Chapter 1: Department of Sanitation

Definitions.

Secretary.

Uniformed forces.

Records.

Drivers or sweepers; temporary employment of.

Removal and suspension of employees.

Leaves of absence.

Salary during absence from duty by injury or sickness.

Receipt of line of duty pay.

Sanitation service; absence from duty because of injury or illness incurred prior to April eighteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-two.

Recommendations for amendment of health code.

Division of streets into districts; allotment of sweepers.

Reductions in street cleaning.

Posting information online about street cleanings.

Flushing or washing streets; water.

Removal of night soil and offal.

Rates for collection and disposal.

Rates for collection and disposal of solid waste from home occupations, medical offices/group medical centers, and other residential offices.

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Sale of ashes by commissioner.

Removal of commercial waste; posting of sign, registration number.

Rules and regulations governing conveyance of rubbish, waste or offensive material through the streets.

Transport, storage and disposal of waste containing asbestos.

Littering prohibited.

Citywide routing system.

Dumping prohibited.

Receptacles for the removal of waste material.

Storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of regulated medical waste, other medical waste and regulated household waste.

Refuse compacting systems; multiple dwellings after May twentieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.

Obstructing tracks.

Vehicles and other movable property.

Removal of snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks; property owners' duties.

Removal of snow and ice from the streets.

Borough-based snow plowing and removal plans.

Dumping snow and ice from piers.

Snow removal; employees and equipment.

Earth, rocks and rubbish.

Removal of incumbrances from streets.

Rates for the use of department disposal facilities.

Rate for the use of department compost facilities.

Permit for operators of dumps, non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations, putrescible solid waste transfer stations and fill material operations.

Rules for the operation of dumps, non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations, putrescible solid waste transfer stations and fill material operations; permits and fees.

Issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of permits.

Additional powers of the commissioner.

Removal or abatement of public nuisance.

Impoundment and forfeiture.

Inquiries and subpoena power.

Lease of advertising space on litter baskets.

Enforcement.

Comprehensive study of commercial solid waste management system required.

Snow removal volunteer registry.

Solid waste management plan.

Uniform civil penalties for littering and public urination.

Violations received after a disaster.

Corrective action request program.

Zero waste goal.

Removal of fallen tree limbs, branches, and vegetation after severe weather.