The following words and terms used in this chapter
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in
those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ALUMINUM
Includes all aluminum food and beverage cans. This description
excludes aluminum foil, trays, plates, and miscellaneous aluminum
products.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
APARTMENT BUILDING
A building used for residential purposes with more than three
dwelling units, except hotels, motels, tourist cabins, and dormitories.
ASHES
The residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other
combustible materials for the purpose of heating and cooking.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania;
the Borough Council and the Borough Manager of the Borough of Carlisle.
BOROUGH COLLECTION SERVICE
A service for the collection of solid waste, recyclables,
leaf waste and bulky waste, which is provided by the Borough or the
Borough collector.
BOROUGH COLLECTOR
A person designated by the Borough by means of an independent
contract to have the exclusive right and privilege, subject to certain
limitations, to collect, haul and/or dispose of solid waste and recyclables
within the Borough of Carlisle, but shall not be construed as meaning
that such person is an employee, official or representative of the
Borough.
BOROUGH TAG
The official tag issued and sold by the Borough for purposes of identifying a refuse bag or bulky waste to be collected as part of the Borough collection service. Such tags shall be available for purchase at the Borough Office at a price as set forth in Chapter
120.
[Added 12-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2410, approved 12-8-2022]
BRUSH
Tree, shrub and similar trimmings or parts six inches or
greater in diameter, but excludes leaf waste and grass clippings.
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
BULK ITEM COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed by contractor as follows:
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
A.
Collection of bulk items from locations;
B.
Transportation of bulk items in trucks or roll-offs;
and
C.
Disposal of bulk items at a facility licensed
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
BULK ITEMS
A general term which shall mean all matter and material too
large to fit in a standard thirty-five-gallon trash bag and which
is discarded or rejected by the owners or producers thereof as useless
and which is not so heavy that it cannot be lifted onto a truck by
two persons; in any case, bulk items shall not include any of the
following: automobiles and automobile parts; building materials and
construction debris (from other than small projects exclusively done
by the homeowner); brush, yard waste including dirt, rocks, leaf waste,
and grass clippings; petroleum products; household hazardous waste;
commercial and industrial waste; chemicals; and tires.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No.
2069, approved 2-15-2007]
BULKY WASTE
Large items of waste, including but not limited to appliances,
furniture and large auto parts.
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007; 5-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2303, approved 5-10-2018]
COMMINGLED
Refers to placement of recyclable materials as defined herein,
except corrugated cardboard, without segregation by color or type
in a special recycling container for the purpose of collection.
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
CONTAINERS
Refers to cubic yard containers (dumpsters), thirty-gallon
units located along High and Hanover Streets referred to as "downtown
containers," fifty-five-gallon toters located in Borough Cemeteries,
and roll-off containers located at the Borough's compost facility,
public works garage or other area designated by the Borough.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No.
2069, approved 2-15-2007]
CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY LICENSEE (COUNTY LICENSEE)
A person, not the Borough collector, licensed by the Solid
Waste Authority of Cumberland County, to collect, haul and/or dispose
of solid waste and/or recyclables from persons not exclusively within
the area of responsibility of the Borough collector.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
CURBSIDE COLLECTION
The collection of municipal waste and recyclables when placed
at the edge of a curb or paving of a street or alley.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
A building designed for and containing four or more dwelling units. This specifically includes apartment buildings. (See §
212-1.) It also includes garden apartments, mid-rise apartments or single-family attached dwellings as defined in Chapter
255, Zoning. (See §
255-12.)
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007; amended 11-14-2019 by Ord. No.
2350, approved 11-14-2019]
DWELLING UNIT
A living area comprised of more than one room used for living
and sleeping purposes and having its own kitchen with fixed cooking,
refrigeration and plumbing facilities, and its own sanitation facilities
with bath and toilet fixtures, all arranged for occupancy by one family
or a single person. Each dwelling unit shall have a separate access
to the outside or to a common passageway. The term shall not include
habitable living space within a boardinghouse, hotel, motel, hospital,
nursing home, fraternity, sorority house or any group residence.
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
GARBAGE
All table refuse, animal and vegetable matter, offal from
meat, fish and fowl, fruits, vegetables and parts thereof and all
other articles and materials ordinarily used for food which have become
unfit for such use or which are for any reason discarded.
GLASS
The hard, brittle, transparent or partially transparent substance
produced by fusion of silica and silicates or sand containing soda
and lime and/or other chemicals and substances usually or conveniently
included in the manufacture of glass; and shall for the purpose of
the Borough's solid waste/recycling contract include all materials
commonly known as glass bottles or containers. This includes all food
and beverage containers made of glass of one gallon or less capacity.
Excluded are blue glass, ceramics, pottery, and flat glass commonly
known as window or plate glass.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; 2-8-2007 by Ord. No.
2069, approved 2-15-2007]
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any chemical, compound, mixture, substance or article which
is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
or appropriate agency of the state to be "hazardous" as that term
is defined by or pursuant to federal or state law.
HDPE
High-density polyethylene used to make plastic products labeled
with the number 2.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Those facilities that house or serve groups of people for
a common purpose, such as hospitals, schools and nursing homes.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues and similar material approved by
the Public Works Department, and shrubbery and tree trimmings less
than six inches in diameter, but not including grass clippings.
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
MAGAZINES
Periodicals containing articles, stories, pictures or other
features printed on glossy paper.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
MAIL
White or colored paper correspondence as received through
the U.S. Postal Service, specifically, letters, brochures, and envelopes
with or without cellophane windows.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Public facilities operated by the Borough of Carlisle and
other governmental and quasi-governmental authorities.
