[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Tarrytown as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-26-1959 as Ord. 6.3 of
the 1959 Unified Code of Ordinances]
No person shall dump, deposit or keep garbage,
swill, offal, rubbish, brush cuttings, bottles, cans, metal, unusable
automobiles or automotive equipment, machinery, junk, waste or other
discarded things of any nature upon any street, park, public place
or private property within the Village.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
After five days' notice by the Superintendent of Public Works or their designee to the person having the management or control of or occupying any land, the Highway Department or such other department designated by the Board of Trustees shall have the right to remove from any place in the Village the waste articles and materials mentioned in § 183-2 hereof.
[Adopted 7-19-1976 by L.L. No. 9-1976]
A.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
B.
ASHES
COMMERCIAL AREA
GARBAGE
LITTER
MULTIFAMILY DWELLING
PERSON
PRIVATE DWELLING
PRIVATE PROPERTY
REFUSE
RESIDENTIAL AREA
RUBBISH
SIDEWALK
STREET
VILLAGE
As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke or other
combustible materials.
Any area where a club, business, industry or light-manufacturing
enterprise is located or operating or any area not classified as residential.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food and readily
combustible material such as paper, cardboard, wood, excelsior, cloth,
food cans, glass food containers and bottles.
Garbage, refuse or rubbish as may be defined herein and other
waste material which is thrown or deposited and which tends to create
a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
Any person, employee, servant, agent, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
A detached building containing not more than two individual
dwelling units and shall also mean a dwelling unit that is part of
a condominium complex.
Any property other than that used as a public highway or
public right-of-way or owned and/or operated by a federal, state or
municipal government or agency thereof.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish and ashes.
An area primarily zoned and occupied for residential purposes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes, consisting
of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings,
metals, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
The area between a building or property line and the street.
Includes any public street, roadway, highway, lane, alleyway,
park, parking area, grounds or any other public place.
The Village of Tarrytown.
[1][1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "Chairman
of the Committee on Highway and Sanitation," which immediately followed
this definition, was deleted 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991.
A.
The owner, lessee, contractor, tenant or other person
having management or control of or occupying any lot or plot of land
in the Village, excluding any location designated by the Village Board,
the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee or the Westchester
County Department of Health for such purposes, shall keep such land
at all times free and clear of any accumulation of garbage, refuse,
rubbish, litter and waste or discard matter of any type, including
automobiles, automobile parts and other machinery, except such as
may be deposited for collection and disposal as provided for by this
article. Summonses for violation of this provision may be served by
the Building Inspector or the Chief of Police or an officer of the
Police Department designated by the Chief of Police.
[Amended 10-5-1981 by L.L. No. 9-1981; 12-6-1982 by L.L. No. 13-1982; 9-16-2019 by L.L. No. 9-2019]
B.
No person shall deposit, throw, cast or bury ashes,
rubbish, refuse, grass cuttings, tree cuttings, leaves, garbage, waste
matter, offal or discard matter of any type, including automobiles,
automobile parts and other machinery, on any lot or plot of land in
the Village other than small inoffensive compost heaps such as may
be utilized by a home gardener when stored on his own property and
appropriately screened from view.
C.
No person shall throw, cast or lay or directly suffer
or permit any person to throw, cast or lay any litter and waste or
discard matter of any type, including automobiles, automobile parts
and other machinery, on any street, sidewalk or right-of-way within
the Village.
D.
Litter baskets. In the event that the Superintendent of Public Works
or his designee shall place on sidewalks, parking areas or any other
public place litter baskets as may, in his discretion, be required,
no person shall deposit in such litter baskets accumulations of litter,
refuse and waste or discard matter of any type from private or commercial
property, which must be deposited for collection or disposal as provided
for by this article.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
E.
No person being the owner, driver or manager of any
car or other vehicle and no owner of any receptacle shall scatter,
drop or spill or permit to be scattered, dropped or spilled any dirt,
gravel, sand, clay, loam, stone or building rubbish; hay, straw, oats,
sawdust, shavings or other light materials of any sort; manufacturing
trade or household waste, refuse or rubbish of any sort; or ashes,
manure, garbage or other organic refuse or other offensive matter
therefrom or shall permit the same to be blown off therefrom by the
wind upon any street or sidewalk or right-of-way in the Village.
