Village of Brockport, NY Article III Licenses

§ 21-11 License required for collectors; fee.

No person shall engage in the business of collecting garbage, offal, ashes, refuse, rubbish or noxious substances and recycling materials within the Village of Brockport without first obtaining a license from the Village Clerk. An annual fee as established by the Board of Trustees shall be charged for any such license. Any license that is renewed prior to the effective date of any change in the fee shall pay the increased fee on a pro rata basis for the balance of the license year for which it is issued.

§ 21-12 Subject to conditions.

Every license issued by the Village Clerk pursuant to this article shall be subject to the following conditions and to such other reasonable conditions as may be imposed by the Village Board of Trustees.

A. Vehicles used by licensed waste collectors in the collection and transportation of garbage, mixed refuse or any other kind of waste within the area of the Village of Brockport shall have watertight enclosed bodies equipped with a compaction or loading unit.

B. Any firm having two or more such vehicles shall be allowed to use an open-service truck, limited to the carrying of refuse of such size and nature as cannot be carried in the enclosed trucks.

C. All vehicles used by the licensed waste collectors shall be available for inspection by the Village Clerk or any other person or persons he/she may designate as his/her agent prior to the issuance of any license pursuant to the provisions of this article.

D. All vehicles used by licensed waste collectors shall carry a copy of their license to collect waste in the Village.

E. Renewal licenses shall be issued in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as original licenses and also subject to any additional requirements for renewal of the license applied for. All renewal of licenses or issuance of new licenses to engage in the business of collecting garbage, offal, ashes, refuse, rubbish or noxious substances shall be paid no later than 30 days after the date renewal is required.

F. No license or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable.

G. The Village Board shall have the power to suspend or revoke a license granted or renewed pursuant to this chapter for any of the reasons as may be hereinafter set out in this chapter.

H. All waste collection vehicles must have a minimum of $1,000,000 coverage for automobile insurance and a minimum of $1,000,000 coverage for general liability. On the certificates of insurance, the Village of Brockport shall be included as an additional insured.

I. Any regulated waste hauler shall be in compliance with any other required New York State or federal licenses or permits in the conduct of regulated waste hauling requirements.