[Adopted 9-21-1953 (Ch. 59 of the 1972 Code); amended in its entirety 6-2-2010 by L.L. No.
3-2010]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED COLLECTORS
Those collectors who are issued a permit by the Village of
East Aurora pursuant to the provisions of this article.
BULK ITEMS
Shall include, but are not limited to, furniture, mattresses
and box springs, carpets, and other large appliances. Refrigerators,
freezers, air conditioners and other appliances shall only be collected
after the units have been modified by the resident to comply with
the latest DEC and EPA regulations.
GARBAGE, REFUSE OR WASTE MATERIAL
Domestic household garbage, rubbish, refuse, plastic containers,
glass, bottles, wastepaper, rags, ashes, plaster, and building materials
(except such building materials as may have been left by a contractor
working on the premises).
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Dead animals, explosives, tires, automotive batteries or
parts, infectious waste, flammable liquids, pesticides, oils, solvents
or other regulated hazardous materials.
NONRESIDENTIAL UNIT
Premises or a portion thereof used for a commercial enterprise
or a governmental use or institutional use.
PERSON
An individual, society, group, firm, partnership, corporation
or association of persons, and the singular number shall include the
plural number. Includes a lessee or other person in possession, as
well as the owner of real estate.
RECEPTACLE
A container of not more than thirty-two-gallon capacity made
of metal or vinyl, which is watertight and provided with a tight-fitting
cover.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Empty glass containers, empty plastic containers, empty cans,
metal and wastepaper (including but not limited to newspapers, magazines,
junk mail). The term shall not include leaves, tree parts, grass clippings
or other yard waste; nor shall it include hazardous or toxic materials.
RECYCLING
The separate collection, processing, recovery and sale of
metals, glass, paper, plastic and other materials which would otherwise
be disposed of as solid waste.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
One or more rooms designed for occupancy by one family for
cooking, living and sleeping purposes.
SOLID WASTE
All decaying and rotting and nondecaying or rotting materials,
including garbage, refuse and other discarded solid materials, including,
but not limited to, solid waste materials resulting from industrial,
commercial and agricultural operations, and from community activities.
Liquids, semisolids and contained gaseous materials are hereby defined
as solid waste. Solid waste shall not include solids or dissolved
material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water
resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial
waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows,
or other common water pollutants. In addition, solid waste shall not
include hazardous waste.
TREE PARTS
Cuttings from shrubs, hedges and trees which are more than
1/2 inch in diameter.
WHITE GOODS
All large and/or bulky metal major appliances used in the
premises.
YARD WASTE
Grass, leaves, cuttings from shrubs, hedges and trees which
are less than 1/2 inch in diameter.
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an authorized
collector with a permit issued by the Village of East Aurora, to collect
and/or dispose of any solid waste or recyclables within the Village
of East Aurora, other than solid wastes and recyclables that are collected
and disposed of by the East Aurora Department of Public Works.
All portions of vehicles and containers used to haul, transport
or dispose of solid waste or recyclable materials, including containers
placed outside the property owned by persons as defined herein, shall
be subject to inspection by the Village of East Aurora to ascertain
compliance with this article.