F.
No person shall allow any swill, brine or any offensive
animal matter or any bad-smelling or noxious liquid or other filthy
matter of any kind to run or fall into or upon any street, sidewalk
or right-of-way in the Village or to be taken or put thereon.
G.
No person having the care, custody or control of any
domestic animal, including cats, whether leashed or unleashed, licensed
or unlicensed, shall permit such animal to excrete its body waste
upon sidewalk area in the Village.
H.
Abandoning shopping carts, etc., prohibited. No person
shall abandon or discard or cause to be abandoned or discarded any
article or thing, including but not limited to shopping carts or shopping
wagons, baskets, crates, boxes or cartons, in or upon any street,
highway, sidewalk or public place lying in the Village.
I.
Rubbish blowing from receptacles. No person being
the owner or in control of a receptacle containing any dirt, filth,
waste or rubbish shall permit the contents of such receptacle to be
blown therefrom by the wind onto or upon any street, highway or public
place lying in the unincorporated area of the Village.
J.
Removal of weeds, rubbish, etc.
(1)
No owner or occupant of real property within the Village
shall permit grass, noxious weeds, brush or rank growths to exceed
12 inches in height. It shall be the responsibility of the owner or
occupant of real property within the Village to cut and remove all
long grass, noxious weeds, brush or rank growths growing upon said
property in excess of 12 inches and to remove all rubbish and debris
from said property.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
(2)
Upon failure of the owner or occupant to comply with
the provisions hereof, after due notice, the Village may cut and remove
said noxious weeds, brush, rank growths and long grass and remove
said rubbish and debris, and the total cost thereof may be assessed
against the real property on which such weeds, brush, rank growths,
long grass, rubbish or debris is found and shall constitute a lien
and a charge on the real property on which it is levied until paid
or otherwise satisfied or discharged and shall be collected by the
Village Treasurer in the manner provided by law for the collection
of delinquent taxes.
K.
Surface drainage, etc., into sanitary sewers prohibited.
No street, gutter, surface, cellar, land or subsurface drain of any
kind shall be permitted to be discharged into the public sanitary
sewer or connected therewith, directly or indirectly.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No. 9-2019]
A.
All garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter and waste material of any type
accumulated in the Village shall be collected, conveyed and disposed
of under the supervision of the Superintendent of Public Works or
his designee, who shall have the authority to make regulations concerning
the days of collection, the type, size and location of disposal containers
and such other matters pertaining to collection, conveyance and disposal
as he shall find necessary. The Superintendent of Public Works or
his designee shall have the authority to change and modify any regulations
after due notice to all concerned.
B.
Appeals. Any person aggrieved by a regulation or fee charged by the
Superintendent of Public Works or his designee shall have the right
to appeal to the Village Board, which shall have the authority to
confirm, modify or revoke any regulation or fee.
A.
Separation of wastes; receptacles.
(1)
Garbage, ashes and rubbish shall be separated and
placed and maintained in separate containers or receptacles.
(2)
It shall be the duty of every person having the management
or control of or occupying any land or building to provide, for the
exclusive use of such land or building or part thereof, sufficient
receptacles to hold garbage, ashes and rubbish ordinarily accumulated
by the occupants of such land or building, each in separate receptacles,
and to allocate an area for storage of such receptacles in the interval
between regular collections. Any waste material other than garbage,
ashes and rubbish which cannot be readily deposited in any receptacles
may be compacted and securely bundled, tied or packaged as to be easily
handled, but not weighing more than 50 pounds and not likely to be
scattered, and, when packed and secured, may be placed alongside of
or in place of regular receptacles. Such packages or bundles should
not exceed four feet in length.
(3)
Each of such receptacles provided for in this section
shall be watertight, kept covered with a suitable cover and maintained
in a sanitary condition by periodic cleaning. Except in instances
where approved one-cubic-yard containers are used, such receptacles
shall not exceed 32 gallons' capacity and, when filled, shall not
exceed 50 pounds in total weight.
[Amended 1-2-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
(4)
Each such receptacle containing garbage or rubbish
shall be free of water or wetted materials.
B.
Refuse containers.
(1)
Duty to provide and maintain in sanitary condition. Refuse containers
shall be provided by the owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the
premises. Refuse containers shall be maintained in good condition.
