[Adopted 3-12-1964 by Ord. No. 10]
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
It is hereby determined by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, that the existing Town dump is adequate in size to provide for the disposal of rubbish of residents or taxpayers of the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls but is not adequate for the disposal of rubbish from areas outside of the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls and that, for the protection of residents of the Town of Queensbury, the use of the dump must be restricted to residents and taxpayers of the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls. It is further determined that, to protect the persons and property of residents in the area of the dump, it is necessary to prevent fires and to control rodents at the dump and, to accomplish this purpose, that the dump be placed under the direct supervision of the Landfill Superintendent and that the use of the dump by rubbish collectors be controlled.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
RESIDENTS
Persons who live in the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls, whether or not they are the owners of real property.
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
RUBBISH COLLECTOR
A person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of picking up rubbish at homes and places of business and hauling the same by truck or other conveyance to the Town dump.
TAXPAYERS
Persons, firms or corporations who or which own real property in the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls on which taxes are paid to the Town of Queensbury or City of Glens Falls, whether or not such person or any partner of a firm or officer, director or stockholder of a corporation actually lives in the Town of Queensbury or City of Glens Falls.
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
The Town dump shall be under the control of the Town Landfill Superintendent, and no person entitled to use the Town dump shall place or dispose of rubbish at the Town dump except in the places designated by the Town Landfill Superintendent and in the manner required by the Town Landfill Superintendent or his duly authorized employees. Any person who shall refuse to comply with the directions of the Town Landfill Superintendent or his duly authorized employees relating to the places and manner of disposal of rubbish at the Town dump shall be deprived of the right to dispose of rubbish at the Town dump.
[Amended 4-15-1971; 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
A. 
No person engaged in the business of collection of rubbish shall dispose of rubbish at the Town dump except rubbish collected in the Town of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls, and all trucks or vehicles used to transport rubbish shall be covered by a tarpaulin or other secure cover to prevent littering. Those persons engaged in the business of collecting and disposing of cesspool contents and sewage shall transport said material in a watertight container equipped with drainage hoses and, when using the Town dump, will dispose of said material only in exact locations designated by the attendant on duty.
B. 
No person licensed as a commercial hauler shall use the Town dump on Sundays unless prior authorization is received from the Landfill Superintendent.
[Amended 4-15-1971; 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
A. 
No person shall collect rubbish and sewage in the Town of Queensbury or City of Glens Falls for disposal at the Town dump unless such person shall possess a license issued by the Town Clerk which shall be valid for the calendar year for which such license is issued.
B. 
The annual license fee for commercial haulers shall be $100 per truck and further amendments to the annual fees for such license shall be established by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury by resolution following a public hearing thereon after notice of the same in the official Town newspaper, which notice shall also indicate the proposed fees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
C. 
These fees shall be paid to the Town Clerk at the time the license is issued. The Town Clerk shall also issue to the person so licensed a yearly license.
D. 
The City of Glens Falls shall be relieved from the payment of the above-referenced fees, and only vehicles owned and operated by said city shall be allowed to dump at the landfill without payment of the required fee.
[Added 7-22-1991]
A. 
The provisions of this article which restrict or limit disposal of solid waste at the Town of Queensbury Ridge Road landfill to that solid waste originating from residents, businesses or other sources within the boundaries of the Town of Queensbury shall not be applicable in the event that:
(1) 
The Town of Queensbury Ridge Road landfill is authorized by the Department of Environmental Conservation to temporarily serve as the consolidated landfill for all Towns located in the County of Warren.
(2) 
Recycling programs are implemented by the Town of Queensbury.
(3) 
Landfill user agreements are entered into among the Town of Queensbury and all Towns using the landfill concerning, among other things, the mandatory requirement that recycling measures be taken to limit the amount of waste disposed of at the Town of Queensbury landfill.
B. 
In this event, no person, firm or corporation or other business entity shall be fined or in any fashion penalized for the disposal of solid waste at said Town of Queensbury landfill originating from within the County of Warren. Also, in such event, no person, firm or corporation shall dispose, leave or cause to be placed at the Town of Queensbury sanitary landfill on Ridge Road garbage or any form of solid waste regulated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which garbage or solid waste originates outside the boundaries of the County of Warren.
[Added 2-1-1993 by L.L. No. 5-1993]
A. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the provisions of this article which restrict or limit disposal of solid waste at the Town of Queensbury Ridge Road Landfill to that solid waste originating from residents, businesses or other sources within the boundaries of the Town of Queensbury or the City of Glens Falls or outside the Town of Queensbury but within the County of Warren under circumstances involving the use of the landfill as a temporary consolidated landfill shall not be applicable to solid waste originating outside of the Town of Queensbury and/or the County of Warren which is classified or known as "construction and demolition debris," as defined by the Department of Environmental Conservation regulations, paper sludge and/or Adirondack Resource Recovery Facility ash which will be subsequently processed into Rolite; brought into the Town of Queensbury for the purpose of disposition at said Town of Queensbury Landfill for grading, filling and leveling the landfill and for uses as gas venting material or barrier protection material purposes; and brought into or disposed of at said landfill in accordance with a written agreement and upon such payment or consideration and other terms or provisions as shall be approved by the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury as demonstrated by the adoption of an authorizing resolution adopted by majority vote.
B. 
In accordance with the provisions of Subsection A hereof, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury may arrange for acceptance and disposal of paper mill sludge; ash from the Adirondack Resource Recovery Facility, which will be subsequently processed into Rolite; and/or construction and demolition debris, as defined by Department of Environmental Conservation regulations, all materials originating or being allowed to originate from outside the Town of Queensbury and the County of Warren.
[Amended 5-24-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
A. 
A rubbish collector collecting rubbish in the Town of Queensbury or City of Glens Falls for disposal at the Town dump without a license as provided by this article shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person convicted of a violation of this article shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 
Any person who shall be licensed to collect rubbish for disposal in the Town dump and who shall bring to the Town dump for disposal rubbish collected outside of the Town of Queensbury or City of Glens Falls, shall be subject to the penalty of the revocation of his license for the year to which the same was issued. Licenses shall be revoked for cause by resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Town Board.