[Adopted 8-1-1960 by Ord. No. 34]
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person,
association or corporation to collect or pick up from any other person,
association or corporation within Whitpain Township, for compensation
of any kind, any trash, rubbish or garbage without a permit first
being obtained from the Supervisors of the Township.
[Amended 5-19-1986 by Ord. No. 165]
Any person, association or corporation desiring
to collect or pick up trash, rubbish or garbage in Whitpain Township
for compensation of any kind must obtain a permit therefor on application
to the Board of Supervisors and upon payment of an annual fee to be
included in a schedule of fees as adopted and revised from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and on file in the
office of the Township Manager. Said person, association or corporation
may collect such trash, rubbish, refuse or garbage within the Township
for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the permit.
Any person, association or corporation to whom
a permit is so issued shall have the privilege of collecting any trash,
rubbish or garbage to be picked up within the boundaries of Whitpain
Township. Such permit shall provide only for the collection of such
trash, rubbish or garbage but not for the disposal within the limits
of Whitpain Township unless a municipal dumping site is provided.
In the event a dumping site within the Township is made available
for collectors in Whitpain Township, such dumping shall be done in
accordance with a sanitary landfill operation and/or incineration
as set forth in regulations adopted pursuant to this article.
No permittee shall dump any trash or rubbish
in any dump owned, leased or operated by Whitpain Township, collected
or picked up in any territory outside the boundaries of Whitpain Township,
except as may be collected in any other municipality with which Whitpain
Township may have an agreement at any time authorizing use of such
dump in Whitpain Township for dumping of trash or rubbish collected
in such other municipality.
Each permittee shall at all times while in the
process of collecting, picking up or dumping said trash or rubbish
have the permit, issued by the Supervisors, within the vehicle being
employed in said collecting, picking up or dumping and shall exhibit
the same, on demand, to any Township official.
The Supervisors of the Township shall have the
right to refuse to issue a permit to any person, association or corporation
or to revoke a permit previously issued if said permittee, his or
its agents, servants and employees so load any vehicle or transport
trash, rubbish or garbage within the Township in such a manner as
results in trash, rubbish or garbage falling upon the public roads
or upon lands abutting the public roads in the Township. All trucks
collecting, picking up or dumping said rubbish, trash or garbage within
the Township shall be covered with canvas or other suitable cover,
and garbage shall be contained in leakproof containers to prevent
the distribution of rubbish, trash and/or garbage upon the highways
or upon abutting lands.
[Amended 12-3-1973 by Ord. No. 92; 5-19-1986 by Ord. No.
165; 1-2-1989 by Ord. No. 184]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, when convicted
before a District Justice, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and costs of prosecution or, in default of payment
thereof, shall undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days.