Any container that does not conform to the provisions of this article
or that may have ragged or sharp edges or any other defect liable
to hamper or injure the person collecting the contents shall be promptly
replaced upon notice. The Superintendent of Public Works or his designee
shall have the authority to refuse collection for failure to comply
herewith.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
(2)
Garbage and rubbish. Receptacles shall be containers
commercially manufactured for that purpose, equipped with suitable
handles and tight-fitting covers, and shall be watertight.
(3)
Ashes. Ash containers shall be made of metal.
(4)
Compacted garbage. All compacted garbage shall be
limited to 50 pounds in weight.
C.
Points of collection.
[Amended 3-6-1989 by L.L. No. 5-1989; 3-5-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990; 6-17-1991 by L.L. No. 10-1991]
(1)
Where curb service is provided, refuse containers
for rubbish, grass clippings, leaves, paper, etc., shall be placed
for collection in a visible and accessible area between the sidewalk
line and curbline immediately in front of the premises. Said refuse
containers shall not be placed by the curb prior to 7:00 p.m. on the
day before the day of collection and shall be removed from the location
where curb service is provided and moved to an appropriate location
not visible from the street by 12:00 midnight of the day of collection.
(2)
In residential areas, at each multifamily dwelling designed for three or more dwelling units, and at all commercial areas, the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge thereof, on regularly scheduled collection days, shall set out or cause to be set out from the storage area all receptacles containing garbage, ashes and rubbish authorized to be collected to the curb area as described in Subsection C(1) above.
(3)
The Superintendent of Public Works or his designee may authorize
the removal of garbage and ashes from the receptacles at storage areas,
provided that such storage areas are readily accessible to the collection
vehicle and collection in this manner will, in his opinion, result
in a more expeditious removal of the garbage and ash accumulation
from such receptacles.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
[Amended 7-15-1985 by L.L. No.
4-1985; 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 1-2-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996; 9-16-2019 by L.L. No. 9-2019]
The Department of Public Works shall make regular collections
of all refuse as often and during such specified hours as shall be
prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee.
Collection shall be made from receptacles when placed on or in front
of any premises at such accessible locations as shall be designated
by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee. The Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee shall have the right to omit collections
from any premises where a vicious dog is permitted to run at large
or where employees of the Village are subject to any unnecessary danger
or hazard.
A.
Residential.
(1)
Regular collections from residential areas shall be made from Monday
through Friday on regular working days and on days and hours scheduled
by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee.
(2)
All refuse shall be in a container commercially manufactured for
this purpose and not exceeding 32 gallons in size, having a tight-fitting
cover and a maximum filled weight of 50 pounds, except that garden
refuse and rubbish will be accepted in wooden boxes, baskets or pails
with handles and that in certain instances one-cubic-yard receptacles
are authorized by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee.
(3)
Quantities of refuse to be collected are limited as follows:
(a)
Residential private dwellings:
[1]
Garbage: the equivalent of two thirty-two-gallon containers
per family each collection day.
[2]
Rubbish: the equivalent of two thirty-two-gallon containers
each collection day, plus an additional equivalent of three thirty-two-gallon
containers during the months of May through October inclusive. Bundled
and tied tree trimmings not exceeding four feet in length and 24 inches
in any other dimension shall be equal to one thirty-two-gallon container.
[3]
Christmas trees. Trees shall be placed at the curb area and will be collected by regular collection or special collection during the month of January each year. Trees do not have to be cut to meet the length requirement described in Subsection A(3)(a)[2] of this section.
[4]
Large household items. All large household items, such as furniture,
refrigerators, etc., will be collected from the curb area only and
by special vehicle, by appointment with the Department of Public Works.
The Superintendent of Public Works or his designee shall have the
authority to decline certain materials in accordance with the Village's
ability to dispose of such materials.
[5]
Ashes. Ashes must be thoroughly water-quenched and placed in
one fireproof metal receptacle, weighing not more than 50 pounds filled,
and placed with rubbish for collection.
(b)
Residential multifamily dwellings:
[1]
Where a multifamily dwelling is equipped with incinerator facilities operative in accordance with the Westchester County Environmental Protection Agency, all refuse must be incinerated, and the Village shall collect and dispose of all incinerated residue on regularly scheduled days. Such residue shall be put in suitable containers as outlined in Subsection A(2) of this section and placed at the curb for collection unless otherwise authorized by § 183-7 of this article.
