[Adopted 9-28-1987 by Ord. No. 87-30]
It is hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and unlawful for any person to accumulate upon any property in this
municipality municipal solid waste or dispose of it except in accordance
with this article.
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any
person to act as a collector in this municipality without first obtaining
a license from the municipality pursuant to this article and such
additional requirements that the municipality may, by appropriate
action, hereinafter establish, which licenses, however, shall all
require the licensees to comply with the provisions of this article.
The municipality hereby reserves the right to limit the number of
such licenses.
Each collector's license hereinafter shall be
effective for a maximum of one calendar year terminating on June 30
of the year for which it was issued, subject to renewal upon application.
A license heretofore or hereafter issued shall not be transferable
and is subject to revocation by the governing body of this municipality.
Any person who possesses a valid license issued by another municipality
of Delaware County shall be entitled to a license conditioned only
upon continuing compliance with this article.
A.
Application for a collector's license hereunder shall
be made on a form provided by the municipality.
B.
The application must be accompanied by a license fee
which is hereby established initially at $25.
C.
Upon receipt of said application by the municipality,
the governing body may examine the applicant and, within a reasonable
period thereafter, shall either issue a license or refuse to issue
a license to the applicant, stating the reasons for such refusal.
[Amended 7-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-13]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding
before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment
thereof, shall be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day's continuance of a violation of this article as
well as each truckload of illegally delivered waste shall constitute
a separate offense.
