[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Alexandria Bay: Art. I, 3-24-1992 as L.L. No. 3-1992; Art. II, at time of
adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-24-1992 as L.L. No. 3-1992]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
- GARBAGE
- All putrescible (or decayable) wastes, except sewage and body waste, including animal and vegetable offal and carcasses of dead animals, and shall include all substances accumulated and/or removed from all public and private establishments and properties, including residences, but excluding recognizable industrial by-products, discarded wood or lumber, grass clippings, weeds, leaves or stones.
- PERSON
- Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation, association, society or group.
- REFUSE
- Rubbish, garbage and trash.
- RUBBISH
- General dry material produced routinely by household, commercial or industrial establishments, such as paper, cans, bottles and other containers and ashes.
- TRASH
- Bushes, branches, Christmas trees, lawn rakings and similar waste materials; bulky objects such as household appliances, equipment or furniture; and building demolition or construction waste.
No person shall deposit for collection within the Village of
Alexandria Bay any garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash which was generated
outside of the Village of Alexandria Bay. Further, no such garbage,
refuse, rubbish or trash shall be picked up or disposed of by the
Village of Alexandria Bay on behalf of any person residing or conducting
a business within the Village of Alexandria Bay if such materials
were generated outside of the Village of Alexandria Bay.
Any garbage, refuse, rubbish or trash which is brought into
the Village of Alexandria Bay in violation of this article and which
is required to be removed by the Village of Alexandria Bay shall be
the responsibility of the property owner from whose property the items
are removed. All costs and expenses incurred by the Village in so
removing shall be considered a special assessment against the property
and added onto the next Village tax roll for the property.
Any person who shall violate any of the terms of this article
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation and subject to a
fine not to exceed $250 and/or imprisonment for a period not to exceed
15 days.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
- ASHES
- Residue from fires used for cooking, heating and on-site incineration.
- DUMPSTER
- A bulk storage container for garbage and other waste materials that can be hauled directly to the point of disposal or emptied into a larger, compactor-type truck for disposal.
- GARBAGE
- Waste from the preparation, cooking and serving of foods, market waste and waste from handling, storage and sale of produce.
- REFUSE
- All categories of materials to be disposed of, excluding garbage and rubbish. "Refuse" shall include old, inoperable, discarded equipment and/or parts thereof and disassembled or broken furniture or other household appliances or items or parts thereof. "Refuse" shall also include any and all building materials scrapped during the repair of structures.
A.
Except as otherwise provided, no person, firm or corporation shall
throw, drop, place, push or deposit or cause to be thrown, dropped,
placed, pushed or deposited any snow, ice, garbage, rubbish, refuse
or other objects, substance or material from any source whatsoever
originating inside or outside of the Village of Alexandria Bay in
or upon any avenue, street, sidewalk, highway, public lot, parking
lot, public park, dock, wharf or boat launch within the Village of
Alexandria Bay.
B.
No person shall throw, dump or deposit or cause to be thrown, dumped
or deposited in any part of the Village of Alexandria Bay any garbage,
rubbish, refuse or abandoned vehicles or parts therefrom from any
source whatsoever originating inside or outside of the Village of
Alexandria Bay, and no person shall permit such throwing, dumping
or depositing thereof upon property owned, leased or controlled by
such person.
A.
No person or persons shall, within the corporate limits of the Village
of Alexandria Bay, collect from, draw through or have upon the public
streets or places of the Village any garbage, rubbish or refuse except
when contained in and conveyed by a vehicle having a watertight compartment
and constructed in such a manner that no odor can escape therefrom
and in such a manner that the garbage shall not be visible.
B.
No person or persons shall collect from premises within the Village
of Alexandria Bay or draw through or have upon the public streets
or places of the Village, between May 1 and October 15, any garbage,
rubbish or refuse in any manner whatsoever after 4:00 p.m. of any
day during said period.
C.
All garbage, rubbish or refuse which is to be placed out for collection
by any person or persons within the Village of Alexandria Bay shall
be in a suitable container properly sealed or covered so that no garbage,
rubbish or refuse shall be strewn upon the streets, sidewalks or any
other public place within the Village. In this respect, all waste,
food, food cans, coverings or wrappings shall be placed in covered,
hard plastic or metal containers at curbside for pickup. No such garbage,
rubbish or refuse shall be placed for pickup at curbside on any day
other than the designated pickup day.
D.
Exceptions. Leaves, old newspapers, magazines, debris and other items
which are required to be recycled and which are not likely to attract
scavenging animals need not be included in containers as aforementioned
but shall in all other respects comply with any recycling law adopted
by the County of Jefferson or the Village of Alexandria Bay.
E.
No recyclables shall be placed outside for pickup prior to 7:00 p.m.
on the day prior to pickup day.
[Added 6-24-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall
be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
$250 and/or imprisonment for a period of time not to exceed 15 days,
and/or both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense
against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each
day the offense continued, a separate and distinct offense.
