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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-03-10March 10, 1988
The Lansing Town Board met in an Adjourned Meeting at the Lansing Town
Hall Board Room at 7:30 P.M. March 10, 1988 for the purposes of holding a
Public Hearing on proposed Local Law No. 1 of the year 1988.
ROLL CALL
Jeannine Kirby Supervisor Present
Jeffrey Cleveland Councilman Present
Louis Emmick Councilman Present
James Kelleher Town Attorney Present
Bonita Boles Town Clerk Present
Visitors: Deputy Town Clerk, Debbie Crandall, Syracuse Attorney,
Raymond D'Agustino, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Shea, Mrs. Betty Norman, Mr. Alvin White,
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hagin, Mr. David Eastman, Mrs. Anne Moses, Mr. Danny
Starner and one or two other Lansing Residents.
Proof of Notice having been furnished by the clerk, the Public Hearing
on proposed Local Law No. l.for the year 1988, entitled " A Local Law
Regulating Solid Waste Management Facilities" was called to order at 7:54 P.M.
by Supervisor Kirby.
No one appeared voicing any objection to the proposed Local Law # 1, 1988
and all persons desiring to be heard, having been heard, the Public Hearing
was terminiated At 9 :02 P.M.
The Town Board reviewed the Public Hearing on proposed Local Law No. 1, 1988
entitled " A Local Law Regulating Solid Waste Management Facilities" and the
following Resolution was offered.
RESOLUTION offered by Mr. Cleveland who moved its adoption, seconded by
Mr. Emmick:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law, a
proposed local law entitled Local Law No. 1 of 1988, "A Local Law Regulating
Solid Waste Management Facilities ", was presented.and introduced at a meeting
of the Town Board held on February 17, 1988; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on such proposed local law on this
10th day of March, 1988 by the Town Board and proof of publication of notice
of such public hearing, as required by law, having been submitted and filed, and
all persons desiring to be heard in connection with said proposed local law
having been heard, and said proposed local law having been in the possession of
the members of the Town Board in its final form in the manner required by Section
20 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board at such Public Hearing, heard presentations from
the following individuals who spoke in favor of the proposed Local Law and
no one having appeared in opposition to the Proposed Local Law:
Roger Hagin 375
Marilyn Hagin 375
Dean Shea 416
David Eastman 124
Alvin White 465
Anne Moses 438
Danny Starner 551
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WHEREAS, the following documents were presented to and reviewed by the
Town Board:
The Issue of Sludge Deposit on Land by Donald J. Lisk (1984)
Use and Disposal of Municipal Wastewater, Sludge by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Sections 2, 3 and 8 (1984)
Monitoring Sludge - Amended Agricultural Soils by Michael S. Connor (1984)
Multimedium Management of Municipal Sludge by the Committee on a Multi -
medium Approach to Municipal Sludge Management (1978)
The DelMonte Decision: Banning Crops Grown in Sludge - Amended Soils by
Chris Newkumet (1980)
Mutagenicity of Municipal Sewage Sludges of American Cities by John G. Babish,
Brian E. Johnson and Donald J. Lisk (1983)
Organic Toxicants and Pathogens in Sewage Sludge and their Environmental
Effects by J.G. Babish, D.J. Lisk, G.S. Stoewsand, and C. Wilkinson (1981)
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations in Sewage and Sludges of Some
Waste Treatment Plants in Southern Ontario by John Lawrence and Helle M.
Josine (1977)
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LOCAL LAW NO. 1 — 1988
A LOCAL LAW REGULATING
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
Legislative findings and purpose.
