§ 39-5. Placement for collection.

A. 

All garbage, recyclable rubbish, nonrecyclable rubbish, construction and demolition debris, major appliances and large household furnishings must be placed curbside. All garbage and other municipal solid waste shall be maintained in a tote container while awaiting collection and placed curbside for collection.

(1) 

Yard waste may be placed in a separate open container for collection which must be separated from refuse, recyclables and rubbish.

(2) 

Domestic animal waste shall be wrapped in dry paper or placed in a sealable or tied bag and placed in the tote container.

(3) 

The lid of the tote container shall be tightly closed while being stored and when placed curbside.

(4) 

The owner of the property and/or tenant is not permitted to allow the tote to overflow. No solid waste shall be placed on top of, next to or around the tote container.

(5) 

Every owner of the property shall supply an adequate number of tote containers for the safe storage and/or disposal of garbage and nonrecyclable waste material, refuse and rubbish as may be required by the occupants of the property.

(6) 

Prior to being placed curbside for collection, all tote containers shall be stored in such a fashion as to be screened from public view.

(7) 

The tote container shall be cleaned as necessary by the property owner and/or tenant to avoid noxious or offensive odors and to prevent rodent breeding and infestation.

B. 

The Village of Williamsville shall be responsible for collecting or causing the collection of, on a regular basis, only those waste materials which constitute refuse generated by a residence or establishment within the Village of Williamsville. The Village of Williamsville shall also be responsible for collecting or causing the collection of any additional waste materials generated by residences which the Village may announce will be collected on particular days or during particular time periods. These additional waste materials may include, for example, bulk items, trees, tree stumps and large branches. The Village of Williamsville shall not be responsible for collecting any waste materials which have been placed or prepared in ways that do not comply with all the provisions of this chapter. In particular, the Village of Williamsville shall not be responsible for collecting waste materials consisting of recyclable and nonrecyclable materials, mixed-together waste materials not placed in the Village-provided container or recyclable materials which have not been placed or prepared in accordance with this chapter, nor shall the Village of Williamsville be responsible for the collection of waste materials generated other than from a residence or establishment within the Village of Williamsville.

C. 

Any refuse to be collected, except that in portable transfer containers, shall be placed curbside before 7:00 a.m. on the day of scheduled collection, but in no event shall said refuse be placed curbside before 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the scheduled collection.

D. 

Refuse and tote containers shall be removed before 11:00 p.m. of the day on which collection is made from the premises.

E. 

The Village of Williamsville hereby assumes no responsibility to collect, and no person shall place curbside, waste material not separated and prepared pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the recycling regulations of the Refuse Officer.

Editor's Note: See Chapter 74, Recycling, of the Village Code.

F. 

Material in public right-of-way.

(1) 

The Village of Williamsville hereby assumes no responsibility to collect, and no person shall place curbside, the following waste material:

(a) 

Waste material generated outside of the Village of Williamsville.

(b) 

Waste material generated on premises which does not abut the curbside where the waste material is placed for collection.

(2) 

The fact that waste material is in a public right-of-way shall be rebuttable prima facie evidence that such material was placed there by the owner of the property abutting that curbside area.