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Also attached to this agenda item: January 8th Resolution 2-2025 Adoption of LL Intro 16 of 2024 Memo from Manager Healy dated December 16%2C 2024... Public Comment - LL Intro 16

4899-8778-0614, v. 1 VILLAGE OF CROTON-ON-HUDSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES LOCAL LAW INTRODUCTORY NO. 16 OF 2024 A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 135, GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND LITTERING BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson as follows: Section One. Section 135-3, Definitions, of the Code of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson is hereby amended to read as follows: § 135-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: CONTAINER — A watertight, nonrusting metal or plastic container of substantial construction with sloping sidewalls, volume or capacity not to exceed 45 gallons nor total full weight over 70 pounds, equipped with a tightfitting cover and with two substantial handles. DUMPSTER — A container of one and one-half cubic yards, fabricated of prime steel, fully welded throughout, mounted on four six-inch swivel casters, capable of being emptied into the hopper of a rear- load packer truck and which meets all village specifications and all United States federal safety standards. GARBAGE — All putrescible or decaying wastes, except sewage, body wastes and medical and nuclear wastes including vegetables and animal offal, carcasses of dead animals, litter, paper, paper products or materials, cardboard, wood, rubber, cloth, leather or any similar combustible material, and all such substances accumulated on or removed from all public and private establishments and properties, including residences, but excluding recognizable industrial byproducts, discarded wood, lumber or stones. Garbage shall not be understood to include recyclables as defined in §185, Recycling, of the Code of the Village of Croton-on- Hudson. PERSON — Any individual, firm, partnership, company, corporation, society, association or group. RUBBISH — Inorganic wastes such as glass, porcelain crockery, metals, tin cans or other similar noncombustible matter, and shall also include grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, bushes, branches, Christmas trees and similar waste materials and equipment or furniture. Section Two. Chapter 135, Garbage, Rubbish and Littering, is hereby amended to add a new Section 135-8 entitled “Collection schedule” to read as follows: § 135-8. Collection schedule. 4899-8778-0614, v. 1 Materials shall be collected curbside once per week as per an established schedule. Containers shall be placed curbside not before 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding collection nor later than 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection date. If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or other portion of this Local Law is, for any reason, declared invalid, in whole or in part, by any court, agency, commission, legislative body or other authority of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent portion. Such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof, which other portions shall continue in full effect. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the New York State Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson deems this matter to be a Type II action under New York’s State Environmental Quality Review Act and no further action is required.