The Town Board finds that solid waste is a deleterious substance; that improperly
maintained solid waste management facilities emit obnoxious fumes and odors and loud
noises; that such facilities cast dust and particles upon neighboring persons and
properties; that such facilities attract rodents, scavengers, birds, vermin and other
beasts and become breeding places therefor; that the burning of solid waste causes
smoke and oxidized material to be given off into the air which the community must
breathe; that solid waste can produce harmful liquids which drain off, over and into
the soil; that certain solid wastes contribute to an increase in mortality or an
increase in serious, irreversible or incapacitating illness; that solid wastes cause
or significantly contribute to a substantial present or potential hazard to human
health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed or
otherwise managed; that municipal sludge is a product of residential, commercial and
industrial users and contains pathogens, chemicals and other substances from these
users, some of which alone or in combination are dangerous; that such substances may
include PCB's,pesticides, solvents, flame retardants, carconogenic materials, asbestos,
viruses, mercury, cadmium, nickel, copper, lead, chromium, zinc, toxics, and a host
of other deleterious substances; that the quality of solid waste can vary greatly over
time and location depending upon the nature of sources and the compliance with disposal
regulations for these and other hazardous substances; that currently there exists a
difference of opinion among experts as to whether it can be dangerous for humans to
consume crops grown on land used for the spreading of municipal sludge or to drink
milk or consume products of animals which graze on such land; that until more definitive
information is available there is a need for careful management of valuable farm land;
that the Town's manpower and financial resources are such that the Town would have
serious difficulty regulating and monitoring the disposal of solid waste generated or
originating outside of the Town while striving to effectively regulate and monitor
that which is generated within the Town; that the inability of the Town to regulate
and monitor the disposal of solid waste coming into the Town from outside sources
could result in serious health problems for Town residents and environmental damage
to property within the Town; that the purpose of this local law is to protect and
preserve the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town by regulating solid
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waste located within the Town; and that this local law relates to the property,
affairs and government of the Town and its adoption is authorized by the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York and Section 27 -0711 of the Environmental
Conservation Law of the State of New York,
Section 2.
Definitions,
As used in this local law, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AGRICULTURE'- The cultivation and production of crops for human
consumption. "Agriculture" shall include the use of the land
for the grazing of dairy cows or other animals whose products'
are consumed by humans.
BEDROCK - Cemented or consolidated earth materials exposed on
the earth's surface or underlying unconsolidated earth materials.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS - Wastes resulting from
construction, remodeling, repair and demolition of structures,
road building and land clearing. Such wastes include bricks,
concreate and other masonry materials, soil, rock, lumber, road
spoils, paving materials and tree stumps.
DISPOSAL - The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling,
spreading, leaking or placing of any solid waste into or on any
land or water.
FACILITY - All contiguous land and structures or other improvements
used for a solid waste management facility. Each solid waste
management facility located on non - contiguous parcels of land shall
constitute a separate facility.
GARBAGE - Putrescible solid waste, including animal and vegetable
waste resulting from the handling, storage, sale, preparation,
cooking or serving of foods. "GARBAGE" originates primarily in
home kitchens, stores, markets, restaurants and other places where
food is stored, prepared or served.
HAZARDOUS WASTE - A solid waste or combination of solid wastes
which, because of its quantity, concentration of physical, chemical
or biological characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute
to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible,
or incapacitating reversible, illness, or cause or significantly
contribute to a substantial present or potential hazard to human
health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported,
disposed or otherwise managed. Such wastes shall include but not be
limited to wastes which are bioconcentrative, highly flammable,
explosive, highly reactive, toxic, poisonous, radioactive, irritating,
sensitizing or infectious, and shall include wastes that are solid,
semisolid or liquid or contain gases. The final determination of
whether or not a waste is hazardous shall be made by the Town.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE- Wastes in liquid, semisolid or solid form that
result from industrial or commercial processes, including but not
limited to factories, processing plants and repair and cleaning
establishments, which wastes include but are not limited to sludges,
oils, solvents, spent chemicals and acids.
LANDSPREADING FACILITY - A site used for a solid waste management
facility and where sludge or septage is applied to the soil surface
or injected into the upper layer of the soil.
LEACHATE - A liquid, including any suspended components in the
liquid, which has been in contact with or passed through solid waste.
OPERATOR - The person responsible for the operation of a solid waste
management facility.
OWNER - The person who owns all or any part of a solid waste management
facility.
(2)
NYCRR - New York Codes,
upon the effective date
after be amended,
Rules and Regulations as they exist
of this local law and as may there-
PERSON - Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the state,
municipality, industry, copartnership, association, firm, trust,
estate or any other legal entity..
PROCESSING FACILITY
devices utilized to
characteristics of
or shredding prior
facility, sanitary
vehicles.
- A combination of
structures, machinery or
reduce or
solid waste
alter the
through
volume,
processes
chemical or physical
such as baling
to delivery
of such
waste to
a resource recovery
landfill or
incinerator,
and
excludes collection
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY - A combination of structures, machinery
or devices, utilized to separate, process, modify, convert, treat
or prepare collected solid waste so that component materials or
substances or recoverable resources may be used as a raw material
or energy source.
RUNOFF •- Any rainwater, leachate or other liquid that drains over
land from any part of a facility,
SALVAGING - The controlled removal of waste materials for reuse,
SANITARY LANDFILL - A land disposal site employing an engineered
method disposing of solid wastes on land in a manner that minimizes
environmental hazards and meets the design and operation requirements
of 6 NYCRR Part 360,
SEPTAGE - The contents of a septic tank, cesspool or other
individual sewage treatment facility which receives domestic
sewage wastes.
