[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 1]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "North Lebanon
Township Waste Reduction and Recycling Ordinance."
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 1]
1. It is the purpose of this Part to:
A. Require waste reduction and recycling as a means of managing municipal
waste, conserving resources and supplying energy.
B. Protect the public health, safety and welfare from the short- and
long-term dangers of collection, transportation, processing and storage
of municipal waste.
C. Utilize, wherever feasible, the capabilities of private enterprise
in accomplishing the desired objectives of an effective, comprehensive
solid waste management program.
D. Establish and implement with[in] the Township of North Lebanon a
recycling program to return valuable materials to productive use,
to conserve energy and to protect capacity at municipal waste processing
or disposal facilities.
E. Educate the public on the economic, environmental, and energy value
of recycling and waste reduction, and encourage through a variety
of means to participate in recycling.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
1. The following words, terms and phrases when used in this Part 2 shall
have the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them, except when the context
clearly indicates a different meaning:
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Events that are sponsored by public or private agencies or
individuals that include but are not limited to fairs, bazaars, socials,
picnics, and organized sporting events attended by 200 or more individuals
per day.
LEAF WASTE
Includes leaves, garden residues, shrubbery, tree trimmings,
Christmas trees, and similar materials, but does not include grass
clippings.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Source-separated recyclable materials, including materials
listed in Section 1501 of Act 101 of 1988, known as the Municipal
Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, as amended, and materials identified by North Lebanon Township to
be recycled, as designated periodically by Township resolution. Such
materials may include the following: clear glass, colored glass, aluminum,
steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade office paper, newsprint, corrugated
cardboard and certain plastics.
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 3; as amended by Ord.
1-1999, 8/16/1999, § XXVIII; by Ord. 2-2001, 12/26/2001,
§ IX; and by Ord. 5-2005, 12/19/2005, § IX]
1. Recycling Fee (20, Part 2; Recycling Exemption Permits for Nonresidential,
$50; Businesses must recycle privately and supply a written annual
report to the Township.
2. The Township of North Lebanon hereby establishes and implements a
source separation and collection program for recyclable materials.
The source separation and collection program shall include the following
regulations:
A. All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations,
corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township,
are hereby required to separate materials, deemed appropriate hereafter
by resolution of the Township, from other municipal waste generated
at their homes, apartments, and other residential establishments and
to store such material until collection. The Township shall adopt
a resolution specifying whether items will be commingled or separated.
Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separate
materials by the person who generated them unless and until such materials
are collected or recycled.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
B. All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township, are hereby required to separate leaf waste from other municipal waste generated at their homes, apartments, and other residential establishments unless those persons have otherwise provided for the lawful composting of leaf waste, as defined in §
20-203.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
C. North Lebanon Township shall allow an owner, landlord or agent of
an owner or landlord of multi-family rental housing properties with
four or more units to comply with its responsibilities under this
Part by establishing a collection system for recyclable materials
at each property. The collection system must include suitable containers
for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible locations
for the containers, and written instructions to the occupants concerning
the use and availability of the collection system. Owners, landlords
and agents of owners or landlords who comply with this Part shall
not be liable for the noncompliance of occupants of their buildings.
D. All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations, corporations, or other groups or entities within North Lebanon Township, are hereby required to separate high-grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated cardboard, leaf waste, and other material deemed appropriate generated at commercial, municipal, or institutional establishments and from community activities, as defined in §
20-203, and to store the materials until collection. The Township of North Lebanon shall exempt persons occupying commercial, institutional, and municipal establishments within its municipal boundaries from the requirements of this Part if those persons have otherwise provided for the recycling of materials they are required by this Part to recycle. To be eligible for an exemption under this subsection, a commercial or institutional solid waste generator must, annually, apply for a permit to do so and pay a fee established pursuant to resolution, and provide written documentation to the Township of the total number of tons recycled.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
E. All persons, including individuals, partnerships, companies, associations,
corporations, or other groups or entities, within North Lebanon Township
are hereby required at least twice per month to have the separated
recyclable materials placed at the curbside or recycled at such other
location as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
of North Lebanon Township as an approved recycling location.
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-2020, 4/20/2020]
F. All collectors who collect refuse and recyclables within the Township
shall be licensed. The collectors shall make application to the county
on the form as provided by the county. All rules, regulations and
fees which are applicable to the collectors shall be as provided by
county regulations. The licensed collector shall collect recyclable
materials from curbside or similar locations designated at least twice
per month from each residence or any other person generating municipal
waste in the Township and shall submit a written report to the county
at such times as specified by the county. All collectors in North
Lebanon Township shall be required to keep separate the recyclables
from the garbage and/or refuse that is collected from any pickup location
within North Lebanon Township.
G. The burning of recyclables is prohibited in North Lebanon Township
and any person, firm or company violating this section, upon summary
conviction before a district magistrate, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 and the costs of prosecution,
such fines to be collected as like fines are now collected by law,
and/or shall undergo imprisonment not exceeding 10 days or both. Each
day of a violation shall be considered as separate offense. North
Lebanon Township shall also have the right to file an equity action
in the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania requesting
the court to issue a mandatory injunction prohibiting the person,
firm or company from burning recyclables within the Township, and
in such case, Township shall be entitled to collect the aforementioned
fine, court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
[Ord. 2-1991, 8/19/1991, § 4; as amended by Ord.
1-1997, 1/20/1997, § V]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this provision
of the Code of Ordinances of North Lebanon Township shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $1,000, and/or to be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 90
days. A separate offense shall arise for each day or portion thereof
in which a violation is found to exist.
[Res. 18-1999, 8/16/1999, § 12; as amended by Ord.
5-2005, 12/19/2005, § XI]
1. Standard types and sizes of receptacles for recycling is required
within North Lebanon Township. When issued by North Lebanon Township,
the size and type of receptacles issued shall be the type approved.
Should the garbage and refuse customer replace receptacles that are
provided by the Township, they shall be replaced with the same size
and type as the Township issue. Any other types of receptacles that
are utilized for recycling within North Lebanon Township must be approved
by the Township.
2. Recycling receptacles that are issued by the Township may not be
used by the owner or tenant for garbage, trash or any use other than
for the storing of permitted recyclables.