As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ASHES
The residue of the combustion of solid fuels, such as wood, coal,
coke, charcoal or like substances.
GARBAGE
Includes all putrescible wastes, except sewage, body wastes and recognized
industrial by-products, and generally shall consist of wastes, animal, fowl,
fish, fruit or vegetables, made and produced from or resulting from the growth,
processing, use or storage of food for human consumption and includes spoiled
foods and dead animals.
PERSON
Includes an individual, partnership, corporation (municipal, private
or otherwise), unincorporated association, firm, club or society of persons.
The singular designation shall hereby include the plural, and the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter.
REFUSE
Includes all nonputrescible wastes, except recognized industrial
by-products, and generally shall consist of relatively dry miscellaneous materials
comprising paper, rags, excelsior, straw, cardboard, leather, rubber, soil,
sweepings from buildings, mill screenings, tree trimmings, shrubbery, leaves,
grass, trees and other discarded articles of similar nature, including tin
cans, tinware, glass, metal products, auto parts, pipes, metallic substances,
bottles, glassware, pottery, tile, earthenware and like materials.
Bringing into the Town of Riga any garbage, ashes, refuse or waste materials
of any kind for the purpose of depositing or disposing of the same within
the Town of Riga, including an established town filling area, is hereby prohibited,
unless a permit for disposing of the same in an established town filling area
is obtained by another municipality and granted to said municipality by the
Town of Riga knowing the composition of the materials being disposed of.
The Town Board of the Town of Riga may, by resolution and New York State
Department of Conservation approval, establish an official town filling area
at such place or places as shall from time to time be determined.
Any person not a resident of the Town of Riga shall not deposit materials
of any kind on the premises designated as a town filling area in the Town
of Riga. Use by other municipalities can be granted by resolution by the Town
Board. Nonresident contractors may be granted a permit if materials being
disposed of originate in the Town of Riga.
No person shall deposit, throw or cause to be deposited any substance
of any kind within the town except at the places and in the manner directed
by resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Riga or by a person
in charge of the premises under the authority of the Town Board.
Before any town resident or contractor shall be permitted use of a town
filling area for disposal purposes, a valid permit shall be obtained from
the Town Clerk. The Town Board by resolution may adopt a schedule of fees
for issuance of a permit to any town resident or municipality. The Town Board
may impose such conditions on the permit as it may deem necessary to further
the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town of Riga. The holder
of said permit shall be responsible for displaying said permit upon the request
of any town official or employee who asks that it be produced.
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any conditions
imposed in a permit issued by the Town Clerk or of the resolutions of the
Town Board regulating the town filling area shall subject the violator to
a revocation of the permit and a denial to use any town facility for disposal
purposes. Said violator shall further be subject to any other penalties provided
for in this chapter.