[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Avon as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Outdoor storage — See Ch. 105.
[Adopted 8-13-1992 by Ord. No. 1-92]
This article shall be known as "Ordinance No. 1-92, Source Separation and Recycling Law."
The Town of Avon finds that:
A. 
The removal of certain materials from the solid waste stream will decrease the amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills and aid in the conservation of valuable resources.
B. 
The New York Solid Waste Management Act of 1988[1] requires all municipalities to adopt a local law or ordinance by September 1, 1992, requiring separation of recyclable and reusable material from solid waste.
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Editor's Note: See Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0101 et seq.
C. 
In order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Town of Avon, it is necessary for the Town to enact this article in order to encourage and facilitate the maximum recycling practicable on the part of every household, business and institution within the Town.
This article is adopted pursuant to Chapter 541 of the Laws of 1976 as amended and Chapter 552 of the Laws of 1980 of the State of New York as amended to:
A. 
Establish and implement recycling-related practices and procedures to be applicable to all waste generators within the Town; and
B. 
Implement the express policy of the State of New York encouraging solid waste reduction through recycling.
When used in this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
COUNTY
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
DROPOFF CENTER
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables can be delivered.
MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
RECYCLABLES
Any material designated as such by the county, provided that such material is not hazardous and can be reasonably separated from the solid waste stream and held for material recycling or reuse value.
RECYCLING RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and regulations adopted by the county pertaining to the separation, collection, transportation and disposal of recyclables, as may be amended from time to time by the county.
RESIDENTIAL WASTE GENERATOR
Any person or household which produces solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
SOLID WASTE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including but not limited to materials or substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to owners at the time of such discard or rejection, or being accumulated, stored or physically, chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded or rejected, having served their intended use, or industrial, commercial and agricultural waste, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and construction debris and offal, but not including sewage and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous form, special nuclear or by-product material within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or waste which appears on the list or satisfies the characteristics of hazardous waste promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
SOURCE SEPARATION
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other disposition.
SOURCE SEPARATION LAW
This article.
TOWN
Avon, New York.
WASTE GENERATOR
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
WASTE HAULER
All persons licensed by the Town to engage in the commercial collection, transportation and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated or brought within the county.
A. 
Each commercial and residential waste generator in the Town shall source-separate recyclables from solid waste.
B. 
Each waste generator in the Town shall provide for the removal of recyclables from the property on which they are generated either through a service provided by the municipality, a private hauler or by direct haul by the individual waste generator to a disposal location permitted by law.
C. 
Nothing in this article is intended to prevent any waste generator from making arrangements for the reuse, private collection, sale or donation of recyclables.
D. 
Each waste generator shall provide for the source separation of recyclables in conformance with the recycling rules and regulations.
A. 
All waste haulers doing business in the Town shall offer or cause to be offered to their customers collection, transportation and disposal services for recyclables as any such waste hauler offers collection, transportation and disposal services for solid waste. Unless otherwise provided in the recycling rules and regulations, such services shall be provided on the same day(s) as solid waste pickup, transportation or disposal services are provided.
B. 
Waste haulers are required to take recyclables to a materials recovery facility where such materials are recycled.
C. 
Waste haulers are required to follow the requirements of the recycling rules and regulations.
This article shall be primarily administered by the Town. The county shall be primarily responsible for the development and implementation of the recycling rules and regulations.
[Added 9-8-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
Any person, firm, business, corporation or other entity who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine and/or imprisonment not to exceed the following amounts for the following offenses:
A. 
First offense: a fine of not more than $50.
B. 
Second offense: a fine of not more than $100.
C. 
Subsequent offenses: a fine of not more than $250 and/or imprisonment for not more than 15 days.