[Adopted 5-24-1988 as L.L. No. 17-1988]
This article shall be cited and may be referred
to hereinafter as the "Mandatory Recycling Law of the Village of Spring
Valley."
[Amended 12-13-1988 by L.L. No. 26-1988]
It is the intent of the Village of Spring Valley
to reduce the total amount of solid waste disposed of by the Village.
To accomplish this, the Village desires to implement a newspaper and/or
cardboard recycling program mandating the separation of newspapers
and/or cardboard from other refuse produced by residential and nonresidential
premises. This program is further designed to protect the health and
safety of the residents of the Village.
A.
For the purpose of this article, certain words and
phrases shall be construed herein as set forth in this section unless
it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
When not consistent with the context, the present tense shall include
the future, and the words used in the plural shall include the singular
and vice-versa. Further, a masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
B.
CARDBOARD
NEWSPAPERS
PERSON
REFUSE
As used in this article, the following words shall
have the meanings indicated:
[Amended 12-13-1988 by L.L. No. 26-1988]
A thick paperboard, including but not limited to corrugated
boxes, cardboard cartons, pasteboard and similar corrugated materials.
A paper product printed on newsprint, including all newspapers,
newspaper advertisements, supplements, comics and enclosures. Not
included in this definition are magazines and telephone books.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, wastepaper, trash, construction and demolition
debris and ashes.
[Amended 12-13-1988 by L.L. No. 26-1988]
No person shall place newspapers and/or cardboard
in the same receptacle or otherwise mix newspapers and/or cardboard
with other forms of refuse for collection, removal or disposal.
[Amended 12-13-1988 by L.L. No. 26-1988]
A.
Newspaper and/or cardboard shall be separated from
one another.
B.
Newspapers and/or cardboard shall be bundled separately
from other materials. Cardboard boxes, wooden crates, newspapers and
other collapsible material placed for collection shall be broken and
tied securely in flat bundles not to exceed three by three by two
feet in size.
[Amended 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
C.
Ownership of newspapers and/or cardboard set out for
collection shall vest in the Village. It shall be unlawful for a person
to collect, remove or dispose of newspaper and/or cardboard which
are the property of the Village without first having obtained the
permission of the Village.
D.
Any person may donate or sell newspapers and/or cardboard
to any other person, firm, company or organization, whether operating
for profit or not for profit. Said person may not, however, under
any circumstances, pick up said newspapers and/or cardboard from the
curbside in the Village.
E.
The Board of Trustees is hereby empowered to designate
the day or days of the week on which newspaper and/or cardboard shall
be collected.
F.
No person having custody or control of residential,
industrial or business premises within the Village shall permit or
cause any newspaper and/or cardboard within his control to become
a hazard or potential hazard to public travel, health or safety or
to become a nuisance of any sort.
A.
The Board of Trustees or a person authorized by said
Board is hereby empowered to promulgate rules and regulations as may
be deemed necessary to effectuate the intent and requirements of this
article. Said rules and regulations shall be approved by the Board
of Trustees at a public meeting.
B.
Said rules and regulations may be amended by the Board
of Trustees, by resolution or an amendment to its local law, at a
public meeting of the Board of Trustees.
The Police Department of the Village of Spring
Valley and/or the enforcement officials as designated shall have the
power, right and authority to issue an appearance ticket, as the same
is defined in Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State
of New York, for the violation of any section of this article.
[Amended 12-13-1988 by L.L. No. 26-1988; 4-11-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Any person, firm, corporation or organization who or which shall violate this article or who shall knowingly assist therein shall be subject to the punishment set forth in Article IV, Penalties.
