[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lake George 1-10-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Organic waste of meat, bones, fish, fruit, vegetables or
any animal or vegetable matter, including cans or containers and packages
that have contained food materials.
[Amended 9-21-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
The throwing or depositing on any public or private lands
of any refuse, trash, garbage, rubbish, paper or other offensive materials.
Cardboard, wood, tree branches or clippings.
Inorganic waste such as bottles, glass, crockery, metals
or other noncombustible matter, including grass clippings and leaves.
Paper, wood, leather, cloth, plastic or other combustible
matter.
Grass clippings, leaves, cuttings and other debris from shrubs,
hedges, tree branches less than three inches in diameter and four
feet in length, and other vegetation. "Yard waste" shall not be construed
to include garbage, recyclable material, construction and demolition
debris, or sod or soil.
[Added 9-21-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
It shall be unlawful for any person to litter
or to dump, deposit or permit to be deposited upon any public or private
property or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place
in the Village of Lake George any garbage, rubbish or other objectionable
waste, except as hereinafter provided.
No person or persons shall dump or deposit any
garbage, rubbish or other objectionable waste elsewhere than at the
municipal landfill site operated by the Town of Lake George.
[Amended 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 9-21-1998 by L.L. No.
9-1998; 7-16-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001]
A.
Grass, leaves and other yard waste shall be placed
in biodegradable paper bags approved for such use by the Village of
Lake George. Such bags shall be placed at curbside during any appropriate
days, except as otherwise noted: during annual designated cleanup
days, at which time yard waste and wood branches no longer than three
feet in length and one inch in diameter may be placed in bulk at curbside
for pickup.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person other than authorized
Village employees to disturb, remove or willfully and maliciously
tip over and spill the contents of plastic bags, paper bags or waste
receptacles.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prohibit the dumping of dirt, sand, gravel, ashes, stones, slate,
blacktop or other suitable fill material, provided that permission
has been obtained from the Director of Public Works, who shall designate
the disposal location.
A.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit
the dumping of dirt, sand, gravel, ashes, stones, slate, blacktop
or other suitable fill materials to be disposed of in places at the
request of the owner or owners thereof.
B.
It shall be unlawful to dispose of any organic materials,
paper or paper by-products, plastic, wood, rubber tires or branches
on private property.
C.
Such private disposal must be properly leveled within
seven days of the disposal date, and the owner or owners shall not
permit same to become a nuisance or annoyance to adjoining owner or
owners.
A.
No mixed refuse, garbage, rubbish, bottles, cans,
paper, slops, swill or accumulations of any substance, liquid or solid,
or anything that is or may become a breeding place for flies or mosquitoes
or that may in any way become a nuisance or that may be or become
detrimental to health shall be thrown or deposited in any yard, garden
or within or upon any structure within the limits of the Village of
Lake George unless same is contained in a proper receptacle.
B.
No garbage or refuse of any kind which is or may become
a breeding place for flies or mosquitoes or which may become a nuisance
or detrimental to health shall be allowed to accumulate for a period
of more than seven days in or upon any structure or on any property,
public or private, within the Village.
C.
Where containers
are stored within 25 feet of the public right-of-way, they shall be
suitably fenced from public view or enclosed.
[Added 6-15-2009 by L.L.
No. 5-2009]
[Amended 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
At least once in each calendar year, the Village
may designate a cleanup week and give notice thereof in the official
newspaper to residents of the Village. At the time specified in said
notice, it shall be the owner's or occupant's responsibility, as the
case may be, to place acceptable items between the sidewalk and curb
or in the front yard of the premises from which garbage, refuse and
rubbish is being collected. Such acceptable items shall be neatly
piled or stacked. Between the time when the owner or occupant places
the acceptable items for collection and the actual collection, said
owner shall be charged with the responsibility of discouraging scavenger
operations of said volume to be collected.
A.
All establishments selling food and/or drinks for
consumption on or off the premises shall provide the following minimum
facilities for storage of waste material:
(1)
All organic waste shall be placed in waterproof containers
and shall be covered at all times, except when inserting and dumping
refuse.
(2)
Such containers shall be kept and maintained in a
clean and sanitary condition and in good repair with operating lids.
(3)
Only bulk refuse, inorganic material and other items
that cannot be placed in the container may be stored outside. These
items must be stacked or stored within a screened enclosure and must
be secure from wind, rain and other deteriorating elements.
B.
No refuse is to remain in any container for a period
of longer than five days.
C.
Where containers are stored within 15 feet of a public
right-of-way, they shall be suitably screened from public view or
enclosed.
The Village shall have the right to order removal
of offensive rubbish, garbage or debris stored or existing in violation
of this chapter from the private property and to charge the property
owner the costs for such removal upon the following:
[Added 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992[1]]
No garbage or refuse of any kind incidental
to the operation of any residence or commercial establishment may
be deposited in any trash receptacle placed upon the public street
by the Village of Lake George.
[Amended 5-18-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992 ; 9-21-1998 by L.L. No.
9-1998]
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.
