NYC Sanitation Code Sections

Browse the NYC Administrative Code and City rules the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) enforces. Open any section for the full text — or contact us if you've received a sanitation summons.

56 sections

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AC §10-119Posting.View
AC §10-169Regulation of publicly accessible collection bins.View
AC §16-1000Definitions.View
AC §16-101Definitions.View
AC §16-111.1Reductions in street cleaning.View
AC §16-114.1Rates for collection and disposal of solid waste from home occupations, medical offices/group medical centers, and other residential offices.View
AC §16-114.2§ 16-114.2View
AC §16-119Dumping prohibited.View
AC §16-120.2Refuse compacting systems; multiple dwellings after May twentieth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight.View
AC §16-123Removal of snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks; property owners' duties.View
AC §16-124.1Borough-based snow plowing and removal plans.View
AC §16-135Snow removal volunteer registry.View
AC §16-144Zero waste goal.View
AC §16-305Recycling of department-managed solid waste.View
AC §16-308Organic waste.View
AC §16-308.1Curbside organics collection.View
AC §16-308.2Organic waste drop off sites.View
AC §16-310Public space recycling.View
AC §16-310.3Community recycling.View
AC §16-314Recycling program revisions.View
AC §16-315Notice, education and research programs.View
AC §16-316.1Waste characterization study.View
AC §16-316.5Zero waste plan and report.View
AC §16-329Restrictions on the sale or use of certain expanded polystyrene items.View
AC §16-425Labeling.View
AC §16-463Receipt of recyclable material.View
AC §17-315.1§ 17-315.1View
AC §20-465.3§ 20-465.3View
AC §22-115Removal of sweepings, ashes and garbage.View
AC §24-158Use of department of sanitation refuse burning equipment without control apparatus prohibited. [Repealed]View
AC §24-218General prohibitions.View
RCNY §1-02.1Requirements for Receptacles and Bags Containing Solid Waste and Recyclables for Collection.View
RCNY §1-02.2Waste Management Plan.View
RCNY §1-02.3Multiunit Building Collection Program.View
RCNY §1-02.5Receptacles Required for Certain Buildings that Receive Department Collection.View
RCNY §1-04.1Alternate Principal Officer.View
RCNY §1-05.1Removal of Derelict Bicycles.View
RCNY §1-05.1Subject Matter.View
RCNY §1-10Recycling of Private Carter-collected Waste.View
RCNY §1-12Improper Placement of Refuse and Recycling for Department Collection.View
RCNY §10-01Conduct of Department of Sanitation Adjudicatory Proceedings.View
RCNY §153.13Interference with Department of Sanitation Employees Prohibited. [Repealed]View
RCNY §19-103Sanitation Penalty Schedule.View
RCNY §19-106Sanitation Asbestos Waste Penalty Schedule.View
RCNY §20-27Billing and payment.View
RCNY §25-201Collection, Retention and Disposal of Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse in Multiple Dwellings.View
RCNY §27-05No Limitations on Voluntary Actions.View
RCNY §27-05Selection Process.View
RCNY §27-05Requirements for Employment of Bags and Containers Meeting Specifications Set Out in 28 RCNY §§ 27-02, 27-03 and 27-04.View
RCNY §27-11Purpose and Scope.View
RCNY §27-12Specifications for Waste Containerization Systems.View
RCNY §3-120Recycling - Sanitation Collection Rules Penalty Schedule. [Repealed]View
RCNY §4-31Definitions.View
RCNY §4-44Operation and Maintenance.View
RCNY §4-45Suspension and Revocation.View
RCNY §49-33Disposal of Abandoned Signs and/or Sign Structures.View

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