[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Stafford as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-1-1991 by Ord. No. 91-60]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A written record, log, bill or document evidencing receipt
of service for the collection of solid waste for the preceding month
from a person lawfully engaging in private solid waste collection
services within a municipality.
The scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste from residential,
commercial or institutional premises located within the boundaries
of any municipality at least once a week.
Any property owner, tenant or occupant of any single-family
residential dwelling or multiple dwelling or the owner of any commercial
or institutional building or structure located within the boundaries
of any municipality who generates solid waste at those premises.
Garbage, refuse and other discarded materials resulting from
industrial, commercial and agricultural operations and from domestic
and community activities and shall include all other waste materials,
including liquids, except for solid animal and vegetable wastes collected
by swine producers licensed by the State Department of Agriculture
to collect, prepare and feed such wastes to swine on their own farms.
The activity related to pickup and transportation of solid
waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility or other
destination.
A receptacle, container or bag suitable for the depositing
of solid waste.
The storage, treatment, utilization, processing or final
disposal of solid waste.
Includes the plants, structures and other real and personal
property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed
or operated by any person pursuant to the provisions of this article
or any other act, including transfer stations, incinerators, resource
recovery facilities, sanitary landfill facilities or other plants
for the disposal of solid waste, and all vehicles, equipment and other
real and personal property and rights therein and appurtenances necessary
or useful and convenient for the collection or disposal of solid waste
in a sanitary manner.
Every responsible solid waste generator whose
solid waste is not picked up by the municipal solid waste collection
service in this Township shall enter into a contract for regular solid
waste collection service with any person lawfully providing private
solid waste collection services within the Township. The responsible
solid waste generator shall file a notice with the Township Clerk
setting forth the name and address of the solid waste collection service
with whom the responsible solid waste generator has entered into a
contract for the collection of solid waste, together with the duration
of that contract.
A.
In the case of single-family residential housing or
multifamily residential housing, a responsible solid waste generator
shall not be required to enter into a contract with a private vendor
for the collection of solid waste where the responsible solid waste
generator is transporting the solid waste which is generated at his
or her residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized
by the municipality for disposal.
B.
Every 12 months, a person who falls within this exception
shall file with the Township Clerk proof that the responsible solid
waste generator is transporting solid waste which is generated at
his or her residential premises directly to the solid waste facility
utilized by the municipality for disposal at least once.
A.
Once every six months, the Township Clerk shall notify
all responsible solid waste generators of the requirements of this
article. This notification shall be posted in a public place where
public notices are customarily posted.
B.
In addition, the Township Clerk may place an advertisement
in the newspaper circulating in the municipality or include a notice
with other official notifications periodically mailed to taxpayers.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner
of a multiple dwelling or commercial establishment to provide a sufficient
number of solid waste containers for the deposit of nonrecyclable
waste material to be disposed of as solid waste.
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any
of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000,
by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days or any combination
of fine, imprisonment and community service as determined by the Municipal
Court Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.
B.
The violation of any provision of this article shall
be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
