[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Butler as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-27-1990 by Ord. No. 695]
The short title of this article shall be "the
Butler Township Recycling Ordinance," and the same may be cited in
that manner.
The following words and phrases used throughout
this article shall have the following meanings:
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act of 1988.[1]
Empty all-aluminum beverage or food cans.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of steel and
aluminum.
The entity or entities authorized by the Township to collect
recyclable materials from residences, or authorized by commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments that do not receive collection
services from the Township to collect recyclable materials from those
properties.
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial
purposes, and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing
more than two dwelling units.
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.
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
Empty steel or tin coated food or beverage containers.
Bottles and jars made of clear, green or brown glass. Expressly
excluded are noncontainer glass, plate glass, automotive glass, light
bulbs, blue glass and porcelain and ceramic products.
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people, including
but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, day-care
centers, schools and universities.
Automotive, truck and industrial batteries that contain lead.
Leaves from trees, bushes and other plants, garden residues,
clipped shrubbery and tree trimmings, but not including grass clippings.
Printed matter containing miscellaneous written pieces published
at fixed or varying intervals. Expressly excluded are all other paper
products of any nature whatsoever.
Any properties having more than two dwelling units per structure.
Public facilities operated by the Township and other governmental
and quasi-governmental authorities.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or other material,
including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material,
resulting from operation of establishments and from community activities,
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste in the Solid Waste Management Act[2] from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not
include source-separated recyclable materials.
The Township of Butler.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions,
containing advertisements and other matters of public interest. Expressly
excluded are newspapers which have been soiled, color comics, glossy
advertising inserts and advertising inserts printed in colors other
than black and white often included with newspapers.
Owners, lessees and occupants of residences and commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments.
Empty plastic food and beverage containers. Due to the wide
variety of types of plastics, the Township may stipulate specific
types of plastic which may be recycled.
Materials generated by residences and commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments which are specified by the Township
and can be separated from municipal waste and returned to commerce
to be reused as a resource in the development of useful products.
Recyclable materials may include but are not necessarily limited to
clear glass, colored glass, aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans, high-grade
office paper, newsprint, corrugated paper, plastics, and any other
items selected by the Township or specified in future revisions to
Act 101. The recyclable materials selected by the Township may be
revised from time to time as deemed necessary by the Township.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the
mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than
through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials.
Any occupied single or multifamily dwellings having no more
than two dwelling units per structure for which the Township provides
municipal waste collection service.
Those materials separated at the point of origin for the
purpose of being recycled.
A material whose original purpose has been completed and
which is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise
disposed. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials
or material approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources for beneficial use.
A.Â
The Township hereby establishes a recycling program
for the mandatory separation and collection of recyclable materials
from all residences and all commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments and from community activities located in the Township
for which waste collection is provided by the Township or any other
collector.
B.Â
The Township further establishes a program for the
mandatory separation, collection, composting or other approved method(s)
of processing leaf waste. Collection of the recyclable material(s)
shall be made at least twice per month by the Township, a designated
agent contractor or any other approved solid waste collector operating
in the Township and authorized to collect recyclable materials from
residences or from commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
or from community activities. The recycling program shall contain
a sustained public information education program.
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
C.Â
The processing of leaf waste shall be done by approved
methods, including but not limited to composting or other processing.
Disposal by persons of lead acid batteries with
other municipal wastes is prohibited and shall be a violation of this
article.
A.Â
Recyclable materials.
(1)Â
All persons who are residents of the Township shall
separate all of those recyclable materials designated by the Township
from all other municipal waste produced at their homes, apartments,
and other residential establishments, store such materials for collection,
and shall place the same for collection in accordance with the guidelines
established hereunder.
(a)Â
Persons in residences must separate recyclable
materials from other refuse. Recyclable materials shall be placed
at the curbside in containers provided by the Township for collection.
Any containers provided to residences for collection of recyclable
materials shall be the property of the Township and shall be used
only for the collection of recyclable materials. Any resident who
moves within or from the Township shall be responsible for leaving
the allocated container within the residence or shall pay the replacement
cost of said container(s). Use of recycling containers for any purpose
other than the designated recycling program or use of the recycling
container(s) by any person other than the person allocated such containers
shall be a violation of this article.
