includes,
but is not limited to, any facility that is established for the purpose of
transferring, bailing, composting, incinerating, recycling, separating, salvaging,
shredding or landfilling any solid waste, or any combination of functions
thereof, including stationary compactors located at points of collection.
This municipality shall deliver or cause to be delivered to a solid
waste facility or facilities designated by Westchester County and licensed,
operated or approved by Westchester County all solid waste collected or caused
to be collected within the boundaries of this municipality, subject to such
restrictions as may be required by the county in conformity with the plan
as set forth in Resolution No. 162-1974 of the County Board of Legislators,
except that bona fide recycling or resource recovery programs or drives within
this municipality and operated or licensed by it may be exempted from this
section with the approval of Westchester County.
In consideration of the assumption by Westchester County of responsibility
for the disposal of all solid waste collected in this municipality in compliance
with federal and state standards for the control of ground, air and water
pollution, this municipality agrees to refrain from exercising its powers
to impose licensing requirements for collectors of solid waste at such time
as Westchester County shall adopt requirements for the licensing and regulation
of said collectors on a county-wide basis.
Recognizing that the plan offers the most efficient and least costly
method of solid waste disposal in compliance with federal and state standards
for the control of air, ground and water pollution, this municipality agrees
to pay all reasonable fees set by Westchester County for the disposal of solid
waste at the designated point of transfer to the county facility.
This chapter shall take effect immediately, except that §§ 165-4 and 165-6 shall take effect on the date set by Westchester County for the assumption by Westchester County of total responsibility for the disposal, in accordance with the plan, of all solid waste collected in this municipality and upon 60 days' prior written notice by the county to this municipality.
