[Adopted 4-19-1994 as L.L. No. 2-1994]
The Village of Elmira Heights contracts for the pickup and removal of
refuse for the Village residents. The cost of refuse removal has consistently
risen over the past decade causing concern over the future effect of cost
removal on property taxes within the Village. It is the desire of the Village
Board of Trustees to control property tax increase and spread the cost of
refuse collection among both property owners and renters.
The Village Board of the Village of Elmira Heights finds the proposed
garbage sticker program to be in the best interest of Village residents and
hereby adopts said program as follows:
A.
The Village will continue to contract for the collection
of refuse for Village properties.
B.
Each single-family residence will be allowed to place
three bags of garbage per week upon the curb for collection; each multiple-family
residence will be allowed to place two bags per unit per week upon the curb
for collection.
C.
All bags placed upon the curb for collection must have
attached thereto a garbage sticker issued by the Village of Elmira Heights.
D.
Each sticker shall bear a charge as set by resolution
by the Board of Trustees from time to time[1] and shall be purchased from the Village Clerk's office in
multiples of two at posted hours.
[Amended 1-4-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current fee schedule is on file in the Village
offices.
E.
No resident shall be allowed to purchase more stickers
than would be allowed pursuant to the weekly allotment as described above
for the fiscal year during which the stickers are purchased.
F.
Stickers will be valid only during the fiscal year during
which they are purchased, with a two-week grace period at the beginning of
each subsequent fiscal year.
G.
The Village will not repurchase any unused stickers.
H.
The Village reserves the right to increase or decrease
the cost per sticker for each fiscal year without the requirement of a formal
amendment to this article. Any such increase or decrease shall be accomplished
by resolution of the Board of Trustees at a regularly scheduled or special
Village Board meeting and shall be prominently posted and advertised.
