[Adopted 10-26-1987 by L.L. No. 11-1987]
The purpose of this article shall be to protect
and promote the health, safety and welfare of the people of the Village
of LeRoy by controlling the storage, collection and disposal of garbage
and refuse within the Village of LeRoy.
As used in this article, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
The residue of the combustion of any type of solid fuel,
such as wood, coal, coke, charcoal or like substances.
All waste, animal, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetable matter
produced from or resulting from the use and storage of food for human
consumption within the Village limits, and papers, newspapers, rags,
excelsior, straw, leather, rubber, boxes, sweepings from buildings,
tin cans, tinware, metal, metallic substances, bottles, glassware,
earthenware and others of similar nature.
All waste material, including but not limited to garbage,
rubbish, incinerator residue, street sweepings, dead animals and offal.
Solid or liquid waste material, including but not limited
to paper and paper products; rags; trees or leaves, needles and branches
therefrom; vines; lawn and garden debris; furniture; cans; crockery;
plastics; cartons; chemicals; paint; grease; sludges; oils and other
petroleum products; wood; sawdust; demolition materials; tires; and
automobiles and other vehicles and parts for junk, salvage or disposal.
A.
Depositing on streets prohibited. No person shall
throw or scatter or cause to be thrown or scattered or deposit any
ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish or garbage of any kind, upon the streets,
alleys, thoroughfares or public places in the Village of LeRoy, New
York.
B.
Accumulation on private property restricted. No person
shall place or permit to remain in any courtyard, vacant lot, open
space or alley or within any building any accumulation of ashes, refuse,
trash, rubbish or garbage of any kind, but it shall not be deemed
a violation of this article to accumulate rubbish placed in suitable
containers or suitably bundled and tied for a reasonable time to permit
the collection thereof.
A.
Use of incinerators or garbage disposal devices permitted.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit any
person or householder in the disposing of garbage and refuse in the
home by means of household incinerators or other garbage disposal
devices, provided that the same produce no smoke or odors and do not
become or are not nuisances or hazards.
B.
Prohibited accumulations. No person shall suffer or
permit garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish or ashes to collect or remain
upon the premises owned or occupied by him so that same shall become
offensive or dangerous to the public health or to any person or property.
Every owner, leasee, tenant or occupant of any
building, premises or place of business in the Village of LeRoy where
garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish or ashes are made or accumulated shall
provide or cause to be provided and at all times hereafter kept within
such building or upon the premises or place of business suitable and
sufficient pails or receptacles, with tight-fitting covers, for receiving
and holding without leakage all garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish and
ashes that may accumulate from said building, place of business or
upon said premises, or any portion thereof, of which said person may
be the owner, tenant, leasee or occupant. Said receptacles shall not
be of greater capacity than 20 gallons and shall not exceed 50 pounds
for household, and three twenty-gallon cans or six plastic bags of
garbage in places of businesses, and shall not be used for any purpose
other than as receptacles for garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish and
ashes, and shall be kept tightly covered and in a sanitary condition
at all times. Also, rubbish may be tied in bundles so as to be easily
handled by one man or securely sacked.
All garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish and ashes
must be placed in receptacles or containers as herein specified, except
articles and materials too bulky to be so removed. Materials which
are too bulky to be placed in containers shall be tied in bundles
not exceeding five feet in length, cardboard boxes, wooden crates
or collapsible materials shall be knocked down and securely tied in
flat bundles, none to exceed a size which may be conveniently carried
by one man.
Garbage cans and other receptacles containing
garbage, refuse, trash, rubbish and ashes, and bundles of refuse to
be disposed of, shall be placed at the curb ready for collection by
6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection. In no event shall said
garbage or refuse be placed ready for collection prior to 6:00 p.m.
the evening before a regularly scheduled collection day. All receptacles
shall be removed from the curb no later than 12:00 midnight on the
scheduled collection day. Also, no garbage or mixed refuse shall be
burned in an open fire or in a metal basket, can or drum in any part
of the Village.
No person shall deposit leaves, ashes, garbage,
rubbish, refuse, filth, heavy materials (For the purpose of this section,
"heavy materials" are defined as those materials that weigh more than
50 pounds.), bulky materials (For the purpose of this section, "bulky
materials" are defined as those materials exceeding the equivalent
of three standard twenty-gallon containers or six standard plastic
bags of such size and shape as to require handling by more than one
man.) or waste materials upon the streets of public places within
the corporate limits of the Village of LeRoy, except under the following
circumstances:
A.
A person may deposit leaves, ashes, garbage, rubbish,
refuse, filth or waste materials, excluding heavy materials and bulky
materials, during those periods of time as may be designated and promulgated
by the Board of Trustees.
B.
A person may place heavy materials or bulky materials
at the curb of a Village street in anticipation of a regularly scheduled
collection day upon prior approval of the Village Clerk's office.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of an offense and punishable by a fine
not less than $25 and not exceeding $100 for each twenty-four-hour
period of violation.
