[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Oneonta
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-30-1943]
Every owner, lessee or occupant of any building, premises or
place of business shall provide or cause to be provided and at all
times keep suitable and sufficient receptacles for receiving and holding
offal, garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish, contents of any cesspool or
other noxious substances that may accumulate from said building, place
of business or upon said premises or the portion thereof where such
owner, lessee or occupant may reside. No such receptacle shall be
kept on any sidewalk or in any public place longer than may be necessary
for the removal of the contents thereof, and all receptacles designed
for the reception of garbage and other noxious substances shall be
provided with proper covers and all times be kept securely closed.
Unless kept within private grounds of residences and sufficiently
removed from adjoining premises to prevent any offense, the receptacles
herein mentioned shall be kept in such places as the Board may direct.
No vehicle for carrying offal, garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish,
contents of any cesspools or other noxious substances, except when
actually engaged in collecting such materials, shall stand before
any residence, building or place of business; nor shall any such vehicle
occupy an unreasonable length of time in loading or unloading or in
passing along any street or inhabited place. When not in use, all
such vehicles and all implements used in connection therewith shall
be stored and kept in some place where no needless offense shall be
given to the public. All such vehicles and all receptacles thereon
shall be strong and tight, and the sides shall be high above the load
so that no part thereof shall leak or spill.
All such vehicles shall be suitably covered unless the contents
thereof are carried in receptacles therein, in which case such receptacles
shall be suitably covered to prevent the leaking, spilling or blowing
of contents.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 43-4, Collection permits;
annual fee, as amended, was repealed 8-9-1989.
No place shall be used for a dump or dumping ground for offal,
garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish, contents of cesspools or other nauseous
substances unless a permit therefor is first obtained from the Town
Board. Such dump or dumping ground or any other place or method of
disposal of offal, garbage, ashes, refuse, rubbish, contents of cesspools
or other nauseous substances shall be subject to such terms, conditions
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Town Board.
[Amended 1-22-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986]
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense
by a fine of not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 3-14-1990]
The plan for the collection and disposal of waste and recyclable
materials shall be as follows:
A.
All residents, businesses and organizations within the Town of Oneonta
shall use the southern Otsego County Transfer Station, located at
Silas Lane, junction of Route 205 and County Route 48, Oneonta, New
York. All solid waste and recyclable materials shall be delivered
to the aforesaid transfer station. Construction and demolition debris
shall be taken to the landfill designated for that purpose in Fly
Creek, New York.
B.
The Town of Oneonta will not provide curbside collection of solid
waste or recyclables. Town residents will be responsible for contracting
with private haulers or will transport their solid waste and recyclables
personally, consistent with the rules and procedures of the southern
Otsego County Transfer Station.
C.
The disposal of major appliances, mattresses, tires and household
furnishings will be the responsibility of individual residents and
businesses.
D.
The Town of Oneonta will provide periodic advertised collections
of specified green and yard wastes, such as tree branches, brush,
leaves and Christmas trees.
E.
Disposal or dumping of green or yard waste, trees, branches or leaves
in a creek, river, pond or waterway crossing more than one parcel
of land is prohibited.
[Added 12-13-2006 by L.L. No. 11-2006]
[Added 12-13-2006 by L.L. No. 11-2006[1]]
Any person committing an offense against any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense
by a fine of not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or by both a fine and imprisonment.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law provided that § 43-6 be renumbered as § 43-8. However, Arts. I and II were adopted by separate legislation and renumbering § 43-6 to § 43-8 would remove penalties for offenses from Art. I and imply that said penalties are only applicable to Art. II. Since the intent was to apply penalties to both articles, the text from § 43-6 was copied and added as § 43-8.