SLUDGE - Any solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated or deposited
from municipal or private sewage treatment plants,
SOLID WASTE - Materials or substances discharged or rejected as
being spent, useless, worthless or in excess to the owner at the
time of such discard or rejection, except sewage and other highly
diluted water - carried materials or substances and those in gaseous
form. Such wastes shall include but are not limited to garbage,
sludge, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, street cleanings,
dead animals, offal, abandoned vehicles, agricultural waste, in-
dustrial waste,-commercial waste and construction and demolition
debris.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY - Any facility employed beyond the
initial solid waste collection process, including but not limited
to transfer stations; baling facilities; rail -haul or barge -haul
facilities; threatment facilities; processing facilities including
resource recovery equipment or other facilities to reduce or alter
the volume, chemical or physical characteristics of solid waste,
sanitary landfills; plants and facilities for composting, compacting
or pyrolyzing solid wastes; incinerators; landspreading facilities,
secure land burial facilities; industrial waste processing or
disposal facilities; and storage areas associated with any of the
forgoing.
STORAGE - The containment of any solid waste, either on a temporary
basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute
disposal of such waste
SURFACE WATER - Lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers,
streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, and all other bodies of surface
water, natural or artificial, public or private.
TOWN - The Town of Lansing.
action which is to be taken
provision shall be deemed to
otherwise specified.
Whenever this local law refers to any
or authorized by the "Town ", the
refer to the Town Board unless
(3)
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TRANSFER STATION - A combination of
devices at a place or facility where
from collection vehicles and placed
units for movement to another solid
structures, machinery or
solid waste is taken
in other transportation
waste management facility,
TREATMENT - Any method, technique or process, including neutrali-
zation, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological .
character or composition of any solid waste to neutralize such
waste, recover energy or material resources from the waste, to
render such waste safer to transport, store or dispose of, or
amenable for recover, storage or reduction in volume.
Section 3.
law:
Exemptions.
The following solid waste management facilities are exempt from this local
A. Disposal areas for solid waste generated
from a one- or two - family residence or from a farm, when such
wastes, other than hazardous wastes, are generated at and
disposed of within the property boundaries of such residence or
farm.
B. Transfer, storage, incineration and processing
facilities located at apartment houses, schools, parks, industries,
hospitals, commercial establishments, individual residences and
farms, provided such facilities are used only for solid waste
generated or originating at such locations.
C. Solid waste management facilities owned or
operated by the Town or under contract with the Town.
Section 4.
Facility requirements.
A. General requirements for all solid waste management facilities. Any person
who owns, designs, constructs, maintains or operates any facility shall do so in
conformance with the requirements of this local law. All applications for permits
under this local law shall demonstrate specific means proposed for compliance
herewith.
(1) Solid waste shall not be deposited in and
shall be prevented from entering surface waters or ground waters.
(2) Leachate from a solid waste management facility
shall not be allowed to drain or discharge into surface waters or
ground waters.
(3) Salvaging, if conducted by or permited by the
facility operator, shall be controlled by the facility operator within
a designated salvage area and shall not interfere with facility operation
nor create hazards or nuisances.
(4) Access to facilities shall be permited only
when an attendant is on duty and access to and use of facilities
shall be controlled by fences, gates, signs and other suitable
means as the Town shall determine.
(5) Blowing papers and litter shall be confined to
refuse holding and operating areas by fencing or other suitable
means, Solid waste shall not be accepted at a facility unless it
is covered or confined in the vehicle in which it is being transported,
(6) Vectors, dust and odors shall be controlled by
effective means so that they shall not constitute nuisances or
hazards to health, safety or property.
(7) On -site roads used to transport solid wastes
shall be kept passable and safe at all times and shall be main-
tained and kept in good repair at all times.
(8) Safety hazards to.all persons on and near the
facility shall be minimized to the greatest extent possible.
(4)
(9) .Mufflers shall be installed on all internal-
combustion powered equipment used at any solid waste management
facility and on all other equipment for which mufflers are
available, and sound levels for such equipment shall not exceed
eighty -eight (88)dB(A) at a distance of fifty (50) feet as
measured by procedures that conform to the applicable provisions
of the measurement standards of the Society of Automotive
Engineers, including but not limited to J87, J88a and J952b,
(10) No facility shall receive or process solid
waste or otherwise be operated on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays
or on any day between the hours of 5.00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(11) Adequate numbers, types and sizes of properly
maintained equipment shall be available to the facility during all
hours of operation,
(12) Shelter for mobile equipment shall be provided
for routine maintenance and repair.
