[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Ossining 8-19-1975 as Ord. No. 86. Section 165-6 amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dumps and dumping — See Ch. 78.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 112.
Sewers — See Ch. 160.
This chapter shall be known as the "Solid Waste Disposal Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the disposal of all solid waste generated in this municipality in compliance with federal and state standards for the control of air, water and ground pollution through participation in the Plan for Solid Waste Management in Westchester County, New York, dated May 7, 1974, adopted by the Westchester County Board of Legislators by Resolution No. 162-1974.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COLLECTOR OF SOLID WASTE
Includes any person duly licensed or authorized to engage in, or who engages in, the business of collecting, storing, transporting and disposing of solid waste as defined above.
PLAN
A Plan for Solid Waste Management in Westchester County, New York, dated May 7, 1974.
SOLID WASTE
Includes all manner of useless or unwanted or discarded solid or semisolid nontoxic, domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional, construction and demolition waste materials, except hazardous, toxic, chemical, human or rendering wastes.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY
Includes any fixed facility that is established, maintained and operated, either as its primary function or in support of some other facility or operation, for the transfer, treatment, disposal or salvage of solid waste. It includes, but is not limited to, any facility that is established for the purpose of transferring, bailing, composting, incinerating, recycling, separating, salvaging, shredding or landfilling any solid waste, or any combination of functions thereof, including stationary compactors located at points of collection.
This municipality shall deliver or cause to be delivered to a solid waste facility or facilities designated by Westchester County and licensed, operated or approved by Westchester County all solid waste collected or caused to be collected within the boundaries of this municipality, subject to such restrictions as may be required by the county in conformity with the plan as set forth in Resolution No. 162-1974 of the County Board of Legislators, except that bona fide recycling or resource recovery programs or drives within this municipality and operated or licensed by it may be exempted from this section with the approval of Westchester County.
In consideration of the assumption by Westchester County of responsibility for the disposal of all solid waste collected in this municipality in compliance with federal and state standards for the control of ground, air and water pollution, this municipality agrees to refrain from exercising its powers to impose licensing requirements for collectors of solid waste at such time as Westchester County shall adopt requirements for the licensing and regulation of said collectors on a county-wide basis.
Recognizing that the plan offers the most efficient and least costly method of solid waste disposal in compliance with federal and state standards for the control of air, ground and water pollution, this municipality agrees to pay all reasonable fees set by Westchester County for the disposal of solid waste at the designated point of transfer to the county facility.
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Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.
This chapter shall take effect immediately, except that §§ 165-4 and 165-6 shall take effect on the date set by Westchester County for the assumption by Westchester County of total responsibility for the disposal, in accordance with the plan, of all solid waste collected in this municipality and upon 60 days' prior written notice by the county to this municipality.