[2]
Where a multifamily dwelling is not equipped with incinerator facilities, the Village shall collect all refuse two days a week as scheduled by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee. All refuse must be properly separated pursuant to § 183-7 of this article and put in suitable containers as outlined in Subsection A(2) of this section.
[3]
Subsection A(3)(a)[3], [4] and [5] of this section shall also apply to residential multifamily dwellings.
[4]
In areas of collection where a dumpster is used for collection
purposes, the size of the dumpster to be used shall be approved by
the Superintendent of Public Works or his/her designee prior to the
Village providing collection services.
B.
Commercial. The following limitations apply to collection practices
of the Village and are not to apply to private collection operations
which supplement regular Village collections and are contracted for
by the owners, landlords or tenants due to excessive accumulations
of refuse.
(1)
Regular collections from commercial areas shall be made from Monday
through Friday on days and hours scheduled by the Superintendent of
Public Works or his designee.
(2)
All refuse shall be in a container commercially manufactured for
this purpose and not exceeding 32 gallons in size, having a tight-fitting
cover and a maximum filled weight of 50 pounds.
(3)
Quantities of refuse to be collected are limited as follows:
(a)
Garbage: the equivalent of two thirty-two-gallon containers
each scheduled collection day.
(b)
Rubbish: the equivalent of two thirty-two-gallon containers
each collection day.
(c)
Ashes. Ashes must be thoroughly water-quenched and placed in
one fireproof metal receptacle, weighing not more than 50 pounds filled,
and placed with rubbish for collection.
(d)
Newspapers, magazines and cardboard. Newspapers, magazines and cardboard shall be placed for collection in accordance with Chapter 237, Recycling.
(e)
In areas of collection where a dumpster is used for collection
purposes, the size of the dumpster to be used shall be approved by
the Superintendent of Public Works or his/her designee prior to the
Village providing collection services.
C.
Prohibitions.
(1)
Use of barrels, drums, kegs, cardboard boxes or cloth bags for the
containing of garbage is prohibited.
(2)
Empty receptacles shall be removed from the curb area within 12 hours
after collection unless otherwise prescribed by the Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee.
(3)
Refuse receptacles shall be stored on private property on a location
adjacent to a principal or accessory use building, but in no case
shall such receptacles be stored forward of the front of the building
line of the principal structure unless they are off the sidewalk area
and completely obscured from public view, unless approved by the Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee.
(4)
It shall hereafter be illegal for any person to construct, place
or build facilities for the storage of receptacles below property
grades (underground).
(5)
Receptacles shall not be placed for collection inside or within any
building, accessory use building or garage or any place above or below
ground level.
(6)
No person shall prevent or interfere with any employee of the Village
in the sweeping or cleaning of any street, sidewalk or right-of-way
or in the removal therefrom of sweepings, litter, snow, ice or other
refuse material.
(7)
No person, other than an authorized employee or agent of the Village
or a private collection agency authorized by the owner or occupant
of the property, shall disturb or remove any garbage, refuse, rubbish,
paper or boxes that have been placed outside of private houses, apartment
houses, business or commercial buildings or lots for removal.
(8)
No employee of the Village, in the course of his duties, shall be
required to enter a building or structure to gather or collect any
refuse.
The Village shall not collect or dispose of
any debris such as plaster, stone, brick, sawdust, sod or dirt resulting
from general contracting, renovating or landscape contracting, nor
shall the Village collect or dispose of any cleaning establishment
waste, highly combustible materials, junk automobiles or branches
and tree stumps unless they are split in sections six inches or less
in diameter and three feet or less in length. Removal of such debris
shall be arranged privately.
A.
Any accumulations of refuse resulting from failure
of any person to comply with any provision of this article or from
failure of such person to take advantage of the regular collection
service maintained by the Village and any waste building materials
in excess of ordinary household refuse of such materials shall be
removed by such person at his expense.
B.
The Department of Public Works will collect from the premises on scheduled days an amount of all classes of refuse in accordance with limitations set forth in § 183-8, but where abnormal amounts are placed for collection, the Department reserves the right to refuse the materials, to defer the collection, to collect the material in part or to make a special collection thereof at charges authorized by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
C.