(13) No open burning shall occur at any time. All
fires shall be extinguished immediately. The facility shall at all
times contain fire.. extinguishing equipment sufficient to extinguish
any fires which occur at the facility.
(14)
Solid waste
shall be
confined to an area which
can be effectively
maintained,
operated
and controlled.
(15) The minimum horizontal distance between a solid
waste management facility and the feature listed below shall be as
follows:
FEATURE
Property Line
Residence or Place of Business
Potable Water Well or Supply
Stream or Other Body of Water
Drainage Swale
DISTANCE IN FEET
200
2,000
1,000
1,000
100
(16) Hazardous wastes shall not be accepted, stored
or deposited at any solid waste management facility in the Town. No
person shall transport or bring into the Town, or cause or permit to
be transported or brought into the Town, any hazardous wastes.
(17) Reports on forms acceptable to or provided by
the Town shall be submitted to the Town Board on April 15, July 15,
October 15, and January 15 of each year, covering the quarters
ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, respectively.
The reports shall show income, operating expenses, other expenses,
cash flow and other financial details and the following data concerning
vehicles entering the facility: vehicle descriptions, vehicle weights,
number of trips to the facility per day and the weight and content of
each load of solid waste deposited.
(18) A proposed plan of operation for each facility
shall be filed with the Town which shall include, in addition to any
other items which the Town may require, the following: the property
boundaries of the facility; property lines of all properties immedi-
ately adjacent thereto; existing and proposed structures located on
the facility; existing buildings and other structures off -site within
two thousand (2,000) feet of the facility boundary; existing and
proposed on-sIte roads; existing and proposed off -site access roads
and public highways to be used for access; all on -site utilities,
including storm sewer and drainage, sanitary sewers and water mains;
all off -site utilities within two thousand (2,000) feet of the
boundary of the facility; location of all surface water and of
potable water wells or water supplies within two thousand (2,000) feet
of the boundary of the facility; contours (United States Geological
(5)
Survey datum) as they existed within the facility prior to the
commencement of operations and extending two thousand (2,000)
feet outside-the facility boundary, at intervals not to exceed five
(5) feet; and proposed final contours (United States Geological
Survey datum) of the facility showing the final proposed elevation,
including final cover. The above plan shall be drawn to scale [not
less that one (1) inch equals one hundred (100) feet] by a duly
licensed professional engineer or land surveyor of the State of New
York. In addition to the foregoing, a location plan shall be
submitted showing the facility and all public roads within a three -mile
radius. Said plan shall be drawn to a scale of not less than one
(1) inch equals two thousand (2,000) feet,
(19) Facilities shall be maintained and operated so
as to function in accordance with the designed and intended use of
the facility. Equipment in use at each facility shall be maintained
to operate effectively. Contingency plans approved by the Town for
emergency situations shall be implemented in accordance with the
terms of those plans,
(20) The owner of each solid waste management facility
shall execute a written document suitable for recording in the Tompkins
County Clerk's Office real property title records for the land upon
which such facility is located stating that such land has been used
for such facility and that information concerning the extent of
such use may be obtained from the Town or the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation.
B. Requirements for solid waste management facilities other than landspreading
facilities. All solid wastes management facilities located in the Town other than
landspreading facilities shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated in
compliance with 6 NYCRR Part 360.8 (b) and Section 4A of this local law,
C. Requirments for landspreading facilities. All landspreading facilities
located in the Town shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated in
compliance with 6 NYCRR Part 360.8 (b) (3), Section 4A of this local law and, in
addition, with the following requirements. Where conflicting requirements exist, the
more stringent shall apply:
(1) Any land which is used for a landspreading facility
shall not thereafter be used for agriculture until such time as the Town
Board receives certification in writing from an independent professional
engineer licensed by the State of New York that the content in said soil
of pathogens, heavy metals and other substances known to be harmful to humans
is within limits established at the time of said certification by the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In no event shall
such land be used for agriculture until at least eighteen (18) months
have elapsed since such landspreading occurred.
(2) Before landspreading is undertaken all sludge
shall be stabilized and otherwise treated for pathogen reduction by
a process at least equivalent to that defined in 40 CFR (Code of Federal
Regulations) 256, x "Process to Significantly Reduce Pathogens ".
