[Adopted 10-9-1953[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance originally appeared as Ch. 18 of the 1964 compilation.
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the singular number include the plural; and words used in the plural number include the singular.
B. 
For the purposes of this article, certain terms and words are herewith defined as follows:
COLLECTOR OF REFUSE AND WASTE
Includes any person who is engaged in or who conducts the business of collecting and/or transporting ashes, rubbish, garbage and other refuse and waste.
GARBAGE
Includes waste food, papers, dead animals or parts thereof and all waste or discarded wood, lumber or vegetable matter of any kind or any other matter which shall be flammable or capable of fermentation or decay.
PERSON
Includes an individual, society, club, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
RUBBISH
Includes waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery and all discarded substances of a solid and incombustible nature.
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or conduct business as a collector of refuse and waste in the Village of Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York, without first having obtained a license thereof as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Each applicant for such license shall submit to the Village Board a written application, supplying under affidavit the following information:
(1) 
That he is a resident of the Village or Town of Mount Morris, New York.
(2) 
That he is capable of conducting the business of collecting and transporting refuse and waste in accordance with the provisions of this article.
B. 
If the applicant possesses the required qualifications, the Village Board may, upon payment by the applicant of the license fee hereinafter prescribed, direct the Village Clerk to issue a license to the applicant.
A. 
The fee for such license shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees.[1]
[Amended 9-9-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004]
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Editor's Note: The current fee resolution is on file in the office of the Village Clerk.
B. 
Such license shall be effective from the date of its issuance until the first day of January next succeeding, unless sooner revoked, and shall not be transferable.
C. 
Such license may be renewed by the Village Board for the following calendar year upon the payment of the license fee, provided that the vehicle to be used by the applicant meets the approval of the Village Board.
Each such license shall be issued subject to compliance by the licensee with all the requirements of the Village Law and all other statutes and ordinances now existing or which may hereafter be enacted affecting such business or the conduct thereof; subject also to compliance by the licensee with all rules, regulations or orders now existing or which may hereafter be made by the Village Board of the Village of Mount Morris respecting such business or the conduct thereof; and subject also to compliance with the following further requirement The vehicle to be used by each such licensee shall be so equipped that there will be no spilling of ashes, rubbish, garbage or other refuse and waste in or upon any street, highway, sidewalk or public place within the Village of Mount Morris, and further provided that the body of said vehicle shall be of metal and be completely enclosed in metal and has been approved in that respect by the Village Board of the Village of Mount Morris.
Acceptance of such license shall constitute an agreement by the licensee to comply with all such requirements, orders, rules, regulations and statutes.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
No person or licensed garbage carrier shall remove his load in the Village except at the site or sites established by separate ordinances of the Village of Mount Morris for such purposes.
Any person to whom a license has been issued who violates any of the terms of this article or any orders adopted by the Village Board shall, after a hearing before the Board, be subject to a cancellation and revocation of his license.
No person not licensed as a collector of refuse and waste shall drive or operate or cause to be driven or operated a motortruck, wagon or other vehicle for the hauling of ashes, rubbish, garbage or other refuse in and upon the streets and highways of the Village of Mount Morris unless the body of such vehicle shall be completely covered so that there will be no spilling of garbage, rubbish, ashes or other refuse on the Village streets and highways.
[Amended 12-1-1988 by L.L. No. 9-1988]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 for each offense or by imprisonment in the County jail for a term not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.