As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ASHES
All the residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel,
such as wood, coke, charcoal or like substances.
CITY
The City of Schenectady.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste originating in and around commercial establishments,
industrial establishments and institutions.
COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The purposeful, systematic control of the generation, separation,
storage, collection, processing and disposal of commercial and institutional
solid waste.
COMMERCIAL USER
An improved parcel of land which is designed for or occupied
by or for commercial or business use.
CURBSIDE
Beside both the paved public road and the driveway into a
person's property, but not on the paved or traveled portion and not
within the person's property on a private roadway more than five feet
from the edge of the public street.
DEAD ANIMALS
Those that die naturally or from disease or are accidentally
killed. It shall not include condemned animals or parts of animals
from slaughterhouses or similar places (including custom slaughtering
and private residential slaughtering), which are regarded as industrial
wastes.
DUMPSTER
A container which is used for the temporary storage of solid
waste.
GARBAGE
Putrescible solid waste, including animal and vegetable waste
resulting from the handling, selling, preparation, cooking or storing
of foods. Garbage originates primarily in home kitchens, stores, markets,
restaurants, cafeterias and other places where food is stored, prepared
or served. Garbage shall not include yard solid waste.
GLASS
Empty washed jars, bottles and containers of glass with rings
and caps removed. This term may exclude ceramic ware, auto glass,
mirrors, kitchenware, window glass and stained glass.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
A solid waste or combination of solid wastes which, because
of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical, or infectious
characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase
in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating
reversible illness, or pose a substantial present or potential hazard
to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored,
transported, disposed or otherwise managed.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Includes the solid waste that accumulates in or upon the
land used for manufacturing, industrial, wholesale and slaughterhouse
purposes and also includes sludge, chemical and hazardous waste. Such
materials will not be collected by the City of Schenectady.
INSTITUTIONAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste originating in and around tax-exempt hospitals,
not-for profit agencies and residential users, and public and/or private
tax-exempt charitable, educational, philanthropic or religious institutions.
All solid waste from institutions not included in this definition
shall be considered commercial solid waste.
JUNK MAIL
Paper brochures and envelopes including window envelopes,
office paper, FAX paper, letterhead stationary, writing paper and
any paper received in the mail.
LAW
The City of Schenectady's Solid Waste Management and Mandatory
Recycling Law; this article.
LARGE HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
Large and/or bulky articles used in the home and which equip
it for living, including but not limited to chairs, sofas, tables,
beds, mattresses and carpets.
MIXED RESIDENTIAL USE
A structure designed for and consisting of one or more residential
dwelling units and a portion of which is devoted to business, professional
or commercial use.
METAL CANS
Ferrous, nonferrous and composite cans and containers cleaned
of any waste and labels. The term does not include these cans which
are nonrecyclable rubbish.
OCCUPANT
An owner occupying premises which he or see owns or controls
or a tenant or renter of such premises.
OWNER
The owner of premises within the City or another person who
has agreed to be the owner's agent for purposes of fulfilling the
owner's obligations under this article.
PERSON
One or more individuals, a partnership, corporation, firm,
association, trust, estate or governmental entity or any other entity
living within or conducting business within the City.
PLASTICS
Items manufactured from man-made thermoplastic polymers.
The actual kinds of polymeric compounds and/or items and their preparation
shall be set by regulation.
PREMISES/PARCEL
A building or group of buildings constituting a single property
and the lot or parcel of land on which such building or buildings
are located.
PRIVATE HAULER
Any person who removes solid waste from a person's place,
for or not for a fee, with the person's consent.
RECYCLABLE RUBBISH
Those items which are marketable and which may include but
not be limited to metal cans, glass, scrap metal, discarded newspapers,
magazines, corrugated cardboard, plastic, white goods, yard waste
and tires.
RECYCLERS
Those who deal with recyclable materials as collectors, separators
and/or marketers. This term shall include not-for-profit corporations
and charitable corporations which collect recyclables for fundraising
purposes.
REGULATION
Any action or interpretation by the City permitted by this
article.
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste originating in and around residential premises,
including all residential users and such multiple residential, mixed
residential and/or commercial users as may elect and be approved by
the Commissioner to receive City solid waste collection services.
RESIDENTIAL USER
A residential property containing no more than three single-family
living units, which includes a single-family home or apartments, townhouses,
and/or condominiums having not more than three living units.
SANITARY LANDFILL
Land used for the authorized depositing of solid waste by
engineered methods. Sanitary landfill includes a type of operation
in which wastes are deposited in or on land by a plan utilizing the
principles of engineering to confine the waste to the smallest practical
volume, to cover it with a layer of earth at least at the conclusion
of each day's operation and to accomplish all this without creating
nuisances or hazards to public health or safety.
SCAVENGING
The uncontrolled and unauthorized picking, sorting and removal
of solid waste either before, during or following disposal.
SCRAP METALS
One-hundred-percent-metal objects, including but not limited
to desks, bedsprings, bicycle parts, wheels, cast-iron sinks, metal
car parts and other ferrous and nonferrous metals.
SOLID WASTE
Materials or substances which are discharged or rejected
as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess by the owner at the
time of such discard or rejection and shall include garbage, yard
waste, recyclable rubbish, white goods, large household furnishings
and nonrecyclable rubbish generated by any person. The term shall
not include sewage, sludge or liquid-diluted material.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY
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 and/or disposal
of solid waste. It includes but is not limited to any facility that
is established for the purpose of transferring, baling, composting,
incinerating, recycling, shredding or landfilling any solid waste
or any combination of functions thereof.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The separation, as specified in the regulations, of solid
waste into recyclables and nonrecyclables before it is placed for
collection or taken to a recycler for disposal.
SPECIAL WASTES
Hazardous wastes, including but not limited to those wastes
that can cause severe injury or disease during the normal storage,
collection and disposal cycle, including explosives, flammables, pathological
and dangerous chemicals or combinations of chemicals and all hazardous
waste as defined by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation regulations, 6 NYCRR Parts 365 and 366, and all other
related regulations. Such material will not be collected or disposed
of by the City.
WHITE GOODS
Large and/or bulky articles used in the home and which equip
it for living, including but not limited to refrigerators, washers,
dryers, stoves and hot-water heaters ordinarily operated by gas, wood
or electric current.
YARD WASTE
Grass clippings, leaves, cuttings from shrubs, hedges and
trees and garden solid waste. Yard waste shall not include stumps,
large rocks or stones or large quantities of dirt or construction
debris.