§ 16-128 Removal of incumbrances from streets.

   a.   The commissioner shall remove, or cause to be removed, any vehicle, box, barrel, bale of merchandise or other movable property or article or thing whatsoever found upon any street, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board of estimate.

   b.   The board of estimate shall set forth, in such regulations, the procedures to be followed by the commissioner relating to:

      1.   the leasing of yards for storage of property removed under the authority of this section;

      2.   notification to the owner of the property removed, if such owner is ascertainable, that the property is being held by the commissioner;

      3.   redemption, by the owner, of the property removed;

      4.   reimbursement, by the owner, of the expenses of removal incurred by the commissioner;

      5.   the sale, by the commissioner, of the property held by him or her;

      6.   the keeping of records and accounts, the transmission of such records to the comptroller, and the transmission of funds collected to the commissioner of finance; and

      7.   such other regulations as the board of estimate may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

   c.   Such regulations shall not become effective until adopted by the board of estimate and filed, by the secretary of such board, with the city clerk, pursuant to section eleven hundred five of the charter.

§ 16-129 Rates for the use of department disposal facilities.

The commissioner may require any person desiring to use some or all of the incinerators or other plants under his or her control to set apart for his or her use, for the disposal of manure, swill, ashes, street sweepings, bones, garbage, night soil, offal, fats, hides, hoofs or other refuse parts of slaughtered animals, refuse, rubbish, bodies of dead animals or any other offensive or noxious material, paper stock, or trade waste, to pay for the disposal of the same at rates established by the council by local law, upon recommendation of the commissioner, and on such terms and conditions as such commissioner shall prescribe and subject to rules governing the use of such incinerators or other plants, except as otherwise provided by section 16-203. The commissioner may make, adopt and promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section.

§ 16-129.1 Rate for the use of department compost facilities.

The commissioner is authorized to collect fees for the disposal of yard waste and organic waste at department compost facilities. Such fees shall be set by rule promulgated by the commissioner. For purposes of this section, the terms "yard waste" and "organic waste" have the same meanings as set forth in section 16-303 and the term "compost facilities" means facilities operated by the department and used for the aerobic and thermophilic decomposition of organic constituents of solid waste to produce a stable, humus-like material.

(Am. L.L. 2023/085, 7/9/2023, eff. 7/9/2023)