This article regulates the storage, collection and disposal of garbage, trash and rubbish in order to protect the public safety, health and welfare and to enhance the environment of the people of Laurel Springs.
[Adopted 5-22-1978 by Ord. No. 298 (Ch. 69 of the 1973 Code)]
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 537; 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any enclosed structure having a roof and intended to be used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes.
Stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, dryers, washing machines, air-conditioning units, boilers, freezers, water tanks, lawn mowers, metal window and door frames, other large metal appliances and any other items as may be determined from time to time by the Borough of Laurel Springs.
Furniture, including but not limited to beds, mattresses, chairs, tables, rugs and carpets, wood, windows, linoleum, magazines, books and any other items as may be determined from time to time by the Borough of Laurel Springs.
The act of removing solid waste from the central storage point at the source of generation.
Solid waste generated by stores, offices and other activities that do not actually turn out a product.
Waste, such as toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances, which requires such handling as will avoid illness or injury to persons or damage to property.
Solid waste that results from industrial processes and manufacturing.
Solid waste originating from educational, health care and research facilities.
Solid waste from an agricultural, commercial, industrial or institutional agency or a building, or group of buildings, consisting of five or more dwellings.
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, public or private corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate or any legal representative, agent or assignee.
The owner, lessee or occupant of the building and, in the case of a multiple-occupant building, the owner or the party so designated by the owner.
The uncontrolled removal of material at any point in solid waste.
Garbage, trash and refuse and shall include kitchen waste, food waste, vegetable matter, condemned foods, animal or vegetable matter, offal, decaying and decomposing material, rubbish, ashes, rags, waste paper and products, household items, refuse and junk (such as beds, chairs, mattresses, items of furniture, etc.) and any other customary household waste and discarded waste material. Trash and rubbish shall be placed at the curb in containers not exceeding 50 pounds gross weight. Specifically excluded from the definition of "solid waste" are used tires, car and truck batteries, leaves, brush, logs and white goods.
The interim containment of solid waste in an approved manner after generation and prior to ultimate disposal.
The removal of solid waste subsequent to collection.
Such materials as shall be determined from time to time by the Borough of Laurel Springs and may include such items as brush, tree branches, twigs, grass and shrub clippings, weeds and leaves.
[Amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006]
The Department of Streets shall be responsible for the administrative management of this article and the rules and regulations authorized.
[Amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006; 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017]
All solid waste to be collected and disposed of by the Borough shall be placed at the curb of improved roadway. Only one collection point shall be permitted per residential or nonresidential user. In the case of corner lots, solid waste shall be placed at the improved roadway most accessible to the collection vehicle or as directed by a municipal official.
[Amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006; 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017]
All residential solid waste, except bulky waste and yard waste shall be placed in the containers provided by the Borough of Laurel Springs.
[Amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006; 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
Bulky waste and bulky metals shall be placed at the curb or within five feet of the improved roadway for collection, but in no event within the improved roadway or traveled way. Refrigerators, large trunks, washing machines, dryers and similar large items shall have all doors or lids removed. Broken concrete, sod, dirt and building materials not exceeding 50 pounds shall be placed in standard containers, except that this material shall not be placed in plastic bags. All containers shall be constructed adequately to house such contents when lifted. All other bulky waste or bulky metals shall be tied in bundles not exceeding 50 pounds or four feet in length.
All hazardous material, including such items as injection needles, knives or broken glass and other sharp objects and toxic, radioactive or pathogenic substances, shall be wrapped and stored in clearly marked containers, separate from other solid waste, and will be removed by the user to a certified dump site.
[Amended 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017]
One container per residential unit for the collection of garbage and one container per residential unit for the collection of single stream recycling shall be provided by the Borough of Laurel Springs. Additional containers can be obtained from the Borough for a fee set forth in the Annual Fee Ordinance.
No residential or nonresidential user shall offer to any contractor's employees tips or gratuities for service rendered. No contractor's employee shall enter onto private property for the purpose of removal of solid waste, except if directed by the Certified Public Works Supervisor or with the permission of the property owner.
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Editor's Note: Former § 224-10, Excess nonresidential solid waste, was repealed 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017.
[Amended 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
Except Borough employees or agents in the discharge of their duties under this article, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, association or corporation to collect, pick over, rake up or in any other way disturb the ashes, rubbish or other refuse material whatsoever deposited in any container or bundle laid or placed on any curb, street or public place.
A.
All residential solid waste should be collected one time per week. All collections should be made between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
B.
Solid waste designated for collection must be placed at the curb or within five feet of the approved road site prior to 7:00 a.m. and no sooner than 12 hours before collection time. Empty containers must be removed no later than 12 hours after the end of the collection day.
