[Adopted 8-13-1968 by Ord. No. 611]
As used in this article, the following words shall have the
meanings as hereinafter ascribed to them unless the context clearly
appears otherwise:
All animal and vegetable waste, including carcasses, fat,
bone, swill, vegetables, vegetable and animal refuse or any other
organic substance subject to fermentation or decay resulting from
the storage, handling, preparation and consumption of foodstuffs.
Any individual or group of individuals, company, partnership,
firm, association, organization or corporation.
All rags, glass, crockery, bottles, tin cans, plastics, foil,
coat hangers, small metal parts, utensils, toys, paper, newspapers
and magazines, that is household refuse generally, and including also
cold incinerator ashes, grass cuttings, weeds and leaves. Specifically
excluded are ashes from heating plants and coal stoves and refuse
caused by repairs, alteration and new construction of buildings, sidewalks,
driveways, fences, patios, pools, walls and the like.
No garbage, rubbish or other refuse or debris shall be stored
or allowed to accumulate outdoors on any land, public or private,
within the Municipality, nor be deposited on the streets or highways,
vacant lots, streams or other bodies of water within the Municipality,
except as hereinafter provided.
For purposes of temporary storage and collection, garbage and
rubbish may be deposited in potable metal or plastic and watertight
garbage cans, of a size not greater than 33 gallons' capacity, with
lids and with handles in good repair for the efficient handling and
disposal thereof.
[Amended 3-10-1981 by Ord. No. 1267; 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 1301]
Such garbage cans as mentioned above, whether to be collected
by the Municipality or a contractor for the Municipality, shall be
placed and located outdoors at the street curbline or within 10 feet
of the edge of the cartway where no curb exists. Any person physically
incapable of complying with this provision shall contact the Municipal
Manager, who shall determine whether special collection arrangements
can be made and the circumstances under which such arrangements should
be made.
[Amended 12-29-1981 by Ord. No. 1301]
No person other than agents of the Municipality or contractors
for the Municipality shall be permitted to collect garbage or rubbish,
unless a permit therefor is first obtained from the Municipal Manager.
Such permit may be issued by the Manager upon satisfactory evidence
of the applicant's ability and capacity to collect, transport and
dispose of such materials in a safe and sanitary fashion and consistent
with all regulations and standards therefor as established by the
Municipality of Monroeville, by the County of Allegheny and by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A.
Prior to depositing in garbage cans, all garbage shall be thoroughly
drained and tightly wrapped in sufficient paper to protect it from
scattering and to prevent the package from opening. Garbage and rubbish
shall be placed wholly within the garbage can so that the lid can
be tightly and properly fitted thereon.
B.
No garbage, rubbish, refuse or debris contemplated for collection
as herein set forth shall be placed at the curb or cartway as required
herein prior to 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the day regularly scheduled
for collection.[1]
[Added 12-29-1981 by Ord.
No. 130]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 7, regarding collection charges,
which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 3-10-1981
by Ord. No. 1267.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
If a person desires the contents of more than three cans collected on a regular and continuing basis, he may request such additional service by written communication to the Municipal Manager at a charge as provided in Chapter 194, Fees.
The Municipal Manager may from time to time direct the Solicitor
to proceed to collect all delinquent accounts either in an action
in assumpsit or in any other manner provided by law for the collection
of Municipal claims.[1]
The Municipal Manager shall further arrange for the collection
by the Municipality of all other discarded household refuse and trash
not less often than three times per year. Commencing January 1, 1969,
the collection of such trash shall be made weekly. Such collections
shall be of materials deposited at curbside only and shall be limited
by the Municipal Manager to such materials as can be readily and safely
handled by garbage packer trucks. Notice of such collections and the
limitations and regulations thereof shall from time to time be made
and published by the Municipal Manager. This service shall be offered
without charge to the occupiers of all one- and two-family residential
dwelling units within the Municipality of Monroeville.
The owners and occupiers of farms, apartments and business,
commercial, industrial and institutional establishments may continue
to store, collect and dispose of garbage and rubbish, as well as other
refuse and debris, as provided under existing ordinances, statutes
and regulations of the Municipality of Monroeville and of the County
of Allegheny and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof before a District Justice, be subject to a
fine not exceeding $600, together with costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of said fine or costs, shall be committed to
the Allegheny County Jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each
day that a violation shall be committed or permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense and may be punishable as such.