(b)Â
An owner, landlord or agent of an owner or landlord
of a multifamily rental housing property with more than two units
must comply with its recycling responsibilities by establishing a
collection system at each property. The collection system must include
suitable containers for collecting and sorting the recyclable materials,
easily accessible locations for the containers, and written instructions
to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection
system.
(2)Â
If recyclable materials are collected by a collector
other than the Township or its authorized agent, owners, landlords
and agents of owners or landlords shall submit an annual report to
the Township reporting the tonnage of materials recycled during the
previous year.
B.Â
All persons must separate leaf waste from other municipal
waste generated at their homes, apartments, residential establishments,
commercial and municipal, institutional establishments and from community
activities for collection unless those persons have otherwise provided
for composting or other approved methods of processing of leaf waste.
C.Â
Persons must separate high-grade office paper, aluminum,
corrugated paper and such other materials as may be designated by
the Township generated at commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments and from community activities and store the recyclable
materials until collection. A person may be exempted from this subsection
if that person submits documentation to the Township annually indicating
that the designated recyclable materials are being recycled in an
appropriate manner.
D.Â
If recyclable materials are collected by a collector
other than the Township or its authorized agent, the collector shall
provide the occupants of said establishments with the tonnage of materials
recycled during the previous year. Occupants shall then submit an
annual report to the Township reporting the tonnage of materials recycled
during the previous year.
All recyclable materials placed by persons for collection by the Township or authorized collector pursuant to this article shall, from time of placement at the curb, become the property of the Township or the authorized collector, except as otherwise provided by § 231-8 of this article. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials by the generator unless and until such materials are placed at the curbside for collection.
It shall be a violation of this article for
any person, firm or corporation, other than the Township or one authorized
by the Township Commissioners or other entity responsible for providing
for collection of recyclable materials, to collect recyclable materials
placed by residences or commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
for collection by the Township or an authorized collector, unless
such person, firm or corporation is licensed by the Township and has
written permission from the generator to make such collection. In
violation hereof, unauthorized collection from one or more residences
or commercial, municipal and institutional establishments on one calendar
day shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as
hereinafter provided.
Any residence or commercial, municipal or institutional
establishment may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person,
firm or corporation, whether operating for profit or not, provided
that the receiving person, firm or corporation, shall not collect
such donated recyclable materials from the collection point of a residence
or commercial, municipal or institutional establishment without prior
written permission from the Township Commissioners or other entity
responsible for authorizing collection of recyclable materials to
make such a collection.
Disposal by persons of recyclable materials
and/or leaf waste with municipal waste is prohibited and shall be
a violation of this article. The collected recyclable materials shall
be taken to a recycling facility. Disposal by collectors or operators
of recycling facilities of source-separated recyclable materials in
landfills or to be burned in incinerators is prohibited unless markets
do not exist and the collectors or operators have notified the Township
Manager, or his designee, in writing.
A.Â
The Township Commissioners or their designee is hereby
authorized and directed to make reasonable rules and regulations for
the operation and enforcement of this article as deemed necessary,
including but not limited to:
(1)Â
Establishing recyclable materials to be separated
for collection and recycling by residences, and additional recyclable
materials to be separated by commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments.
(2)Â
Establishing collection procedure for recyclable materials.
(3)Â
Establishing reporting procedures for amounts of materials
recycled.
(4)Â
Establishing procedures for the distribution, monitoring
and collection of recyclable containers.
(5)Â
Establishing procedures and rules for the collection
or other processing of leaf waste.
B.Â
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
the provisions of this article shall receive an official written warning
of noncompliance for the first offense. Thereafter all such violations
shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.
C.Â
Except as hereinafter provided, any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $600, and costs of prosecution for each and every
offense, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall
be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
30 days.
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
D.Â
The Township reserves the right not to collect municipal
waste containing recyclable materials and/or leaf waste in combination
with nonrecyclable materials.
The Township may enter into (an) agreement(s)
with public or private agencies or firms to authorize them to collect
all or part of the recyclable materials and/or leaf waste from curbside.
The Township may, from time to time, modify, add to or remove from the standards and regulations herein and as authorized in § 231-10.
[Adopted 8-27-1990 by Ord. No. 696]
This article shall be known and referred to
as the "Solid Waste Ordinance."