(3) In addition to the requirements contained in Section
4A (18) of this local law, a detailed soil analysis shall be provided
for each facility, including the types and classifications of soil present,
the PH levels of their plow layers, and the ambient levels of each of
the following substances: mercury, cadmium, nickel, copper, lead,
chromium, zinc, total PCBs, pathogens and other toxic substances and
such other tests as the Town Board may require.
(4) In order to reduce the possibility of runoff or
off -site contamination only dewatered sludge with a minimum solid,content
of twenty (20 %) percent shall be allowed to be landspread. Landspreading
shall not be permitted in an area with a slope in excess of six (6 %)
percent or on any area where bedrock lies less that three (3) feet
below the ground surface. Landspread material shall not be deposited
on snow, frozen or saturated ground or during periods of rain,
(5) Sludge or sewage storage lagoons shall not be
permitted.
(6)
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(6) In order to reduce or eliminate odors, all
sludge shall be incorporated into the soil by 5:00 p.m. the same day
it is applied by means of plowing, discing, injection or other acceptable
method.
(7) Dikes, berms or other suitable means shall be
utilized in order to prevent any sludge from running off the site.
Landspread material shall not be deposited in a manner which would
allow it to drain or become washed into any body of water, stream, or
surface water drainage Swale or facility.
(8) Landspread material shall not be allowed to come
into direct contact with agriculture produce that will be consumed by
humans or domestic livestock. Public access to each facility shall be
controlled for at least twelve (12) months after each application of
material. At a minimum signs warning the public of the use of the site
as a landspreading facility in size and content acceptable to the Town
shall be posted around the perimeter of the site at an interval of no
less than two hundred (200) feet,
(9) Sludge shall be tested for pathogens, heavy
metals and other substances known to be harmful to.humans at such
frequency, both prior to and subsequent to spreading, but in any event
at least quarterly, as shall be determined by the Town Board giving
due regard to the source of the sludge, the size and location of the
facility and the quantity of sludge being spread.
(10) Soil testing and ground water and surface water
monitoring for heavy metals, pathogens and other substances known to
be harmful to humans shall be conducted both on and adjacent to'the
facility at such locations in such detail and at such frequency as shall
be established by the Town Board giving due regard to criteria listed
in paragraph (9) above.
(11) Prior to any landspreading, the areas to be
landspread shall be surveyed by a land surveyor licensed by the State
of New York and the boundaries of said areas staked at all corners thereof
and otherwise at intervals of 500 feet.
(12) In addition to the reports required by Section
4A(17), the owner or operator of each landspreading facility shall,
during the time of landspreading activities and for the period ending
eighteen (18) months thereafter, submit quarterly reports to the Town
Board showing the following information for each such facility: quantities
of materials spread, amount of acreage used, types of crops or vegetation
planted and harvested, identity of person to whom said crops are sold
or transferred and ultimate use or destination of said crops.
Section 5.
Vehicles used in collection or transport of solid waste.
A. No person being the owner, driver, helper, manager or operator of any truck
or other vehicle used in the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste
shall allow any of said material or any mud on said vehicle or the wheels or tires
thereof to become dislodged or to fall or blow from such vehicle upon any of the
streets, highways, sidewalks or public places in the Town, or upon any property in
the Town, whether real or personal, public or private.
B. Before leaving the premises of any solid waste management facility, all
vehicles shall be inspected by the operator thereof and by the operator of the facility
for the presence of mud or solid waste on the exterior of said vehicle or the wheels
or tires thereof, and all such mud and solid waste shall be removed therefrom before
the vehicle leaves the facility.
Section 6.
Permit required.
A. No person shall own or operate a solid waste management facility in the Town
without first obtaining a permit for same issued by the Town Board.
B. Public
the first time
hearing. No pemit authorized by this local law shall be issued for
until after a public hearing by the Town Board in relation thereto,
(7)
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at which parties in interest
and citizens shall
have an opportunity to
be heard.
Public hearings shall not be
held on renewals or.
amendments of permits
previously
issued under this local law
unless the facility
is to be expanded or
operated in
excess of any limitations or
conditions imposed
by the Town Board in the
original
permit.
C. Procedure. Issuance of a permit for a solid waste management facility shall
be carried out under the following procedures:
(1) APPLICATION: The owner of the proposed facility
shall apply to the Town Board by filing with the Town Clerk a full statement
of a proposed plan of operation, including the items set forth in Section
4A(18) of this local law, proposed phasing of development, environmental
impact statement and a proposed plan of corrective or remedial action to
be taken in the event of air or surface or ground water contamination,
or the spill or release of solid waste on or into any off -site public
or private property, surface water or highway, accompanied with a request
for approval of the proposed action.
