[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of Cuba Village as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-20-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
The purpose of this article is to authorize
regulation of garbage, trash, refuse and recycling collection material
within the Village of Cuba Village.
As used herein, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Items such as household appliances and furniture, but only
includes such items which are of sufficient weight to be picked up
and disposed of by two individuals.
Wood pulp-base material which is usually smooth on both sides
with a corrugated center. It shall also mean boxboard or paperboard
having the same material characteristics as "cardboard," but without
a corrugated center. It shall not mean wax-coated or glossy or soiled
cardboard. This includes brown paper bags.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
All clear (flint), green and brown (amber) colored glass
containers. It shall not mean mirrors, auto glass, milk-white glass,
window glass, light bulbs, cookware, pyrex, crystal or ceramics.
Newsprint and all newspapers and newspaper advertisements,
supplements, comics, enclosures, magazines, lined paper, computer
paper, copy paper, and junk mail.
[Added 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009[1]]
Containers composed of high-density polyethylenes, polyethylene
terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride or other specific plastics, not
including Styrofoam, that formerly contained the following in pourable
form: food, food products, beverages, household cleaners or detergents,
personal care products, automobile fluids or shop or garden supplies.
It shall not mean hard plastic containers or items, toys or dolls.
Includes clear, brown and green glass, tin cans, cardboard,
newspaper and plastic and all other items required to be recycled
by Allegany County.
Includes but shall not be limited to garbage, burnable and
nonburnable rubbish, refuse, glass, wastepaper, rags and scrap wood,
but shall exclude and not include dead animals, fecal matter, explosives,
volatile or flammable liquids, tires, batteries, waste oil and any
other material, substance or article which is not acceptable at Allegany
County waste transfer stations for collection purposes by the County
of Allegany.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed the former definition
of "newspapers," which immediately followed this definition.
The Village of Cuba Village Superintendent of
Public Works is hereby granted the authority to promulgate, amend,
change and establish rules and regulations controlling, regulating
or limiting the collection of refuse, trash and garbage, bulk items
and recyclables within the limits of the Village of Cuba Village as
he/she may deem necessary and reasonable from time to time. Whenever
the Village of Cuba Village Superintendent of Public Works shall promulgate,
amend or change any such rules and regulations, he/she shall first
publish a notice of such rule, regulation or requirement in the official
newspaper of the Village of Cuba Village, which publication shall
be at least five days before its effective date, and shall post such
regulation upon the official bulletin board of the Village of Cuba
Village and shall file such rule, regulation or requirement with the
Village of Cuba Village Clerk. After the enactment of such rule, regulation
or requirement by the Village of Cuba Village Superintendent of Public
Works, all refuse, trash, garbage, bulk items and recyclable collection
within the Village of Cuba Village shall comply with all such rules,
regulations, amendments and requirements as amended from time to time.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009; 11-12-2013 by L.L. No.
4-2013; 8-10-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020; 12-12-2022]
A.Â
Each household is limited to three thirty- to thirty-two-gallon containers
(50 pounds each maximum). Note: Approved containers shall be provided
by the property owner, as required by § 308.3.1 of the International
Property Maintenance Code adopted by New York State:
B.Â
Building owner(s) must make arrangements to dispose of furniture,
electronics, etc. Such material left curbside will NOT be collected.
C.Â
Large quantities of construction debris shall be removed from the
site by the building owner or contractor and disposed of in conformance
with all applicable laws and regulations.
D.Â
No electronic items (computers, monitors, TVs, printers, etc.) will
be picked up. The owner/tenant is responsible for such disposal in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
E.Â
Any apartment building that has more than five units is not included
in the Village contract and the owner must make arrangements for refuse
and recycling collection from the building in conformance with all
applicable laws and regulations.
F.Â
Any business that generates more than three thirty- to thirty-two-gallon
containers of solid waste as specified above is not included in the
Village contract and must make arrangements for refuse and recycling
collection from the building in conformance with all applicable laws
and regulations.
A.Â
Any person, corporation or entity who leaves garbage,
trash, refuse or recyclable material or any other materials for collection
by the Village of Cuba Village which shall be in violation of this
Article or any rule, regulation or requirement promulgated in the
future by the Village of Cuba Village Superintendent of Public Works
shall not be collected by the Village of Cuba Village, and it shall
be the responsibility of the person, corporation or entity so leaving
such material for collection by the Village of Cuba Village to properly
dispose of such material in compliance with all rules, regulations
and requirements of the Village of Cuba Village or any other regulating
governing body for the proper disposal of such materials.
B.Â
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not
exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Added 5-11-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009]
Bringing any garbage, refuse or trash of any kind into the Village and leaving same for disposal, by any person, is a violation of the Solid Waste Law and penalized according to § 170-5.