NEWSPAPER
Types of paper made from wood pulp and/or other fibrous materials
mixed together, either with or without chemicals, to produce thin
sheets of the products customarily and primarily used for the production
of newsprint; newspaper further means and includes glossy paper inserts
commonly used in advertisements.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
PERSON
Every natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association
or institution.
PET
Polyethylene terephthalate used to make plastic products
labeled with the number 1.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
PROCESSING CENTER
Any facility maintained for the purpose of sorting, preparing
and/or consolidating recyclable materials (as defined herein) for
sale.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Any premises which is capable of being a fire, health or
safety hazard due to but not limited to accumulations of any flammable
materials, solid waste, recyclables or hazardous waste; or any premises
which contains unauthorized accumulations of solid waste and/or recyclables.
RECYCLABLE ITEMS
Recyclable materials.
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Includes colored and clear glass, aluminum cans, PET and
HDPE plastic containers, corrugated cardboard, mail, newspaper, steel
and bimetal cans, leaf waste and, without limiting the foregoing,
such other materials as the parties to the Borough's solid waste/recycling
contract may agree in writing.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; 2-8-2007 by Ord. No.
2069, approved 2-15-2007]
RECYCLABLES
Recyclable materials.
[Added 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
RECYCLING AWARENESS PROGRAM
The program provided by the Borough in conjunction with programs
developed by the county to inform and encourage residents to use the
recycling collection services.
RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed by contractor as follows:
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
A.
The collection and conveyance of recyclable
materials;
B.
Processing of recyclable materials as applicable;
and
C.
Marketing of the recyclable materials.
RECYCLING CONTAINERS
Sturdy plastic containers (either the bin and/or bucket type)
having a minimum capacity of 18 gallons and bearing the Carlisle Borough
recycling logo.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
REFUSE
A general term which shall mean all matter and materials
which are discarded or rejected by the owners or producers thereof
as offensive or useless, or which by their presence or accumulation
may injuriously affect the health, comfort, and safety of the citizens
of the Borough of Carlisle; it shall include ashes, garbage, rubbish,
trash, and other refuse materials, but exclude human body waste; debris
from household renovations, whether interior or exterior; dirt; rock;
lead pipes; limbs or the trunks of trees greater than three inches
in diameter; hazardous wastes; and recyclable items as defined herein.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
REFUSE BAG
A plastic bag through which collection and disposal services
for refuse can be made. The plastic bag shall be of suitable size
and construction to contain its contents, and when containing refuse
the bag weight shall not exceed 40 pounds.
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; amended 12-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2410, approved 12-8-2022]
REFUSE COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed by contractor as follows:
[Added 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
B.
Transportation of refuse in trucks; and
C.
Disposal of refuse at a facility licensed by
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
A building used for residential purposes, except multifamily
dwellings, boardinghouses, hotels, motels, hospitals, nursing homes,
fraternities, or sorority houses.
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
RUBBISH
Woodenware, leather, rags, grass, straw, manure and all solid
combustible matters not included in this section under the term "garbage."
[Amended 5-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2303, approved 5-10-2018]
SOLID WASTE
All matter and materials which are discarded or rejected
by the owners or producers thereof as offensive or useless, or which
by their presence or accumulation may injuriously affect the health,
comfort and safety of the citizens of the Borough; it shall include
garbage, rubbish and trash, but exclude human body waste; debris from
household renovations, whether interior or exterior; dirt; rock; lead
pipes; limbs or the trunks of trees greater than three inches in diameter;
hazardous waste; and recyclable items as defined herein.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES
Those services to be performed by the Borough collector or
a county licensee, which include the collection of solid waste from
locations specifically designated by the Borough, the Borough collector
or county licensee, transportation of solid waste in trucks and disposal
of solid waste at a facility licensed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP).
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
TRUCK(S)
Vehicle(s) used for the collection of solid waste and recyclables
which has mounted thereon an approved type, watertight sanitary body
or which has a standard truck body made watertight and equipped with
means of covering to prevent loss of material by wind.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the
Borough to collect, haul and/or dispose of solid waste or recyclables
in the Borough of Carlisle unless a license to so collect, haul and/or
dispose of such solid waste and recyclables shall have been first
obtained or a contract exists between the Borough and the person collecting,
hauling and/or disposing of solid waste and/or recyclables. Such license
shall be issued by the Solid Waste Authority of Cumberland County.
Each such collection in violation hereof shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense, punishable as hereinafter provided.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the
Borough or Borough collector, to collect, haul and dispose of solid
waste or recyclables in the Borough of Carlisle unless such a permit,
current and valid, is so affixed to the vehicle employed.
C. To the extent permitted by law, the Borough shall
use reasonable efforts to inform residents of the benefits which may
be obtained from recycling, the types of waste which are recyclable
and the schedule for collection of recyclables.
D. The Borough collector may be required, on or before
the 10th day of each month, to provide a monthly recycling report
to the Borough Manager, which shall be submitted in the form requested
by the Borough, and shall include complete information with respect
to the amounts of each recyclable material collected during the preceding
month.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
Ownership of solid waste, including recyclable
material, set out for collection shall be vested in the Borough as
of the time it is collected by the Borough.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005]
The Borough shall establish a comprehensive
and sustained public information and education program concerning
the recycling program features and requirements in accordance with
the Act of July 28, 1988 P.L. 556, 53 P.S. § 4000.1501(d).
[Amended 2-8-2007 by Ord. No. 2069, approved 2-15-2007]
The Borough Manager or his/her designee shall
have the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter, as shall
any Code Enforcement Officer or police officer of the Borough.