The owner, lessee, tenant, or other person having the management or control of or
occupying any lot or plot of land in the city, excluding any location designated by
the city for solid waste facilities or any location controlled or under the jurisdiction
of the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, shall keep his land at all times
free and clear of any accumulation of solid waste except as is deposited in approved
containers or otherwise secured as provided for in this article for the collection
and disposal of solid waste by the department of public works, the Onondaga County
Resource Recovery Agency, any person licensed by the city, or in a manner otherwise
approved by law, rules, or regulations.
Except as specifically provided by a valid federal or state permit it shall be an
offense hereunder for any person to dispose of any material by discharging, depositing,
injecting, dumping, spilling, leaking, burning, or placing into on any land, water,
or air within the city, so that such material or any constituent thereof may enter
the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into groundwater or surface
water except as may be provided for herein.
This article shall neither prohibit waste generators or the owners of premises upon
which solid waste has accumulated from personally collecting, conveying, and disposing
of such solid waste, provided such producers or owners comply with the provisions
of this article and with all other governing laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations,
nor prohibit duly licensed private waste haulers from hauling solid waste over city
streets and highways provided such private haulers shall comply with the provisions
of this article and with all other governing laws, ordinances and regulations.
