No person shall deposit, throw, spill or dump dirt, mud, gravel, sand,
stone, cement, trees, stumps, brush, grass, wood, metal, iron, plastic, manure,
fertilizer, ashes, coal, cinders, refuse, garbage or any other material upon
any street or portion thereof or upon public or private lands in the vicinity
thereof without permission of the owner or cause or permit the same to be
done.
For purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
ASHES AND REFUSE MATTER
The residue of any material used as fuel for heating or cooking purposes
after combustion has taken place, broken or discarded crockery, glassware,
rags, bottles, tin cans, lawn and garden clippings, weeds and discarded shrubbery
but not building material or fixtures, earth, stones or industrial waste.
GARBAGE
The refuse of animal and vegetable matter which has been used as
food, and all other household matter, exclusive of ashes and refuse matter
as herein defined.
SCAVENGER
A person who collects and travels by foot, automotive device or other
method of conveyance from place to place, from house to house, from apartment
to apartment or from street to street on singular or multiple occasions each
in the business of collecting, buying and selling or delivering old rope,
iron, brass, tin, copper, lead, steel, metal wood products, rags, glass, glass
products, paper or paper products or any discarded material of any kind, ashes,
refuse matter and garbage.
No person shall collect, remove or in any way interfere with ashes,
garbage or other refuse matter from any dwelling house, tenement, store or
other building or place or engage in the business or occupation of gathering,
collecting or removing ashes, garbage or other refuse matter within the borough
or use the streets of the borough for the purpose of transporting refuse matter,
unless he first procures a license therefor from the Council.
An applicant for a scavenger license shall, at the time the application
is filed, furnish the Council with information setting forth his previous
experience in scavenger service, the type of equipment available and his financial
ability to carry on a proper scavenger service covering the entire borough
or such part thereof as the Council may require. The applicant shall submit
satisfactory evidence that the place of disposal for ashes, garbage and other
refuse matter collected is located in a proper place approved by and satisfactory
to the Council and that such site for disposal is available and guaranteed
for the period of the license. The applicant shall also furnish satisfactory
evidence of good character and dependability. An application for license and
renewals thereof shall be filed on or before the first day of November each
year.
Upon approval of an application for a scavenger license, the license
shall be issued upon payment of a license fee of $200, for purposes of revenue,
to the Borough Treasurer for the use of the borough. Each license issued under
this Article shall expire on December 31 in each year.
Any license granted to a licensee under this Article who violates any
provision of this Article may be revoked by the Council for sufficient cause
and after notice and hearing. Such revocation shall be in addition to the
penalties provided in this Article.
Scavenger service licensed under this Article shall be subject to the
supervision of the Sanitary Inspector and pursuant to further rules and regulations
drawn up by him from time to time and approved by the Council. Such approval
may be by resolution.
The fees for scavenger service charged by a person licensed
hereunder shall be reasonable and in accordance with the value of the services
rendered.
It shall be the duty of the licensee, subject to the provisions of this
Article as to the number of collections, whenever requested by any person
within the borough, to call for, remove or carry away from any dwelling, store,
tenement building or other place all ashes, garbage and other refuse matter
which may be placed in receptacles suitable for removal. No licensed scavenger
or person employed under his authority shall neglect or refuse to remove any
such material which has been placed in receptacles for removal.
The Sanitary Inspector of the Board of Health shall act as the agent
of the Council to supervise and enforce the provisions of this Article and
all rules and regulations relating thereto. The Council, by resolution, may
designate any other borough employee to perform the duties herein delegated
to the Sanitary Inspector.