§ 158-3. Town hauler license and sticker required; hauler regulations.
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It shall be a precondition of doing business as a hauler in the Town that the person intending to conduct such business obtain a Town hauler license and a Town sticker. An application on a form approved and provided by the Town must be submitted to the Town Clerk. In addition to all other applicable laws, rules and regulations, every hauler shall be bound by the following provisions:A.The hauler will deliver all of the solid waste it collects within the Town to the Onondaga County Resource Recovery System or as directed by the Agency or outside of the State of New York.B.The hauler will not deliver any hazardous waste or medical waste into the system.C.The hauler will supply a plan of operation for collection and transportation and which provides for a recycling plan as required by L.L. No. 12-1989 as it applies to haulers, which it shall adhere to and comply with. The agency-permitted hauler agrees to provide for the collection of recyclables in every waste hauler disposal agreement, written or oral, as part of its standard service and to include the cost of such collection in its standard waste collection rates.D.The hauler will supply the requisite business information and will pay all fees and charges as required by the Town hauler license application.E.The hauler shall file with the Town Clerk a complete schedule of fees and charges. Any change in fees or charges must be preceded by a thirty-day notice filed with the Town Clerk, together with a new schedule of fees.F.Deposit; collection requirements.(1)Amount and disposition of deposit.(a)(b)The Town Comptroller shall place the deposit of $500 in an interest-bearing savings account at the current rate of interest. One hundred percent of the interest shall accrue to the Town for the expense of administering this chapter.(c)Said good-faith deposit shall be returned to the hauler within 30 days after the Town Board has knowledge of the termination, surrender or revocation of the license, less any moneys due to the Town pursuant to the terms of this chapter, unless said license is revoked pursuant to § 158-6 herein, in which event said good faith deposit shall be treated as liquidated damages and forfeited to the Town as such.(2)It shall be the duty of each hauler to effect the collection of garbage and rubbish on the routes and days set forth on the license application. In the event of the failure of the hauler to effect said collection within 24 hours after the due date of said collections, the Town shall have the right to perform, or contract for the performance of, said collections on behalf of the hauler and deduct the cost of the same from the deposit made by the hauler with the Town. The Town shall further have the right to revoke any license for the failure of the hauler to meet this duty and requirement. In the event that the Town shall perform or contract for the performance of collections and deduct the cost of the same from the deposit made by the hauler, the hauler shall be required to make an additional deposit with the Town Comptroller in an amount equal to that deducted within 30 days of receipt of written demand from the Town Comptroller.(3)The hauler shall collect all solid waste and recyclable materials when placed in containers or in secured plastic bags when placed off-curb or curbside on the day of pickup.