By the adoption of this article, the Town Board of the Town
of Collins declares its intent to regulate the operation within the
Town of Collins of land now used or hereafter acquired or leased by
the Town of Collins for the purpose of a transfer station for refuse
disposal and to prohibit the dumping of refuse in this Town except
at such site or sites.
This chapter shall apply to any lands now used or hereafter
acquired or leased by said Town for the purpose of a transfer station
for refuse.
A.
Purpose. The Town transfer station shall be maintained for the use
and benefit of the residential, commercial and institutional entities
within the boundaries of the Town Special Refuse District.
B.
Use by unauthorized persons; penalties. Any person not authorized
to do so, who shall dump any refuse or material of any kind at the
Town of Collins transfer station shall be guilty of a violation.
A.
No person, for the purpose of final disposal thereof, shall throw, deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited, any garbage, trash, or abandoned vehicles, or parts thereof, in or upon any lands within the Town of Collins, except the transfer station described in § 253-5, except household compost piles, disposal of manure in connection with farming operations, and land spreading operations which are operated with a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation, and junkyards with a permit under § 136 of the General Municipal Law.
B.
No person shall leave or deposit any offal, garbage, dead animal,
septic tank contents, refuse or trash of any kind upon any private
property, street, avenue, highway, park or public place within the
Town Special Refuse District, except that households and business
places may place garbage and refuse in proper containers in front
of their premises for collection by authorized collectors.
All garbage and trash transported, brought and/or carried to
the transfer station for refuse of the Town of Collins shall be contained
securely, bundled and battened down or otherwise secured within the
vehicles transporting the same to prevent the accidental discharge
thereof.
A.
Disposal at transfer station. No person shall carry or leave or cause to be carried or left, upon the premises mentioned in § 253-5 of this chapter, any automobile, vehicle, machine, appliance or other article, or any part thereof, except where authorized storage is provided.
B.
Garbage and trash generated from outside of the Town Special Refuse
District is strictly prohibited. Any person found disposing or dumping
in the Town transfer station of garbage and/or trash accumulated beyond
the boundaries of the Town Special Refuse District shall be guilty
of a violation.
C.
Identification stickers required. Persons using the Town transfer
station shall have displayed on their vehicle an identification sticker
issued by the Town Clerk. Proper identification is required to obtain
stickers.
D.
Display of identification sticker. The aforesaid identification sticker
required to be displayed on all vehicles using the Town transfer station
shall be affixed to a window on the driver's side of the vehicle,
and visible to the transfer station attendant.
E.
Restrictions on size of vehicles. Vehicles using the Town transfer
station shall be limited to vehicles not exceeding one-ton gross vehicle
weight rating (GVWR), unless specifically authorized by the Town Board.
F.
Commercial haulers. Authorized collectors, or person hauling refuse
for hire or contractors, are prohibited from using the Town transfer
station and will not be issued permits except by specific authorization
of the Town Board.
G.
Unacceptable materials. The following items or materials will not
be accepted at the Town transfer station:
H.
Days and hours of operation. The days on which the transfer station
shall be open will be set by the Town Board with the hours being posted
at the entrance to the transfer station. The Town Board, at its discretion,
may require different hours or alternate days for use of the transfer
station.
I.
Speed limit. The speed limit on the road to the transfer station
site and within the transfer station site shall be posted at no more
than 15 miles per hour in conspicuous spots on the driveway to the
transfer station.
J.
Compliance with state rules. The transfer station operated under
this chapter shall comply with all rules pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part
360, for solid waste management facilities, unless the regulations
under this chapter are more stringent.
K.
Additional rules and regulations. The Town Board may make such additional
rules or regulations by resolution or local law from time to time
that may be necessary with respect to the operation of the Town transfer
station.
L.
Purchase of garbage bag stickers. All garbage deposited at the Town
transfer station shall be in garbage bags. Each garbage bag must have
affixed to it an appropriate disposal identification sticker purchased
from the Town of Collins. The use of inappropriately sized stickers
is prohibited and constitutes a violation of this chapter.
M.
Recyclable materials. All recyclable materials shall be source separated
and placed in the proper receptacles at the transfer station. No person
shall deposit any recyclable materials in regular garbage or any other
areas of the transfer station.
N.
Trash. The Town Board will establish dates for periodic trash days
when trash may be deposited at the transfer station. It is a violation
for anyone to deposit garbage in with trash to avoid the purchase
of the appropriate disposal identification sticker.
O.
Removal of materials from transfer station. All materials received
at the transfer station are the property of the Town of Collins and
shall be properly disposed of in accordance with the provisions of
this section. Any person found removing any materials from the transfer
station for any reason shall be guilty of a violation.
P.
Fees. A fee schedule shall be established by resolution of the Collins
Town Board. Such fee schedule may thereafter be amended from time
to time by like resolution. The fees set forth in, or determined in
accordance with, such fee schedule or amended fee schedule shall be
charged and collected for garbage bag disposal identification stickers,
permits to dispose of certain recyclables, fees for delivery of trash
and other fees described in or contemplated by this article.
No lands, other than lands of a public dump, dumping ground
or transfer station heretofore or hereafter established by this Town,
shall be used as a dump, dumping ground, refuse disposal area, landfill
site or transfer station in the Town of Collins.
The use of land by anyone, even by the owner or anyone acting
with or under his or her permission, as a private dump, dumping ground,
refuse disposal area, landfill site or transfer station, is prohibited
and the use of said land for the deposit, burying or disposal in any
manner whatsoever of municipal solid waste or hazardous waste is also
hereby prohibited. Household compost piles, disposal of manure in
connection with farming operations, and land spreading operations
pursuant to a permit of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation are excepted.
A.
This article shall be enforced by the custodian(s) of the transfer
station, constables of the Town of Collins, Code Enforcement Officer(s),
and any police or peace officer operating within the Town of Collins.
B.
All of the enforcement officers of this article are given authority
to issue appearance tickets for violations of this article.
