[Adopted 5-20-1976 by Ord. No. 384 (Ch. 38 of the 1970 Code)]
For the purposes of this article, certain terms or words used herein are defined as follows:
ASHES
The solid matter remaining after the combustion of wood, coal, coke and any and all other combustible materials used for heating purposes.
GARBAGE
All waste matter pertaining to the handling, storing, preparation and disposal of meat, fish, fowl, birds, offal and vegetable matter in any and all forms.
TRASH and RUBBISH
Consists of old furniture, appliances, rubber tires, junk, cartons, household articles of an unwieldly nature, containers and other miscellaneous household items, except building materials.
TRIMMINGS and CLIPPINGS
Collections of leaves, grass, rakings of lawns and yards, tree limbs and branches.
WASTE and REFUSE
All waste material accumulations from private homes and premises, stores, apartment houses, boardinghouses and rooming houses, restaurants, schools and public places, and includes such articles as paper, tin cans, rags, broken bottles, broken glass and such other articles or matter not heretofore or hereafter described as are usually thrown in wastebaskets and rubbish receptacles.
A. 
Garbage shall be thoroughly and completely drained of all liquids and placed in a receptacle as hereafter set forth.
B. 
Cardboard boxes and cartons shall be flattened, and such boxes and cartons and all paper shall be secured and properly tied in bundles or other packages in a manner to prevent any scattering. The bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling by one man and shall not exceed 75 pounds in weight.
C. 
Garbage and waste material shall be stored and held in watertight metal or plastic receptacles, cans or barrels having a capacity of not more than 30 gallons. Such containers shall also have handles and tight-fitting covers and be so constructed as to prevent spilling or leakage of contents. Any matter that cannot be deposited in a receptacle shall be securely packaged and tied to prevent spilling and scattering during handling and collection. All receptacles, cans, barrels, bundles and packages shall be of a size to permit handling by one man and shall not exceed 75 pounds in weight when filled.
D. 
Ashes shall be held and stored in metal containers with handles and of a size and weight to permit handling by one man and shall not exceed 75 pounds in weight when filled.
E. 
All receptacles, containers, cans and barrels used shall at no time be filled any higher than three inches below the top, shall be kept covered and in an upright position and shall be regularly disinfected.
F. 
Trimmings and clippings, including leaves, except as provided for in Subsection G of this section, shall be placed in barrels, receptacles or cans, and tree trimmings, hedge clippings and similar material shall be cut to a length not to exceed six feet and securely tied in bundles not more than two feet thick.
G. 
During the months of October, November and December, when the volume of leaves makes it impractical to place them in containers, leaves shall be placed in piles at the edge of the street. Said piles shall not extend further than four feet into the traveled thoroughfare.
H. 
This article shall not apply to any collection of earth, stone, plaster, wood or other materials from the excavation for or the construction, alteration or repair of any dwelling or premises.
I. 
No person shall throw, lay, deposit or leave or cause to be thrown, laid, deposited or left in or upon any vacant lot or open space, street, avenue, alley, highway, sidewalk or parking space or lot or into any waterway flowing within, through or adjacent to the Borough garbage, ashes, rubbish, waste, refuse, trimmings and clippings or substances of a like nature in any manner contrary to the provisions of this article.
[Amended 7-16-1992 by Ord. No. 623]
J. 
No person, firm or corporation shall burn any garbage, refuse or dead matter.
K. 
No grass, leaves, brush, branches or yard rakings shall be placed loose or in piles in sidewalks, gutters or streets where the same may be dispersed by wind, forces of nature, passersby or traffic, except as set forth in Subsections F and G above. It shall be unlawful for any grass clippings or trimmings to be dispersed at any time into any public street, highway, thoroughfare or other right-of-way.
[Amended 7-16-1992 by Ord. No. 623]
L. 
Nothing of a highly volatile or explosive matter, whether in liquid, gaseous or solid form, shall be placed or set out for collection either by itself or in connection with garbage, waste and refuse, ashes, trimmings and clippings, trash and rubbish.
A. 
The owner, lessee, tenant or other occupant of every private home or premises, store, apartment house, rooming house and boardinghouse, restaurant or business building of any kind shall, prior to the placement for collection of garbage, waste and refuse, ashes, trimmings, clippings and trash, store the same in such a manner as not to become a nuisance to the occupants of any adjacent building.
B. 
All garbage, waste and refuse, ashes, trimmings, clippings and trash shall be placed at the nearest curb in front of the building to be serviced, provided that none of the above items shall be placed at the curb earlier than 6:00 p.m. of the day preceding the day of collection. No person, firm or corporation shall allow or permit any empty receptacles, cans or barrels to remain on the curb or any part of the street or sidewalk more than 12 hours after the contents thereof have been collected.
C. 
The schedule of collections heretofore established is continued, and any changes or deviations therefrom will be announced and made public by the Borough Administrator, including a public advertisement thereof in a newspaper circulating within the Borough.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, for each and every violation, be subject to a penalty as set forth in Chapter 1, § 1-15, General penalty, at the discretion of the court in which such person is convicted. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.