A.Â
ACT or ACT 97
AGRICULTURAL WASTE
BULKY WASTE
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE
DEPARTMENT
DISPOSE or DISPOSAL
DOMESTIC WASTE or HOUSEHOLD WASTE
GARBAGE
HAULER or PRIVATE COLLECTOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
MUNICIPALITY
MUNICIPAL WASTE
PERSON
PROCESSING
REFUSE
RESIDUAL WASTE
RUBBISH
SCAVENGING
SEWAGE TREATMENT RESIDUES
SOLID WASTE
STORAGE
TRANSFER STATION
TRANSPORTATION
YARD WASTE
The following words and phrases as used in this article
shall have the meaning ascribed herein, unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L.
380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).[1]
Poultry and livestock manure, or residual materials in liquid
or solid form, generated in the production and marketing of poultry,
livestock, furbearing animals and their products, provided that such
waste is not a hazardous waste. The term includes the residual materials
generated in producing, harvesting and marketing of all agronomic,
horticultural, silvicultural and agricultural crops or commodities
grown on what are usually recognized and accepted as farms, forest
or other agricultural lands.
Large items of solid waste, including but not limited to
large auto parts, trees, branches or stumps which may require special
handling due to their size, shape or weight.
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including but not limited to stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
All municipal and residual waste building materials, grubbing
waste and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and
demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings and other structures
and pavements.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in
a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid wastes
enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to
the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Solid waste, comprised of garbage and rubbish, which normally
originates in the residential private household or apartment house.
Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit, or vegetable
matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with
sufficient rapidity to cause such nuisances as odors, gases, or vectors.
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation
who has been licensed by the Township of Butler or its designated
representative to collect, transport and dispose of refuse for a fee
as herein prescribed.
Any solid waste or combination of solid wastes, as defined
in the Act, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical,
chemical, or infectious characteristics may: cause or significantly
contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in morbidity
in either an individual or the total population; or pose a substantial
present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
Any establishment engaged n manufacturing or processing,
including but not limited to factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
Any establishment engaged in service, including but not limited
to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, day-care centers, schools
and universities.
The Township of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and
other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous
materials resulting from operation of residential, municipal, commercial
or institutional establishments and from community activities; and
any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste
under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply
treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or air pollution control
facility.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution and agency, or any other legal entity which
is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions
of this article prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any
combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the
officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having
officers and directors.
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of municipal or residual waste or used to convert part or
all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities
include but are not limited to transfer facilities, composting facilities
and resource recovery facilities.
All solid waste materials which are discarded as useless.
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste,
including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials
resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and
any sludge from an industrial, mining or agricultural water supply
treatment facility, wastewater treatment facility or air pollution
control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term "residual
waste" shall not include coal refuse as defined in the Coal Refuse
Disposal Control Act.[2] Residual waste shall not include treatment sludges from
coal mine drainage treatment plants, disposal of which is being carried
on pursuant to and in compliance with a valid permit issued pursuant
to the Clean Streams Law.[3]
All nonputrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposable matter. This category includes but is not limited to
ashes, bedding, cardboard, cans, crockery, glass, paper and wood.
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of material placed
for collection or from a solid waste processing or disposal facility.
Any coarse screenings, grit and dewatered or air-dried sludges
from sewage treatment plants and pumpings from septic tanks or septage
which are a municipal solid waste and require proper disposal under
Act 97.
Any waste, including but not limited to municipal, residual,
yard waste or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid
or contained gaseous material.
The containment of any waste on a temporary basis in such
a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year constitutes
disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.
Any supplemental transportation facility used as an adjunct
to solid waste collection vehicles.
The off-site removal of any solid waste at any time after
generation.
Noncomposted tree trimmings, leaves, branches, shrubs, grass
clippings and other products or by-products of vegetative growth.
B.Â
In this article, the singular shall include the plural
and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
A.Â
No person, association, firm, partnership or corporation
shall keep or suffer to remain on his or her premises, or on any private
property, any garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste material, offal, carcass,
putrid matter or other offensive or unwholesome matter, or cast the
same upon any lot or piece of ground within the Township, or upon
the source or margin of any stream or body of water, or into any sewer
inlet or upon any sidewalk in the Township. Nor may any person, firm
or corporation use or permit to be used any spot or place within the
Township as a public or private dump for garbage, refuse, waste materials
or rubbish.
[Amended 6-4-2012 by Ord.
No. 866]
B.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any solid
waste except yard waste within the municipality except in accordance
with the provisions of this article and any Department rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to Act 97.
