No person shall engage in the business of cleaning
cesspools and privies in the Borough without obtaining a license known
as a "scavenger's license" from the Board to do so, which license
shall be an annual license commencing January 1. Such license may
be revoked by the Board if the licensee or his employee or agent shall
violate any section of this code or any ordinance or rule of the Board
in cleaning any cesspool or privy or in removing the contents thereof.
[Amended 12-9-1969 by Ord. No. 2-69; 5-10-1983 by Ord. No.
3-83; 5-10-1983 by Ord. No. 4-83]
The fee for a scavenger's license as required
herein shall be the sum of $20 for each and every vehicle or conveyance
used in said business. All persons engaged in such work shall make
application for such license in writing and shall state the nature
of the service to be rendered or performed, the kind of conveyance
or vehicle to be used, the disposition to be made of the materials
collected or conveyed and any other information required from time
to time. All persons seeking a scavenger's license shall supply the
addresses and the names of the owners thereof of every property in
the Borough which said person performed services on in the 12 months
prior to the license application. The date of the rendering of the
services shall also be supplied.
All vehicles or conveyances used in the business
of scavenging in the Borough shall be such as may be approved by the
Board; they shall be kept clean and inoffensive, and receptacles shall
be kept covered tightly with covers of approved type, except when
opened for the loading or discharge of contents or for cleaning. No
vehicle so used shall stand in the streets except while being loaded.
None of the materials collected or handled under a scavenger's license
shall be disposed of in any manner not approved by the Board of Health.
