Hamburg Village, NY Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Maximum accumulation
- Seven days on any property
- Schedule set by
- Director of Public Works; on file in Village offices
- Refuse tote sizes
- 65 gallons or 95 gallons, owned by the Village
- Single-family requirement
- One refuse tote and one recyclable container
- Unpaid tote fee
- Lien after 30 days from invoice date
- Village crews
- Do not enter private property or structures
Summary
In the Village of Hamburg, no one can let municipal solid waste accumulate on their property for longer than seven days, and residential owners and occupiers must make it available for collection as scheduled. The Director of Public Works designates the collection days and hours, and the current schedule is on file in the Village offices.
A. No person shall permit any municipal solid waste to accumulate for a period of longer than seven days upon property owned or occupied by said person in the Village of Hamburg. Owners or occupiers of residential property are hereby required to make accumulated municipal solid waste available for collection as scheduled under the terms hereof. B. Residential properties which receive solid waste and/or recyclable collection services from the Village of Hamburg are required to have a refuse tote(s) and/or recyclable container(s). Single-family households are required to have one refuse tote and one recyclable container, and two-family households are required to have two refuse totes and two recyclable containers. ... A. The Director of Public Works shall de ... signate the days and hours for collection of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials and nonrecyclable rubbish.[1]
Full Breakdown
Section 198-9 of the Village of Hamburg Code sets the duty of owners and occupiers of property. Subsection A bars anyone from permitting municipal solid waste to accumulate for longer than seven days on property they own or occupy in the Village, and it requires owners or occupiers of residential property to make accumulated waste available for collection as scheduled. Under § 198-15A the Director of Public Works designates the days and hours for collection of municipal solid waste, recyclable materials and nonrecyclable rubbish, and the Code notes that the current collection schedule is on file in the Village offices. Under § 198-15B, Village employees and equipment do not enter private property or structures to make collections.
Service is tied to Village-owned containers. Residential properties that receive Village solid waste or recyclable collection must have a refuse tote and a recyclable container: one of each for a single-family household and two of each for a two-family household (§ 198-9B). Section 198-8 defines the refuse tote as a Village-authorized container of either 65 gallons or 95 gallons, owned by the Village, assigned to the residential unit and not to be removed from it. A property with more than two dwelling units, or commercial or institutional operations, needs at least two totes and two recyclable containers or the number the Superintendent of Public Works sets, and its waste stays in closed totes or in dumpsters the Building Inspector has approved (§ 198-9C).
The cost of the first totes and containers was assessed as a one-time user fee on the 2017-2018 Village tax bill, effective March 1, 2016. Any amount still owing on November 1 is invoiced, and an invoiced amount unpaid after 30 days becomes a lien on the real property (§ 198-7). Nonresidential waste goes through authorized collectors under contract with or licensed by the Village (§ 198-9E), and § 198-10 requires owners, lessees and occupants to keep buildings, sidewalks and yards clear of solid waste.
Violations & Fines
A waste generator who breaks the article is handled under § 198-24B: a written warning with the fine schedule on the first violation, $50 on the second within one year, $100 on the third, and $200 on the fourth and each later one, doubling if unpaid within 15 days of the violation notice. The Director of Public Works, a police officer or another person designated by the Board of Trustees enforces (§ 198-25).
Frequently Asked Questions
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