GENERAL ORDINANCE
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND HODGES:
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GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 91 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ALSO KNOWN AS “GARBAGE AND REFUSE” IN REGARD TO ROLL-OFF AND UNDERGROUND REFUSE SYSTEM COLLECTION FEES.
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Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Yonkers, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 91 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled “Garbage and Refuse”, is hereby amended in part by amending Section 91-19 “Scopey of City Collection” to read as follows:
§ 91-19. Scope of City collection.
A. No residential collections will be made from receptacles that are not made of metal, plastic or other suitable material, including heavy trash bags approved by the Commissioner of Public Works. However, the use of canisters in excess of the volume and weight set forth in § 91-17 hereof is authorized upon approval by the Commissioner of Public Works.
B. Except as may be provided pursuant to Subsection C of this section, no collection of ashes, garbage, refuse or other waste of any kind or description, including trade waste, will be made by the Department of Public Works from any business, industrial, manufacturing or other establishment conducted for profit.
C. The Commissioner of Public Works may collect garbage, refuse and waste from multiple dwellings by use of roll-off service or other refuse collection service approved by the Commissioner of Public Works pursuant to the fees authorized in § 91-24.
Section 2. Chapter 91 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled “Garbage and Refuse”, is hereby amended in part by amending Section 91-24 “Collection Fees” to read as follows:
§ 91-24. Collection fees.
The fees authorized in this chapter shall be as follows:
A. Rental of containers for roll-off service:
(1) Twenty-cubic-yard container: $125 per month.
(2) Thirty-cubic-yard container: $150 per month.
(3) Forty-cubic-yard container: $200 per month.
B. Roll-off service: $100 per ton for in excess of two collections per week.
The City shall charge a fee for the provision of refuse collection via roll-off service and other refuse collection service approved by the Commissioner of Public Works. The fee shall be in an amount fixed by the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works with the approval of the Mayor. Any fee so fixed shall be effective 48 hours after it is posted in the office of the City Clerk and shall be payable by the applicant to the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers.
Section 3. This General Ordinance shall take effect immediately or as otherwise provided by law.