[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of New Castle 12-23-1975 by L.L. No. 14-1975. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Solid Waste
Disposal Law."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the disposal of all solid waste generated in the town 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 Westchester County Board of Legislators by Resolution No. 162-1974,
as provided herein.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A Plan for Solid Waste Management in Westchester County,
New York, dated May 7, 1974.
Includes all manner of useless or unwanted or discharged
solid or semisolid nontoxic, domestic, commercial, industrial, institutional,
construction and demolition waste materials, except hazardous, toxic,
chemical, human or rendering wastes.
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.
The town 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 the town, 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.
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, the town agrees to pay all reasonable fees set by Westchester
County for the disposal of solid waste, presently estimated to be
about $15 per ton at the designated point of transfer to the county
facility.
This chapter shall take effect immediately except that §§ 106-4 and 106-5 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 the town, and upon 60 days' prior written notice by the county to the town.
The town may withdraw from the plan or any amended
or substituted plan adopted by the County of Westchester upon 30 days'
written notice to the county.