C.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of
any solid waste in the municipality except in accordance with the
provisions of this article and any Department rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to Act 97.
D.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to haul, transport,
collect or remove any solid waste from public or private property
within the municipality without first securing a license to do so
in accordance with the provisions of this article.
E.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to scavenge any
materials from any solid waste that is stored or deposited for collection
within the municipality.
F.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to salvage or
reclaim any solid wastes within the municipality except at an approved
and permitted resource recovery facility under Act 97 and any Department
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to Act 97.
G.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place
or deposit, or cause or permit to be thrown, placed or deposited any
solid waste in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, body of water,
public or private property within the municipality except as provided
in this article.
A.Â
The storage of all solid waste shall be practiced
so as to prevent the attraction, harborage or breeding of insects
or rodents, and to eliminate conditions harmful to public health or
which create safety hazards, odors, unsightliness or public nuisances.
B.Â
Any person producing municipal waste shall provide
a sufficient number of approved containers to store all waste materials
generated during periods between regularly scheduled collections,
and shall place and store all waste materials therein.
C.Â
Any person storing municipal waste for collection
shall comply with the following preparation standards:
(1)Â
All municipal waste shall be drained of free liquids
before being placed in storage containers.
(2)Â
All cans, bottles or other food containers should
be rinsed free of food particles and drained before being placed in
storage containers.
(3)Â
Tree trimmings shall be placed in approved containers
or shall be cut and tied securely into bundles. Bundles shall be no
more than four feet in length.
(4)Â
Newspapers and magazines shall be placed in approved
containers or shall be tied securely into bundles.
(5)Â
When specified by the municipality or its designated
representative, special preparation and storage procedures may be
required to facilitate the collection and resource recovery of certain
waste materials.
D.Â
All municipal waste shall be stored in containers
approved by the municipality or its designated representative. Individual
containers and bulk containers utilized for storage of municipal waste
shall comply with the following standards:
(1)Â
Reusable containers shall be constructed of durable,
watertight, rust- and corrosion-resistant material, such as plastic,
metal or fiberglass, in such a manner as to be leakproof, weatherproof,
insectproof, and rodentproof.
(2)Â
Reusable containers for individual residences shall
have a tight-fitting cover and suitable lifting handles to facilitate
collection.
(3)Â
Reusable containers for individual residences shall
have a capacity of not less than 10 gallons nor more than 40 gallons.
(4)Â
Disposable plastic bags or sacks are acceptable containers.
Plastic bags shall have sufficient wall strength to maintain physical
integrity when lifted by the top and shall be securely tied at the
top for collection.
(5)Â
All containers, either reusable or disposable, shall
also comply with the minimum standards established by the National
Sanitation Foundation.
E.Â
Any person storing municipal waste for collection
shall comply with the following storage standards:
(1)Â
Containers shall be kept tightly sealed or covered
at all times. Solid waste shall not protrude or extend above the top
of the container.
(2)Â
Reusable containers shall be kept in a sanitary condition
at all times. The interior of the containers shall be thoroughly cleaned,
rinsed, drained and disinfected, as often as necessary, to prevent
the accumulation of liquid residues or solids on the bottom or sides
of the containers.
(3)Â
Containers shall be used and maintained so as to prevent
public nuisances.
(4)Â
Containers shall be placed by the owner or customer
at a collection point specified by the municipality or its designated
representative. Containers shall not be placed at the curb or collection
point or side of the road before 7:00 p.m. on the day prior to the
pickup.
(5)Â
With the exception of pickup days when the containers
are placed out for collection, the containers shall be properly stored
on the owner or customer premises at all times.
(6)Â
Bulk waste items shall be stored in a manner that
will prevent the accumulation or collection of water, the harborage
of rodents, safety hazards and fire hazards.
F.Â
The storage of all municipal waste from multifamily
residential units, commercial establishments, institutions and industrial
lunchroom or office waste sources is subject to the regulations and
standards set forth in this article. The type, size and placement
requirements for bulk containers shall be determined by the waste
generator and the waste hauler, and are subject to approval by the
municipality.
G.Â
The burning of yard waste shall be permitted in accordance
with the following standards:
(1)Â
Burning of yard waste is permitted during the months
of March, April, September, October and November.
(2)Â
No burning is permitted upon any public street, alley
or right-of-way.
(3)Â
No burning is permitted to be any closer than 30 feet
from the nearest building and/or 10 feet from any inhabited area,
roadway, property line or utility.
