This article shall be known as the "Refuse Disposal
Law of the Town of New Berlin."
This article is adopted for the purpose of promoting
the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Town of
New Berlin, including the protection and preservation of property
of the Town and its inhabitants in all matters related thereto, by
controlling the storage, collection and disposal of refuse within
the Town of New Berlin.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
All decayable wastes, except sewage and body wastes, including
vegetable and animal offal and carcasses of dead animals, and shall
include all such substances accumulated on or removed from all public
and private establishments and properties, including residences.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation,
association, society or group.
REFUSE
Includes rubbish, garbage and trash and any other similar
materials.
REFUSE COLLECTOR
Includes any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity
carrying on the business of receiving, collecting, transporting or
disposing of garbage, rubbish, trash or other wastes for hire and/or
salvage within the Town of New Berlin.
RUBBISH
General, dry materials produced routinely by household, commercial
or industrial establishments, such as paper, cans, bottles and other
containers and ashes and any other similar materials.
TRASH
Includes brushes, branches, Christmas trees, lawn rakings
and similar waste materials, bulky objects, such as discarded household
appliances or equipment or furniture, and building demolition and
construction wastes.
Every owner, lessee or occupant of any building,
premises or place of business within the Town of New Berlin shall
provide or cause to be provided at all times suitable and sufficient
receptacles for receiving and containing garbage, rubbish or refuse
that may accumulate or be used upon said premises.
No person shall throw, deposit, burn or cause
to be thrown, deposited or burned any refuse, garbage, trash, rubbish
or leaves in or upon any public highway, street or place, including
drainage ditches, or any other property not owned by said person within
the Town of New Berlin except on premises owned and operated by the
Chenango County Refuse District and, in that event, only at such times
and in such manner as the regulations of said district may from time
to time provide.
No person shall transport in any unenclosed
vehicle any trash, rubbish or refuse unless the same is placed in
securely covered containers.
A refuse collector shall include any person,
firm, corporation or other legal entity carrying on the business of
receiving, collecting, transporting or disposing of garbage, rubbish,
trash or other wastes for hire and/or salvage within the Town of New
Berlin.
It shall be the responsibility of the Town Board
or its duly authorized agents to enforce the provisions of this article.
Any person who violates this article shall be
guilty of an offense and subject to a fine of not more than $100 or
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.