[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Conesus as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Junk and junkyards — See Ch. 100.
[Adopted 9-1-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992]
A.
The Town finds that 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 Town finds that the New York Solid Waste Management
Act of 1988 requires all municipalities to adopt a local law or ordinance
by September 1, 1992, requiring separation of recyclable and reusable
material from solid waste.
C.
The Town finds that in order to protect the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of the Town, 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.
D.
The Town declares that the purpose of this article
is to establish and implement recycling-related practices and procedures
to be applicable to all waste generators within the Town.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
Livingston County, New York, or any authorized county agency.
Any business, governmental agency, municipality or other
nonresidential generator of solid waste requiring off-site disposal.
A private or publicly operated facility to which recyclables
can be delivered.
A private or public facility for receiving source-separated
recyclable materials and processing them into marketable commodities.
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.
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.
Any person or household which produces solid waste requiring
off-site disposal.
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 are being accumulated, stored,
or physically, chemically or biologically treated prior to being discarded
or rejected, having served their intended use, or as 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.
The segregation of recyclables from the solid waste stream
at the point of generation for separate collection, sale or other
disposition.
This article.
A commercial waste generator or a residential waste generator.
All persons engaged in the commercial collection, transportation
and/or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables generated, originated
or brought within the county.
Conesus, New York.
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.
B.
All waste haulers shall offer a per-bag fee system
to promote reduction of solid waste.
C.
Waste haulers are required to take recyclables to
a materials recovery facility where such materials are recycled.
D.
Waste haulers are required to follow the requirements
of the Recycling Rules and Regulations.
The county shall be primarily responsible for
the development and implementation of the Recycling Rules and Regulations.