(4)Â
All fires must be continually watched until all ashes
or burning embers are completely extinguished.
(5)Â
Fires are permitted from sunup until 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Saturday. All fires must be completely extinguished.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G(6), which
provided standards for recreational burning, and former Subsection
H, added 5-18-1992 by Ord. No. 718, which permitted certain types
of burning, were repealed 9-25-2006 by Ord. 821A.
A.Â
The municipality shall provide for the collection
of all garbage, rubbish, and bulky wastes from individual residents
and multifamily residential sources with two or less units, or it
may contract with a private collector or collectors to provide this
essential residential collection service.
B.Â
All households and homeowners shall utilize the residential
collection service provided by the municipality.
C.Â
All multifamily residential sources (with more than
two units), commercial, institutional, and industrial establishments
shall negotiate and individually contract collection service with
the municipality's collector or any other properly licensed waste
hauler of their choice.
D.Â
All residential garbage and rubbish shall be collected
at least once a week. Bulky wastes shall be collected following prior
arrangement with the municipality's collector and payment of any required
special fees.
E.Â
All commercial, institutional, public and industrial
lunchroom and office waste containing garbage shall be collected at
least once a week. Rubbish collection from these sources shall be
made as often as necessary to control health hazards, odors, flies,
and unsightly conditions. The municipality reserves the right to require
more frequent collection when deemed necessary.
F.Â
Residential collection schedules shall be published
regularly by the municipality or its contracted hauler.
G.Â
All solid waste collection activity shall be conducted
from Monday through Saturday between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m., unless prior approval of any exception has been granted by the
municipality. No collection, hauling or transporting of solid waste
shall be permitted on Sunday.
H.Â
All permitted haulers and haulers under contract with
the municipality shall comply with the following standards and regulations:
(1)Â
All municipal waste collected within the municipality
shall be conveyed by the hauler to a transfer station, processing
facility, or disposal site designated as approved by the Department
or state regulatory agency.
(2)Â
Any trucks or other vehicles used for the collection
and transportation of municipal waste must comply with the requirements
of Act 97, and any Department regulations adopted pursuant to Act
97.
(3)Â
All collection vehicles conveying domestic waste and
garbage shall be watertight and suitably enclosed to prevent leakage,
roadside littering, attraction of vectors, the creation of odors and
other nuisances.
(4)Â
All solid waste shall be collected and transported
so as to prevent public health hazards, safety hazards and nuisances.
(5)Â
All solid waste collection vehicles shall be operated
and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
I.Â
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, as of the effective date of this
subsection, it shall be the duty of each landlord or owner of residential
property with three or fewer dwelling units to contract with the collector
designated by the Township to collect all garbage, waste and recyclables
generated at the premises, such contract to provide for the collector
to bill the landlord or the owner directly for the cost of collection
and for the landlord or owner to pay for such cost of collection.
The duty of the landlord or owner to pay for garbage collection may
not be delegated to a tenant or occupant.
[Added 12-19-2011 by Ord. No. 860]
A.Â
Annual fee schedules (if appropriate) shall be published
by the municipality based on any competitively bid residential collection
service contract that may be awarded by the municipality.
B.Â
The municipality's contracted hauler and other licensed
haulers shall be responsible for the collection of any fees for solid
waste collection and disposal services provided to residential, commercial,
institutional, or industrial sources within the municipality.
A.Â
Whenever any disputes arise between a homeowner and
the contractor, the contractor shall be responsible to meet with Township
officials and the aggrieved party prior to arbitration. If the dispute
is not settled, the contractor may then proceed to arbitration.
B.Â
In the event of any dispute concerning any of the
provisions of this chapter, the dispute shall be submitted to a board
of arbitration, consisting of one person selected by the contractor,
one person selected by the Township and one other person selected
by the first two appointees. Every effort will be made to make a prompt
determination of the dispute.
[Amended 10-5-1998 by Ord. No. 765]
The municipality may petition the Court of Common
Pleas of Butler County, Pennsylvania for an injunction, either mandatory
or prohibitive, to enforce any of the provisions of this article.
[Amended 12-17-1990 by Ord. No. 701; 10-5-1998 by Ord. No.
765; 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 866]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense which
is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $600,
plus the cost of prosecution, or, in default of payment of such fine,
then by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than
30 days. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate and
distinct offense.