As used in this section:
CONTRACT
Shall mean an arrangement for the provision of service on
a regular basis. A contract does not have to be in writing unless
state law requires it to be in writing.
PROOF OF COLLECTION SERVICE
Shall mean 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 the Township.
REGULAR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
Shall mean the scheduled pickup and removal of solid waste
from residential, commercial or institutional premises located within
the boundaries of the Township at least once a week.
RESPONSIBLE SOLID WASTE GENERATOR
Shall mean 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 the Township, who generates solid waste at those
premises.
SOLID WASTE
Shall mean 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.
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
Shall mean the activity related to pickup and transportation
of solid waste from its source or location to a solid waste facility
or other destination.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Shall mean a receptacle, container or bag suitable for the
depositing of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
Shall mean the storage, treatment, utilization, processing
or final disposal of solid waste.
SOLID WASTE FACILITIES
Shall mean and include 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
any statute, 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.
UTILIZED BY THE TOWNSHIP
Shall refer to any facility which lawfully collects and/or
receives for disposal, as the case may be, solid waste which was generated
by any residential or nonresidential property in the Township.
[Ord. #1049]
[Ord. #1049]
Every responsible solid waste generator within
the Township who is transporting solid waste generated at his or her
residential premises directly to the solid waste facility utilized
by the Township for disposal shall furnish proof of same to the governing
body of the Township at least once every 12 months. In order to fulfill
this requirement, the responsible solid waste generator may include
the proof of service with the municipal tax payment mailed to the
Municipal Tax Collector.
[Ord. #1049; Ord. #2184, 2-28-2012, amended]
Within six months after the effective date of
this ordinance and at least once every six months thereafter, the
Township Clerk shall notify all solid waste generators of the requirements
which this ordinance imposes. In order to fulfill the notification
requirements of this section, the Clerk will post the ordinance on
the Township website. A failure to give any notice required by this
subsection shall not relieve a responsible solid waste generator of
its obligations under this ordinance and shall not be grounds for
any claim by such generator.
[Ord. #1049]
The Township may, but shall not be required
to, call upon solid waste collectors operating in the Township to
assist in identifying violations of this section, pursuant to the
procedures in P.L. 1991, c. 170.