The Superintendent of Public Works or his designee is authorized
to enter into an agreement with any person in commercial areas for
the collection of excessive accumulations of abnormal amounts of all
classes of refuse.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
A.
No collection vehicles, other than those owned by
the Village, shall make collections unless a license is procured for
each as hereinafter provided.
B.
The Village Clerk shall accept applications for the
licensing of each private collection vehicle, and such sworn and notarized
applications shall contain but not be limited to the following:
(1)
The name and address of the owner of the subject vehicle.
(2)
If the vehicle is owned by other than an individual
person, the name and address of the firm, partnership, corporation
or other. If a corporation, indicate the state in which incorporated
or chartered and the date of such official recognition.
(3)
The full names, addresses and dates of birth of all
owners, officers, partners, managers, members of the Board of Directors
and holders of 10% or more of the outstanding stock or the indebtedness
of such firm.
[Amended 10-19-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009]
(4)
Whether the applicant or any of the above named have
ever been arrested for any crime or offense other than a traffic violation
and, if so, that person's name and the charge, jurisdiction, date
and disposition of each offense.
(5)
Whether any of those named in Subsection B(3) above is or has been affiliated in any way with any other refuse, waste or rubbish collection firm and, if so, with whom and how.
(6)
Whether any of those listed in Subsection B(3) above has ever been denied a license for the purpose of refuse, waste or rubbish collection and, if so, whom, the jurisdiction and date.
(7)
The make, year, model of chassis, body style, covering
and color of the subject vehicle.
(8)
The current New York State registration and plate
number of the subject vehicle. If registration and/or plate numbers
change during the period for which the vehicle is licensed, this change
shall be reported, in writing, to the Village Clerk within 48 hours
of such occurrence.
(9)
The expiration date of the vehicle registration.
(10)
The unladen and maximum gross weight of the
vehicle.
(11)
The routes on which the vehicle will operate
within the Village.
(12)
The approximate volume and tonnage the vehicle
will handle per day.
(13)
A listing of the present customers, with addresses
which will be serviced by the vehicle within the Village.
(14)
The hours and days during which the vehicle
will normally operate within the Village.
(15)
The disposal site or sites used or planned.
(16)
The garage or lot location where such vehicle
is normally stored.
(17)
The name of the vehicle insurance carrier, policy
number and expiration date.
(18)
The certificate of employee disability insurance
number.
(19)
Certification that each vehicle has been issued
a valid New York State Department of Motor Vehicles inspection sticker
and that the vehicle has passed any and all other licensing requirements
as set forth by any other governmental agency or body.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 12-1984]
C.
The forms to be supplied by the Village Clerk for
the application hereto set forth shall be completely executed by the
applicant and verified, and such license, if approved, shall be for
the calendar year in which the license is issued.
D.
Denial of application or revocation of license.
(1)
If any application for a license contains any false
or misleading statement or omits to disclose any pertinent information,
such false statement or omission shall be cause for denial of the
application or immediate revocation of any license presently in effect.
(2)
The Village Clerk, upon receipt of a negative recommendation of the
Superintendent of Public Works or his designee or the Chief of Police,
shall deny any application or immediately revoke any license presently
in effect.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
(3)
Upon the denial of an application or the revocation
of a license, the applicant or licensee may, within 30 days of such
denial or revocation, appeal, in writing, to the Village Board for
a hearing to review the determination of the Village Clerk.
E.
This license is not transferable except when current New York State
vehicle registration is transferred to another vehicle and then only
when notification is made to the Village Clerk prior to the transfer
and when the subject vehicle has been approved by the Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
F.
All applications must be reviewed by the Chief of Police and the
Superintendent of Public Works or his designee before a license may
be issued by the Village Clerk.
[Amended 8-20-1984 by L.L. No.
12-1984; 11-2-1992 by L.L. No.
22-1992; 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
(1)
For the purpose of inspection, each vehicle shall, at the time of
application, possess a valid New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
inspection certificate. Furthermore, the applicant is to certify that
any and all other inspection requirements as set forth by any other
governmental agency or board have been met.
(2)
The Chief of Police shall cause a search to be made into the truth
of the statements contained in the application for a license. After
completing such investigation, the Chief of Police shall transmit
to the Village Clerk his written recommendation as to either the granting
or denying of said application.