(2) SCHEDULING OR PUBLIC HEARING: Within forty -five
(45) days of receiving a completed application under this local law the
Town Board shall schedule a public hearing. The Town Board may schedule
additional public hearings if it chooses.
(3)
refer the application
engineers and consulta
require additional tes
for by the applicant,
action.
CONSULTATIONS: The Town Board may in its discretion
to county, regional or state agencies and to private
nts for their review and comment, and may also
is or environmental studies; which shall be paid
to assist the Town Board in evaluating the proposed
(4) ADVERTISEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING: The time and place
of the public hearing shall be advertised in the official paper of the Town
at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing. The Town Board
may also post the site of the proposed action and use other means to ad-
vertise the public hearing.
(5) DECISION: Within sixty (60) days after the final
public hearing the Town Board shall render its decision: approval, approval
with modifications and /or conditions, or disapproval.
D.. Criteria. The Town Board, in rendering its decision, shall consider
the following;
community;
(1) The overall impact of the proposed action on the
(2) Adequacy and arrangement of vehicular traffic
access and circulation, including intersections, road widths, pavement
surfaces, dividers, and traffic controls;
(3) Adequacy, type and arrangemnt of trees, shrubs, and
other landscaping constituting a visual and /or noise buffer between the
applicants's and adjoining lands, including the maximum retention of
existing vegetation;
(4) Protection of nearby surface and ground waters
from contamination;
.(5) Protection of residents and adjacent or neighboring
properties against noise, glare, odors, unsightliness, contamination or
other objectionable features; and
(6) Adequacy of the proposed plan for emergency,
corrective or remedial actions.
E. Permits and renewals thereof. Permits may be issued or amended by the Town
Board upon compliance by the applicant with the provisions of this local law and
subject to any reasonable conditions imposed by the Town Board. The original permit
so issued shall remain in effect for one year.:following grant of the permit. Permits
may be renewed thereafter for successive one year periods upon filing an application
(8)
for renewal in the form approved by the Town Board and payment of the permit fee.
Renewal permits shall not be issued for facilities which are in default of any
conditions established by the Town Board or which are being operated or maintained
in violation of this local law. When required by the Town. Board, the applicant,
upon obtaining a renewal permit, shall furnish and additional bond or security in
an amount approved by the Town Board as sufficient to ensure compliance with this
local law and any conditions established by the Town Board.
F. Permit fees. The permit fee shall be Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars
and shall be paid at the time the application is made and thereafter in the event
of renewal. The Town, in addition to the permit fee, may assess the applicant with
the costs of advertising the notice of hearing on such application and may make the
issuance of the permit conditional upon payment of same.
G. Revocation or suspension. If any officer or authorized representative or
employee of the Town finds that any facility permitted hereunder is not being operated
in accordance with the provisions of this local law, including any conditions es-
tablished by the Town, such fact shall thereupon be reported to the Town Board and the
Town Board may direct that an order in writing be served upon the holder of the permit,
directing that the conditions therein specified be remedied within five (5) days after
date of service of such order. If such conditions are not corrected after the ex-
piration of said five -day period, the Town Board may serve a notice in writing upon
the holder of said permit requiring the holder of said permit to appear before the
Town Board at a time to be specified in such notice and show cause why such permit
should not be revoked or suspended. The Town Board may, after a hearing at which
testimony of witnesses may be taken, and the holder of the permit shall be heard,
revoke or suspend such permit if said Town Board shall find that said facility is
not being operated in accordance with the provisions I of this local law, or for other
sufficient cause.
Section 7. Undertaking required to ensure compliance.
The owner of every solid waste management facility shall furnish the Town with
an undertaking, executed by one (1) or more satisfactory to the Town, or in the form
of cash, in an amount sufficient to reimburse the Town against any damages or expenses
incurred by the Town in enforcing this local law or in remedying any violation thereof,
including but not limited to expenses incurred in complying with the requirements set
forth in Section 4 of this local law and in remedying any interference with or con-
tamination of adjacent or nearby properties, surface water or water sources. The Town
shall determine the amount of such undertaking having due record for the size of the
facility and the amount of solid waste being deposited, treated, stored or processed
therein; but it shall not be less than three (3) times the total assessed value of
the land upon which the facility is located as shown on the current assessment roll
of the Town. Said undertaking shall be kept in full force and effect at all times.
Section 8.
Solid waste originating outside Town.
