§ 1-02.2, 1-02.3, and 1-03, the Department will provide collection service for ashes and solid waste generated by occupants of residential buildings, public buildings and special use buildings, excluding, however, all commercial occupants of said residential buildings unless such service is otherwise authorized by 16 RCNY § 1-03.
RCNY § 1-02
(b)The Department will remove or cause the bodies of dead animals to be removed only from the curb or the edge of the roadway abutting any and every building, structure, premises, or location when the body or bodies have been so placed for collection by or for the owner, tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in charge of the abutting building, structure, premises, or location.
(c)The Department will collect only such ashes or solid waste as shall be sorted and arranged in such containers and the containers placed at such points for collection as is, or shall be required by applicable provisions of State and local law and by the Health Code of the City of New York.
(d)The Department will collect (except from structures of a class or kind which the Department was not obligated to service prior to May 20, 1966) only such compacted refuse having a density not in excess of 700 pounds per cubic yard and provided that compacted refuse from wet-process systems shall not have a moisture content in excess of 40 percent by weight. Compacted refuse shall not be bound with incombustible ties.
(e)Upon the request of any authorized representative of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Commissioner may, in his/her absolute discretion, authorize the collection of construction and demolition debris, originating from any premise or structure owned or managed by the City of New York, the rehabilitation of which is administered by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development or its contractor. (Amended City Record 2/5/2016, eff. 8/1/2016; amended City Record 12/20/2021, eff. 4/1/2022; amended City Record 12/1/2022, eff. 12/31/2022)
