[Adopted 4-28-1971 by Ord. No. 71-2 (Ch. 48, Art. III, of the 1983 Code)]
[Amended 11-13-1973 by Ord. No. 73-7]
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ASHES
The residue from burning of wood, coal, coke, paper and all other combustible materials.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
COLLECTOR
That person or persons as may, from time to time, be designated by the Borough Council as the person or persons having the right to collect ashes, garbage and refuse within the Borough, upon such terms and conditions as the Borough Council shall decide.
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
Those premises that are used principally for uses other than dwelling or residential purposes.
DWELLING UNIT
Each residence or premises used or intended for use as the residence of any person or persons. Each apartment shall be considered as a separate "dwelling unit."
GARBAGE
All putrescible animal, vegetable or other organic wastes (except body wastes) which result from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking or consumption of foods.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation or business entity.
REFUSE
All other putrescible and nonputrescible waste (except garbage and body waste), including by way of illustration, but not limitation, glass, metal (with the exclusions below), paper, wood (with the exclusions below), tree cuttings (with the exclusions below), leaves, Christmas trees, shoes, tin cans, tables, chairs, refrigerators, sofas, mattresses, rubber tires and other similar household litter and trash. The definition of "refuse" shall specifically exclude the debris from household renovations, whether interior or exterior, dirt, rocks, lead pipes and the limbs or trunks of trees greater than three inches in diameter.
[Amended 11-13-1973 by Ord. No. 73-7]
A. 
All garbage shall be drained of liquids and wrapped in paper or other suitable material. All ashes, suitably wrapped garbage and refuse shall be stored, except as otherwise provided in Subsections B and C below, in covered, watertight plastic or metal containers with an outside handle or handles and with tightly fitting covers of a capacity not exceeding 20 gallons in volume and 60 pounds in weight. Approved plastic bags of a capacity of 20 gallons or less may be used.
B. 
All permissible tree cuttings and similar refuse shall be securely tied in bundles, which bundles shall not exceed four feet in length and which bundles shall not exceed 60 pounds in weight for each bundle.
C. 
Newspapers, magazines and other printed matter not placed in containers shall be securely tied in bundles not exceeding 30 pounds in weight.
A. 
Ashes, garbage and refuse shall be collected at least twice a week from June 1 to September 30 and at least once a week from October 1 to May 30, on day or days of the week to be fixed by Borough Council, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
B. 
All persons shall place their ashes, garbage and refuse at designated pickup points as ordered by Borough Council in time for collection by the Collector, who shall, without delay, replace the cans or containers after being emptied to the place from which they were taken and replace the lids.
C. 
Borough Council may, in its discretion, allow or provide other methods of collection, hauling or removal of ashes, garbage or refuse by or from restaurants, hotels, business, commercial or industrial establishments and such other places as produce large quantities of ashes, garbage or refuse.
[Amended 7-12-1971 by Ord. No. 71-3; 2-13-1973 by Ord. No. 73-3]
It shall be unlawful for any person:
A. 
To dispose of or attempt to dispose of any ashes, garbage or refuse by burning, burying, dumping or discarding such ashes, garbage or refuse except as provided in this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
To permit the accumulation of ashes, garbage or refuse upon any place within the Borough of Marietta.
C. 
To dispose of any body wastes except by way of the sanitary sewer system.
D. 
To transport ashes, garbage or refuse created or generated outside of Marietta Borough into Marietta Borough.
E. 
To place garbage, ashes or refuse at any designated pickup point prior to 24 hours preceding the time for collection of such garbage, ashes or refuse.
A. 
The storage, collection and disposal of ashes, garbage and refuse from commercial and industrial premises shall be in accordance with this article; provided, however, that in the case of hardship, the Borough Council may, by resolution, establish rules and regulations to regulate the storage, collection and disposal of ashes, garbage and refuse from commercial and industrial premises.
B. 
No person shall dispose of any highly flammable, explosive or highly infectious or contagious or toxic ashes, garbage or refuse except in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be established by the Borough Council and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
C. 
Commercial and industrial establishments in the Borough of Marietta shall have two optional methods of having ashes, garbage, and refuse collected from their premises and for the payment of charges or assessments related thereto.
[Added 8-11-1998]
(1) 
Commercial and industrial establishments may contract independently with the trash hauler of their choosing and shall pay the charges, assessments, or tariffs charged by that hauler.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
Commercial and industrial establishments may have their ashes, garbage, and refuse picked up and hauled by the company with which the Borough of Marietta has contracted for hauling within the Borough and shall be assessed similarly to the manner in which residences are assessed, which is currently three approved containers per week as part of the quarterly assessment for trash collection, and the purchase of prescribed tags for all materials above that limit. This assessment shall be subject to periodic change by the Borough Council, by resolution, consistent with § 289-6 of this article.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 48-17 of the 1983 Code, Collectors, as amended, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 11-9-1976 by Ord. No. 76-5]
Beginning with the effective date of this section there is hereby levied, assessed and imposed upon each dwelling unit in the Borough of Marietta for the collection and removal of ashes, garbage and refuse such service charge as may, from time to time, be set by the Borough Council by resolution. The aforesaid service charge shall be levied, assessed and imposed on a monthly basis, but billing for the aforesaid service charge shall be on a quarterly basis. Each apartment shall be considered as a separate dwelling unit.
[Amended 11-9-1976 by Ord. No. 76-5]
Beginning upon the effective date of this section, the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Marietta is directed to bill each and every owner or owners of dwelling units in the Borough of Marietta a service charge levied and assessed by this section as is from time to time established by the Borough Council in accordance with § 289-6 of this article.
[Amended 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-7]
If the service charge is not paid within 35 days after date of billing, a penalty of 10% of the amount of the service charge due and unpaid shall be added thereto and collected.
For the purpose of enforcing the payment of the service charge levied or penalty imposed in accordance with the provisions of this article, the Secretary of the Borough of Marietta shall have all of the authority and power of a duly elected and qualified tax collector and shall have the right to proceed to collect the service charge and penalty by distraint or by action at law as other debts are collected. The Borough of Marietta may, if it so desires, file a lien on the property charged if said service charge and penalty are not paid.
[Added 4-11-1995 by Ord. No. 95-1]
A. 
Upon application made in writing on forms provided by the Borough Secretary, the trash collection service charges required by this article may be abated by owners of single-family dwellings that have been unoccupied for a period of one full calendar quarter. The property owner shall have the burden of proving that the property has been so unoccupied.
B. 
The abatement provided by this section shall commence with the quarterly billing cycle following the date of application, and shall continue for as many full calendar quarters as the property is unoccupied. No quarters shall be pro rated, however, and, if the subject property is occupied for any part of a calendar quarter, the service charge for that entire quarter shall be due.
C. 
In the event of a fire, storm, or other casualty loss which results in a single-family dwelling becoming unoccupied, the owner of such property may obtain an immediate abatement of trash collection service charges for the property by making application to the Borough on forms provided by the Borough Secretary. Abatement arising in the context of a casualty loss shall be subject to pro ration, and shall last for as long as the property is unoccupied.
[Amended 12-13-1983 by Ord. No. 83-9[1]]
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership or other entity whatsoever violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the Magisterial District Judge determines that the defendant is without the financial means to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance, such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments and over such periods of time as the Magisterial District Judge deems to be just. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction, or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).