(3)
The recommendations by the Superintendent of Public Works or his
designee and the Chief of Police shall be based upon a determination
as to whether the public health, safety and welfare shall best be
served by the granting or denying of the application.
G.
A fee for the licensing of each vehicle under application
shall be required upon the submission of said application in the amount
as adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees[1] for each license for the calendar year or any part thereof.
The fee for any license not approved shall be returned, minus a service
and handling charge as adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees.[2]
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
H.
Licenses shall not be renewed, but rather a new application
must be made each year, and a license fee as adopted by resolution
of the Board of Trustees shall be paid.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
I.
The Village Clerk shall issue a replacement license
for one which has been lost or destroyed upon the filing of a required
affidavit, payment of the fee as adopted by resolution of the Board
of Trustees and approval of the Chief of Police and the Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 9-16-2019 by L.L. No.
9-2019]
J.
The license to be issued by the Village Clerk shall
be prominently displayed on the lower right corner of the left front
access door not more than three inches from the vertical and horizontal
edges.
K.
A certificate of insurance, with the Village endorsed
on the certificate as coinsured/additional or named insured, in the
following minimum amounts is required:
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
A.
It shall be unlawful to dispose of any refuse collected
within the Village at any location other than that so designated by
the Village Board.
B.
Private collection vehicles shall operate only between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:00
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays, excluding holidays as otherwise provided,
except in those areas designated as a location where Monday through
Friday collection may be made between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. The Board of Trustees, upon written application from a property
owner, may consider the designation of such an exempted location.
This decision shall be based upon the real need for such exemption,
its effect on the encompassing zoning district, the likely effect
of noise to residential dwellings in close proximity to the location,
and any history of noise complaints relative to the collection of
the abovementioned materials at that location or other nearby locations
during the specified hours.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991; 6-22-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1998; 4-15-2002 by L.L. No. 5-2002; 9-18-2017 by L.L. No. 8-2017]
C.
No collection whatsoever shall be made on Saturdays,
Sundays or other days designated by the Village.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
D.
Garbage collection vehicles shall be completely enclosed
and watertight.
E.
Rubbish collection vehicles wherein no garbage is
transported may be of an open refuse-collection type, provided that
such vehicles are fitted with a suitable canvas or other cover to
prevent any material from being discharged while such vehicles are
in transit.
F.
Collections are to be made in such manner as not to
permit debris, litter and the like to fall upon property, public or
private, or upon any highway within the Village.
G.
Vehicles designed or known as "rear loaders" or "rear
load packers" shall be completely closed in transit, either by use
of the exterior-closing-door mechanism or by having all refuse compacted
between the pushout blade and the packer blade.
H.
All accessory doors, including the main loading door,
shall be closed in travel on public highways unless the subject vehicle
is engaged in a continuous servicing of adjacent structures on said
highway.
I.
Collection vehicles shall be subject to inspection
at any time by authorized representatives of the Department of Public
Works or peace officers of the Village for the purpose of enforcement
of this article. All licensed firms or their employees shall be required
to give aid and cooperation when requested to do so by such Village
personnel in the performance of the enforcement of this article.
J.
Where, as required by the collection practice, containers
of one cubic yard or more are used, such containers must prominently
display the name and address of the individual or firm owning such
container. Containers must have covers and must be covered at all
times. Containers must be kept clean and sanitary at all times.
K.
All collection vehicles shall be properly identified
by the person owning such vehicles, including the name and address,
and shall be kept clean and sanitary both inside and out.
[Amended 9-16-2019 by L.L. No. 9-2019]
By virtue of the adoption of this article, the Superintendent
of Public Works or his designee and the Police Department shall be
empowered to enforce the prohibitions and regulations under all sections
of this article.
[Amended 5-6-1991 by L.L. No. 5-1991]
The violation of any provision of this article shall be an offense against the law which shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, and each day that such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense, except that any violation of § 183-12 herein shall, in addition to the above penalties, subject the violator to suspension or revocation of the license issued pursuant to § 183-11 herein.
This article shall not be affected by any other
local law or ordinance or parts of any local law or ordinance heretofore
enacted by the Village Board in conflict or inconsistent with the
provisions of this article, and this article shall supersede such.