2006 New York Code - Commercial Refuse Containers.

 
    §  19-123  Commercial  refuse containers. It shall be unlawful for any
  person using a commercial  refuse  container  or  the  owner  or  lessee
  thereof  to  place  or  to permit the placement of such container on any
  street unless the owner of such container has obtained a permit therefor
  from the commissioner and unless such container is  in  compliance  with
  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  the  rules of the department in
  relation thereto. Commercial refuse container may be placed  temporarily
  on  the  street for such purposes and in such manner as the commissioner
  shall prescribe. Such containers shall not be used for  the  deposit  of
  putrescible  waste.  The  name and address of the owner of the container
  and the permit number shall be posted on the  container  in  the  manner
  provided  in the rules of the department. The container shall be painted
  with a phosphorescent substance, in a manner to  be  set  forth  in  the
  rules of the department, so that the dimensions thereof shall be clearly
  discernible  at night. The street under such container shall be shielded
  by wooden planking, skids or other protective covering approved  by  the
  commissioner.  The provisions of this section which require the owner of
  a container to obtain a permit prior to the placement of such  container
  on  the  street  shall  not  apply  to containers which are specifically
  authorized to be placed on the street under a permit issued pursuant  to
  section 19-121 of this subchapter.