§ 14-03 Costs for Department Street Cleaning and/or Collection and Disposal of Refuse and Recyclable Materials.
RCNY § 14-03
(a)Cleaning and collection services provided by the department. Where the sponsor has arranged with the Department to provide both cleaning and collection services during and at the conclusion of the street event, the Department shall charge the sponsor for its cleaning and collection costs based on the number of personnel deployed and the type and amount of equipment used. All rates for sanitation workers who are assigned to the street event area shall be at a minimum of eight hours, computed at double time salary rate, except when a street event occurs on a holiday that falls between Monday through Saturday for which such rate shall be computed at time and one-half. All rates for supervisors and/or district superintendents who are assigned to the street event area shall be at a minimum of eight hours, computed at a time and one-half salary rate, except when a street event occurs on a Sunday for which such rate shall be computed at double time.
(b)Cleaning and collection services provided by a private or volunteer sanitation crew. Where the sponsor retains a private sanitation crew or organizes a volunteer sanitation crew to provide cleaning and collection service during and at the conclusion of the street event but has failed to have the street event area cleaned and/or have all bagged and/or bundled refuse and recyclable materials removed from the street event area, the Department shall charge the sponsor for costs incurred by the Department to clean the street event area and collect all bagged and/or bundled refuse and recyclable materials. All rates for sanitation workers who are assigned to the street event area shall be at a minimum of eight hours, computed at double time salary rate, except when a street event occurs on a holiday that falls between Monday through Saturday for which such rate shall be computed at time and one-half. All rates for supervisors and/or district superintendents who are assigned to the street event area shall be at a minimum of eight hours, computed at a time and one-half salary rate, except when a street event occurs on a Sunday for which such rate shall be computed at double time.
(c)Cleaning service provided by a private or volunteer sanitation crew; collection service provided by department. Where the sponsor retains a private sanitation crew or organizes a volunteer sanitation crew to provide street cleaning service but retains the Department to provide collection service during and at the conclusion of the event, the Department will: (1) not charge the sponsor for the collection of bagged and/or bundled refuse and recyclable materials if there are Department personnel assigned to regular tasks within the immediate area of the street event and Department personnel are able to complete their regular tasks within the same working shift; (2) charge the sponsor for the collection of bagged and/or bundled refuse and recyclable materials based on the number of hours required to provide collection service at a salary rate of double time in accordance with the number of personnel deployed to the area, together with costs for the type and amount of equipment used by the Department, if: (i) there are no Department personnel assigned to regular tasks within the immediate area of the street event; or (ii) Department personnel who are diverted to the area to collect all bagged and/or bundled refuse and recyclable materials are prevented from completing their regularly assigned tasks within the same working shift.
(3)For purposes of this subdivision, "regular task" means a task including, but not limited to, a regular collection route within the immediate area, basket collection, motorized litter patrol, or mechanical broom sweeping.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this section, the sponsor may deliver its bagged recyclable materials to a designated Department location or facility, or arrange to have all bagged and/or bundled recyclable materials removed by a private recycler or licensed private carter, provided that the sponsor notifies the Chief of Cleaning Operations of the Street Events Office, not less than one week in advance of the street event, that the sponsor will provide for the removal of all bagged and/or bundled recyclable materials generated during the street event.
(e)In addition to cleaning and collection costs, the Department shall charge the sponsor for the cost of the proper disposal of refuse and recyclable materials. For purposes of this chapter, the cost of the proper disposal of refuse and recyclable material means the costs incurred by the Department for the removal of debris and litter actually removed from the street event site by Department employees and which is delivered to and received at a department disposal facility, or another facility which accepts solid waste for the purpose of subsequent transfer to another location for proper disposal, including the cost incurred by the Department to export the debris and litter for disposal out of the City at the time such material was removed from the street event site as such dollar amount is fixed contractually between the Department and a vendor providing export services to the Department.
