[Adopted 4-24-1991 by Ord. No. 191]
As used in this article, the following words
and terms shall be construed as follows:
Those properties used primarily for commercial or industrial
purposes, and those multiple-dwelling residential buildings containing
more than four dwelling units and any mobile home park containing
four or more mobile homes. Any commercial establishment that is or
contains in its premises a restaurant, cafeteria, bar, tavern or,
by the nature of its business, is involved in the preparation and
sale of good and beverages shall be considered for the purpose of
this article a "commercial establishment."
The Township of Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania,
a municipal body having its principal address at 2451 West Pike Street,
Houston, Pennsylvania 15342.
From and after the effective date of this article,
all commercial, institutional and municipal establishments and sponsors
of community activities within the Township shall be required to separate
and recycle aluminum, high-grade office paper, corrugated paper and
leaves. Those establishments providing food services must also recycle
glass food and beverage containers.
All persons at commercial, institutional and
municipal establishments and sponsors of community activities shall
establish and implement a system of separating the recyclable materials
from the general waste and to store the material for the purpose of
recycling until collection.
The Township hereby establishes a Recycling
Program for the mandatory separation and collection of recyclable
materials and the separation, collection and composting of leaf waste
from all commercial, municipal and institutional establishments located
in the Township for which waste collection is provided by the Township
or any other collector. Collection of the recyclable materials shall
be made at least once per month by the Township, its designated agent,
or any other solid waste collectors operating in the Township and
authorized to collect recyclable materials from commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments. The Recycling Program shall also
contain a sustained public information and education program.
All recyclable materials placed by persons for
collection by the Township or authorized collector pursuant to this
article shall, from time of placement at the curb, become the property
of the Township or the authorized collector. Nothing in this article
shall be deemed to impair the ownership of separated recyclable materials
by the generator unless and until such materials are placed at the
curbside for collection.
It shall be a violation of this article for
any person, firm or corporation, other than the Township or one authorized
by the Township, to collect recyclable materials placed by commercial,
municipal and institutional establishments for collection by the municipality
or an authorized collector. In violation hereof, unauthorized collection
from one or more commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
on one calendar day shall constitute a separate and distinct offense
punishable as hereinafter provided.
Any commercial, municipal or institutional establishment
may donate or sell recyclable materials to any person, firm or corporation,
whether operating for profit or not, provided that the receiving person,
firm or corporation shall not collect such donated recyclable materials
from the collection point of a commercial, municipal or institutional
establishment without prior written permission from the Township or
other entity responsible for authorizing collection of recyclable
materials to make such a collection.
The Township Secretary is hereby authorized
and directed to make reasonable rules and regulations for the operation
and enforcement of this article as deemed necessary, including, but
not limited to:
A.
Establishing recyclable materials to be separated
for collection and recycling by residences and additional recyclable
materials to be separated by commercial, municipal and institutional
establishments.
B.
Establishing collection procedures for recyclable
materials.
C.
Establishing reporting procedures for amounts of materials
recycled.
D.
Establishing procedures for the distribution, monitoring
and collection of recyclable containers.
E.
Establishing procedures and rules for the collection
of leaf waste.
All persons required to recycle pursuant to
this article who annually provide written documentation to the Township
that they have otherwise provided for the recycling of the recyclable
materials as defined in this article shall be exempt from the requirements
of this article. This written documentation must state the material
and number of tons recycled and must be provided to the Township on
an annual basis.
All persons required to recycle by this article
shall file an annual recycling report. This report must be filed with
the Township by January 15 of each year and shall indicate the total
amount of materials recycled during the previous year. The form of
the report is attached hereto and made a part hereof and marked Exhibit
"A."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The annual recycling report form is on file
in the Township offices.
Except as hereinafter provided, any person,
firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution for each
and every offense.
Each violation for each separate day and each
violation of any provision of this article, any regulation promulgated
hereunder, any order issued hereunder shall constitute a separate
offense.