No person shall transport, import or bring into the Town, or cause or permit
to be transported, imported or brought into the Town, or shall throw, dump, dispose
or deposit in or on any private or public land in the Town, or cause or permit to be
so thrown, dumped, disposed or deposited, any solid waste originated or generated
outside of the Town or from any source outside the Town. No person shall operate
a solid waste management facility which accepts or receives solid waste originating
or generated'outside of the Town.
Section 9.
Effect of noncompliance.
No solid waste management facility which violated any provision of this local
law shall remain. in operation while such violations continue. In addition, any
solid waste management facility which violates any provision of this local law is
hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Section 10. Inspections.
Every solid waste management facility
without notice. The owner and operator of
inspection thereof upon demand by any offi
representative of the Town and shall, as a
this local law, execute written permission
Section 11,
shall be subject to periodic inspections
each such facility shall allow on -site
cer or other duly authorized employee or
condition to obtaining a permit under
giving effect to this provision.
Criminal penalties; enforcement.
A. Any person who violates any provision of this local law shall be guilty of
(9)
of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished by such fine or imprisonment, or both,
as shall be provided by the New York State Penal Law. Each day of continued violation
shall be deemed a separate violation of this local law.
B. This local law may be enforced by any police officer or by any officer of
the Town or by any employee of the Town if so authorized by.resolution of the Town
Board. Any such enforcement official is authorized to issue an appearance ticket,
an information, a misdemeanor complaint or any other appropriate accusatory in-
strument, in the manner provided by the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New
York, or by any pertinent ordinances or local laws of the Town, to the owner or
operator of the solid waste management facility as well as to any other person who
is violating the provisions of this local law.
Section 12.
Civil remedies.
Nothing in this local
law shall
be deemed to impair or diminish
any
cause of
action or remedy which the
Town may
have under any other local law,
under
any statute,
ordinance or regulation or
under the
common law; provided, however,
that
in the case
of a conflict, those terms
or rules
of law shall control which are
more
restrictive
upon the solid waste management
facility.
In addition thereto, the
Town
may enforce
this local law by court injunction.
Section 13.
Liability for expenses.
Any person adjudged in a criminal or civil proceeding to have violated this
local law shall be liable to the Town for all expenses incurred by the Town in
connection with the proceeding, including the reasonable attorneys' fees of the
Town in connection therewith.
Section 14,
Severability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,
or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which
rendered.
Section 15. When effective.
or part of this local
to be invalid, such
thereof but shall be
subdivision, section
such judgment is
This local law shall become effective immediately upon its filing with the New
York Department of State.
Section 16. Repealer.
Town of Lansing Local Laws No. 3 and No. 4 of 1987 are hereby repealed.
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(Complete the certification in the paragraph which applies to the filing of this local law and strike out the
matter therein which is not applicable,)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only,)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. :........i....... of 194MI,
of the W of'......... Lansing............ was duly passed by the .........l pan.s.]�lxg...Town.,Za and ...............................
(Name of Legislative Body)
on....,Mare .,1.0,,,,,,,,,., ,,....19....88 in accordance with the applicable provisions of law,
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval or no disapproval by Elective Chief Executive Officer,*
or repassage after disapproval.)
1 hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No.. ...................of .19.. ... ff.
County
of the City
Town
Village
of..........
............................was duly
passed
by
the
............ ,. ...... ...............,........... ,......
(Name of Legislative Body)
on............................. .....................19........
not disapproved
and was approved by the ........................ ...............................
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief Executive Officer
and was deemed duly adopted on ................................... .....................19........ , in accordance with the applicable
provisions of law.
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
1 hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. .................. of 19,,,,,.,..,
County
of the City
Town
Village
of.... was duly passed by the ....................................................... ...............................
(Name of Legislative Body)
on.. .......... ... I ...... I.. I ..................... 19 ........
not disapproved
andwas approved by the ................................ ...............................
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief executive officer
on .................................................. ....................19......... Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a
mandatory
permissive referendum, and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting
general
thereon at the special election held on ................................. .....................19........ , in accordance with the appli-
annual
cable provisions of law,
4. (Subject to permissive referendum, and final adoption because no valid petition filed requesting
referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. .................. of 19.11,11004.