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Editor's Note: Former § 224-13, Preparation for collection, added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537, was repealed 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, partnership, association or corporation to haul, carry, transport or in any manner whatsoever bring into and within the municipal limits of the Borough of Laurel Springs any garbage, trash, rubbish or building materials or similar waste materials from any place outside of the municipal limits of the Borough of Laurel Springs any garbage, trash, rubbish or building materials or similar waste materials from any place outside of the municipal limits of the Borough of Laurel Springs, irrespective of the manner of transportation thereof or the use to which the same shall be put within the Borough of Laurel Springs.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, partnership, association or corporation to in any manner whatsoever, irrespective of the reason, accumulate, hold or store overnight within the Borough of Laurel Springs any garbage, trash, rubbish, building materials or garden refuse. This section shall not apply to the normal everyday garbage, trash, rubbish, building materials or garden refuse accumulated by residents and business within the Borough and disposed of through the Borough's solid waste disposal program.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537; amended 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017]
When multiple-family, commercial and industrial buildings use a specific metal container, such as a dumpster, for the collection of solid waste, such containers shall be located in enclosures which shall screen the containers from view.
A.
Shall be constructed of stockade fence material with hinged gates and with latches to hold the gates closed.
B.
May be constructed of other material with the approval of the Laurel Springs Planning Board.
C.
Shall have a height of the greater of five feet or 12 inches higher than the containers which they enclose.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
Prior to construction of any enclosure, an appropriate permit must be obtained from the Construction Official. The owner of any building which, prior to the effective date of this article, has an enclosure to house all the containers which are required to be enclosed hereunder shall not be required to erect a new enclosure even if the existing enclosure does not meet all of the specific requirements of this article, provided that the existing enclose does screen the containers from view.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537; amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006]
A.
The person in charge shall cause recyclables to be separated from solid waste.
B.
The person in charge shall place all material intended for collection pursuant to § 224-4 of this article.
D.
There shall be no collection from residential, commercial or industrial locations where snow and ice has not been cleared from access pathways or driveways.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
A.
The person in charge of a multiple-family residential building shall designate a common area in which solid waste is to be accumulated.
B.
The person in charge of a multiple-family residential building shall be responsible for the placement of solid waste for collection.
C.
The placement of solid waste by a lease of a multiple-family residential building in an area other than the common area designated by the person in charge shall be deemed a violation of this article by such lessee and not by the person in charge, provided that the person in charge shall have properly designated a common area and shall have given the tenant adequate notice thereof.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
A.
The person in charge of a multiple-occupant commercial or industrial building shall designate a common area in which solid waste is to be accumulated.
B.
The person in charge of a multiple-occupant commercial or industrial building shall be responsible for the placement of solid waste for collection.
C.
The placement of solid waste by an occupant of a multiple-occupant commercial or industrial building in an area other than the common area designated by the person in charge shall be deemed a violation of this article by such occupant and not by the person in charge, provided that the person in charge shall have properly designated a common area and shall have given the occupant adequate notice thereof.
[Added 12-5-1994 by Ord. No. 537]
Owners and occupants of commercial and industrial buildings whose solid waste is not collected and disposed of by the Borough shall provide for the collection of solid waste and shall separate recyclables from other solid waste and provide for the collection and recycling of the recyclables as required herein.
Yard waste shall be collected and disposed of by the Borough of Laurel Springs.
[Amended 5-8-2006 by Ord. No. 674-2006; 10-16-2017 by Ord. No. 813-2017]
The following materials will not be collected:
A.
Medical waste material from hospitals, health-care facilities, funeral establishments and any other facility, including private residences which house medical offices.
B.
Material classified as hazardous waste.
C.
Demolition debris.
D.
Debris from residential, commercial or industrial construction projects for which a contractor was hired.
A.
Recyclables shall not be placed in containers holding other solid waste.
B.
Materials and objects other than recyclables shall not be mixed with recyclables which have been left for collection.
C.
Upon placement of solid waste for collection pursuant to the requirements of this article, no person other than the person in charge of the Borough of Laurel Springs or its designee (or a private carter with respect to buildings whose solid waste or any portion thereof is not collected and disposed of by the Borough) shall remove or disturb such solid waste. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall limit any prohibitions or responsibilities set forth elsewhere hereunder.
A.
Where recyclables are mixed with other municipally collected solid waste in a container intended for collection and disposal, the Borough or its designee may, in its discretion, decline to collect any and all of the contents of such container and may leave a notice with the container noting the Borough's or its designee's action. In the event that the Borough or its designee declines to collect under this provision, it shall be the responsibility of the person in charge at the collection point to remove said recyclables from such container prior to subsequent collection.
B.
Where materials other than recyclables are left for pickup as recyclables in accordance with this article, the Borough or its designee may, in its discretion, decline to collect any and all of the contents of the container and may leave a notice with the container noting the Borough's or its designee's action. In the event that the Borough declines to collect under this provision, it shall be the responsibility of the person in charge at the collection point to remove all materials other than recyclables from the container prior to subsequent collection.
D.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Superintendent of Public Works, who shall have the authority to issue summonses for violations of the provisions hereof.
[Added 7-10-2000 by Ord. No. 599]