[Adopted 5-4-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-10]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
TRASH
Combustible matter, including but not limited to paper other than newspaper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture and bedding; noncombustible matter, including but not limited to metals other than tin cans and cans required to be recycled, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, crockery and other mineral waste; street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch basin dirt and contents of litter receptacles, provided that trash shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food-processing wastes, boilerhouse cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.
It shall be unlawful to place or permit to remain anywhere in the Township any garbage, trash or other material subject to decay, other than leaves or grass, except in a tightly covered metal or plastic container or bags tied or sealed.
A. 
Receptacles that are badly broken or otherwise fail to meet the requirements may be treated as rubbish and collected and disposed of as such by the Township responsible for the collection thereof. In lieu thereof, the Township may affix a notice to containers which do not qualify under the requirements of this article, indicating that the containers do not qualify and that further use of said containers may result in confiscation of the containers, refusal to make the collection as specified in this article and/or fines.
B. 
If, at the next regularly scheduled collection date, said containers still do not conform to the requirements of this article, the Township may:
(1) 
Collect the containers as specified above;
(2) 
Refuse to make the collections as specified in this article; and/or
(3) 
Issue complaints cognizable in the Township Municipal Court of violations of this article.
It shall be unlawful to cause or permit to accumulate anywhere in the Township any garbage, trash, dust, ashes or refuse of such a material that it can be blown away by the wind, except in a covered container or bags tied or sealed.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or permit to fall from any vehicle any garbage, trash or ashes on any public street or alley in the Township, provided that this section shall not be construed to prohibit placing garbage, trash or ashes in a container complying with the provisions of this article preparatory to having such material collected and disposed of in the manner provided herein.
A. 
Garbage shall be thoroughly drained of all water and placed in a receptacle, can or barrel made of metal or plastic of a substantial nature with a tight-fitting cover so constructed as to prevent spillage or leakage of its contents. No metal, glass or any foreign substance shall be placed in the garbage receptacle.
B. 
Trash must be packed in containers. Empty cartons and newspapers must be securely tied. Where the materials are of such a nature that they cannot be deposited in any container, the same shall be securely and properly tied into bundles or packages to prevent any spilling while being handled by such persons designated to collect the same or while such bundles or packages are located on the sidewalk awaiting collection. The bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling by one man, and no receptacle, package, bundle or plastic container shall weigh more than 50 pounds. No person shall place more than six (in the aggregate) trash containers, receptacles, bundles, packages or plastic containers in front of or alongside his property for collection or removal on any one collection day.
[Amended 12-21-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-29]
C. 
No trash container or garbage container shall be placed in front of any street, alley or public place or in front of or alongside of the property occupied by another without the consent of such occupant. No garbage container or trash container or matter to be collected shall be placed on the curb for collection prior to 5:00 p.m. of the day preceding the nearest collection day, and such containers must be removed from the curb by 9:00 a.m. the day following the collection.
[Amended 12-7-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-25; 3-1-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-6; 7-5-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-20]
The following refuse shall be considered not acceptable for collection by the Township:
A. 
Industrial, general manufacturing and special manufacturing uses: waste materials generated by industrial, general manufacturing and special manufacturing uses, as defined in Chapter 91, Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Florence, or substances such as poisons, acids, caustics, noxious chemicals, infected materials, explosives and ammunition or any other materials likely to cause injury to persons employed or damages to equipment used in making collections.
B. 
Neighborhood commercial, highway commercial and general commercial uses: waste materials generated by neighborhood commercial, highway commercial and general commercial uses, as defined in Chapter 91, Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Florence, where such materials or substances are in excess of four fifty-gallon containers each collection day. Neighborhood commercial, highway commercial and general commercial waste material in the amount as above-listed will be collected only if the neighborhood commercial, highway commercial or general commercial waste generator is in compliance as follows:
(1) 
Participation in the Township of Florence recycling program as established in Article IV, Recycling, of this chapter.
(2) 
Participation in the Township of Florence cardboard recycling program, if such a program is established and maintained.
(3) 
All containers used in the disposal of the commercial waste material shall be clear plastic bags securely tied with no interior containers which would prevent external inspection of the contents.
[Amended 3-1-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-6]
A. 
Violations of § 122-7B.
(1) 
Violations of § 122-7B shall carry the following sequence of penalties:
(a) 
First offense: refusal of collection that collection day.
(b) 
Second offense: suspension of collection for a period of one month.
(c) 
Third and subsequent offense: suspension of collection for a period of six months.
(2) 
Reinstatement of collection will be granted only if justifiable reasons can be provided to the Township of Florence.
B. 
Other violations. Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof, in the discretion of the Municipal Court. For any violation which is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall constitute a separate and distinct defense.
[Amended 12-1-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-32]