As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
POINT OF ENTRY
That delivery site designated by the County of Putnam or
the Town of Southeast for delivery of solid waste collected in the
Town of Southeast.
SOLID WASTE
Residential, governmental, industrial and/or commercial refuse,
but shall not include the following: human wastes; rendering wastes;
commercially generated construction and/or demolition debris or wastes;
residue from incinerators or other destructive systems for processing
waste, other than now-existing individual building incinerators whose
residue is presently collected as part of normal municipal collections;
junked automobiles; or pathological, toxic, explosive or radioactive
material or other hazardous wastes, which, according to existing or
future federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations, require
special handling in their collection and/or disposal.
No person shall engage in or conduct the business
of collecting solid waste within the Town of Southeast or transport
the same through said Town until such person shall apply for and obtain
a license to engage in said business as herein provided.
[Amended 6-16-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
An application for such license shall be made
in writing to the Town Clerk and upon a form prescribed by the Town
Board, together with the sum as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board, which shall constitute the application fee.
[Amended 6-16-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
For each application approved by the Town Board,
the Town Clerk shall issue a permit, to be affixed to the windshield
of each vehicle listed in the application, which shall not be removed
during the year in which the license remains in force. There shall
be a fee per vehicle as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board.
[Amended 6-16-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
A license issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall expire at the end of the calendar year of the date of
issue. Applications for renewal of such license may be filed with
the Town Clerk within 30 days before the expiration of such license,
together with the sum as set forth from time to time by resolution
of the Town Board, which shall constitute the renewal fee therefor.
There shall also be paid an additional sum as set forth from time
to time by resolution of the Town Board for each vehicle.
All vehicles or implements used in connection
with the collection and transportation of solid waste shall be kept
in an inoffensive and sanitary condition and, when not in use, shall
be stored and kept so as not to create a nuisance.
All persons licensed to collect solid waste
and to transport the same shall at all times comply with the requirements
of all laws and of all rules and regulations of any state, county
and Town department or bureau thereof having jurisdiction.
Any license issued under this chapter may be
revoked by the Town Board if it is found, after a public hearing,
that the holder of such license has violated any provision of this
chapter or that the required insurance is not in force or that the
holder of such license has disposed of solid waste collected within
the Town of Southeast other than at the point of entry designated
by the County of Putnam, if a point of entry has been established,
or at a disposal site not approved by the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, or that the holder of such license
has unlawfully disposed of solid waste collected outside of the Town
at a facility open only for the disposal of such solid waste collected
within the Town or county. Such hearing shall be held after a written
notice of the same is given to the licensee at least five days before
such hearing and directed to the last known address of said licensee.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to one not regularly engaged in the business of the collection of
household, industrial or commercial solid waste.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Southeast
Code Enforcement Officer so designated by the Town Board or by the
New York State Police or Putnam County Sheriff or any other duly designated
law enforcement officer.