No person shall allow, permit or cause to exist any unsanitary or filthy
condition in, on or about any premises owned, used or occupied by said person.
The owner, lessee, tenant or other person having management or control of
or occupying any lot, premises, dwelling or other building in the Town shall
keep the same at all times free and clear of any accumulation of garbage,
refuse or discarded matter of any type except as permitted by this chapter.
No person shall drop, deposit or otherwise dispose of any garbage or
rubbish within the boundaries of any street, road, highway or public place
of said Town or upon any private property adjacent to any such street, road,
highway or public place.
No person shall permit any municipal solid waste to accumulate for a
period of longer than seven days upon property owned or occupied by said person
in the municipality.
A.
Owners and occupiers of residential property are hereby
required to make accumulated municipal solid waste available for collection
as scheduled under the terms hereof.
B.
All municipal solid waste accumulated on any residential
property in the municipality shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of
by the municipality, or by an authorized collector under contract with the
municipality and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C.
All municipal solid waste accumulated on commercial and
institutional properties shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by authorized
collectors licensed by the Town of Boston. In such cases the fee or payment
therefor shall be a matter of private agreement between the owners and occupiers
and the collector. When approved by the Town Board, owners of nonresidential
properties may collect, convey and dispose of privately generated municipal
solid waste by their own containers and/or trucks, provided that they comply
with the provisions of this chapter applicable thereto and to the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect and dispose
of municipal solid waste within the Town of Boston except as provided for
in this chapter.
A.
All containers or receptacles used for storing garbage
or refuse shall be of such material and so constructed as to withstand the
use for which they are intended without breaking or collapsing.
(1)
Garbage shall be stored in covered watertight metal,
plastic or vinyl containers designed for that purpose or in disposable plastic
bags, securely tied or fastened.
(2)
Garbage and refuse shall be placed at the pavement line
for collection no more than 24 hours before scheduled collection. All empty
containers and receptacles shall be removed on the day of collection.
B.
Portable transfer containers, commonly referred to as
"dumpsters" and designed to be transported by motor vehicles, may be used
for the outdoor storage of garbage and refuse on premises occupied for business,
commercial, industrial, institutional and apartment uses. Such containers
shall be emptied or replaced whenever full and, in any event, at least once
weekly if they contain garbage.
It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other
person having control or management of any building in the Town to locate
any portable transfer container at least as far to the rear as the rear line
of the principal building on the premises, but under no circumstances shall
such transfer container be placed closer than 25 feet to any occupied resident
dwelling.
The Town Board may by resolution designate days for special refuse collection
for the Town residents to dispose of such accumulated municipal solid waste
as the Town Board may from time to time designate. Such days are established
for the disposal of designated items only as may be set forth in the Town
Board resolution.
A.
Prior to initial collection and transport of municipal
solid waste, source separation shall be required for each and every person
or party discarding municipal solid waste and/or recyclable materials. Recyclable
materials shall not be commingled with other solid waste during collection,
transportation or storage following collection.
B.
Collectors collecting residential, commercial and/or
institutional municipal solid waste generated within the Town of Boston shall
refuse to collect municipal solid waste from any person or party who has clearly
failed to source-separate the recyclable materials and/or who has not properly
prepared the recyclable materials to the specifications of the collector and/or
the Town of Boston. A written explanation shall be provided to the person
or party for the reason of refusal for collection of the materials by the
collector.