County
qty
of the Town of ....... ............................... was duly passed by the
Village (Name of Legislative Body)
not disapproved
.............. .... .... I.,. " .... . .... 6.4 ... be, 19........ and was approved by the ..........................,. .............................on
repassed after disapproval Elective Chief Executive officer*
•.•.•.....••......• ....................... ....................19......... Such local law being subject to a permissive referendum and no
valid petition requesting such referendum having been filed, said local law was deemed duly adopted on
••••.•.• .....•••.....• ................. .......$err................,... 19........, in accordance with the applicable provisions of law,
*Elective Chief Executive Officer means or ,includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county -wide basic
or, if there be none, the chairman of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city or vWage or the supervisor of a town,
where such officer is vested with power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances.
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(City local luw concerning Charter re%ision proposed by petition.)
1 hereby cei-tif\ hlaL the log. ,ll aNs ..;;nexed hereto, designated as local law No... ..... I., .......... of 19........
of the City of ........................................... ............................... ha inn been submitted to referendum pursuant to the
provisions of § 37 of lilc !,iunicipal I G:l�ne Rule Law, and i:aving received the affirmative vote of 'a majority
of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at the special general electron held on .•. .........• .....................
..............19 ............ became operative.
(County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as Local Law No....... of 19...... of the
County of .......... ................0............., State of New York, having been submitted to the Electors at the
General Election of November ... ... 1..,, 19 .........., pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of $ection 33 of the Muni-
cipal Home Rule Law, and having received the aftiripative vote of*a majority of the qualified electors of the
cities of said county as a unit and of a majority of the qualified electors of the towns of said county
considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative.
(lf any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate
certification.)
W I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office
and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such Original local law, and was
finally adopted in the.manner indicated in paragraph ............1 ............... above.
Date:. March 10, 1988
(Seal)
•MInT��m
(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney
or other authorized Attorney of locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF .......... ......Tompkins, ...............
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all
proper proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed hereto.
Date: March 10, 1988
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continued March 10, 1988
Screening Chemicals In Municipal Sludges by Elliot Lomnitz and Randy
Bruins and Larry Fradkin (1985)
Utilization of Municipal Sewage Effluent and Sludge on Forest and Disturbed
Land by Bernard P. Sagik, Barbara E. Moore, and Charles A. Sorber (1979)
Lime Lake Reclamation via Sludge Management by James'C. Opatrny and R. Charles
Larlham (1985)
WHEREAS, the Town Board has considered all of the comments made at the
public hearing together with all the documents presented thereat and those listed
above and has also considered the regulations contained in 6 NYCRR Part 360; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board hereby adopts the findings set forth in Section "1"
of the proposed Local Law and hereby determines that it is in the public interest
to enact said Proposed Local Law No. 1 of 1988.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby
•RESOLVED, that the Town Board does hereby enact Proposed Local Law No. 1
of 1988 as Local Law No. 1 of 1988.
El
The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to
a vote and upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Jeffrey Cleveland, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Louis Emmick, Councilman
Vote of Town Board . (Aye) Jeannine Kirby, Supervisor
Said Local Law No. 1 for the year 1988 is attached hereto and made a part
thereof.
The Supervisor presented her monthly report.
On motion, meeting adjourned at the call of the Supervisor.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
there has been presented to
the Town Board of the Town of
Lansing, New York, on Feb-
ruary 17, 1988 „proposed Local
Law No. 1 for the year 1988,
entitled A LOCAL LAW REGU-
LATING SOLID WASTE MAN-
AGEMENT FACILITIES. Said II
proposed Local Law includes
provisions defining solid I
waste, solid waste manage- I
ment facilities and other !
terms, requiring a permit in
order to operate such facili-
ties, regulating the manner in i
which such facilities are oper-
ated, and in particular, the
manner in which sewer ;
sludge may be spread upon
the lond, prohibiting the im- I
portatiori into the Town of sol- l
id waste originating outside of
the Town, and containing oth-
i er provisions relative to en-
forcing the proposed local law i
in both criminal and civil pre -
ceedings. The full text of said
ilocal law is on file a the Town
Clerk's office at the Town
Hall, located at 29 Auburn
i Road, in the Town of Lansing,
'for inspection by all interested
persons.
it NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that
i the Town Board has deter-
mined for puposes of the
N.Y.S. Environmental Quality
Review At that adoption of the
proposed local law will not re-
sult in any significant environ-
mental effects and such deter -
tminotion is also on file at the
Town Clerk's Office for inspec-
tion by all interested PPdrties.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN,1F 61
the Town Board will hold 0'a
public hearing on the adop-
tion of the proposed local law
at the Town Hall on March 10,
1988 at 7:30 P.M. or as soon
thereafter as the matter can
I be heard .at, which time all
persons interested will be
heard.
Bonita Boles, .
I Lansing Town Clerk
I March 1, 1988
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