A. 
The Township shall establish a fee schedule, including abatement and discounts, for the collection and disposal (the "collection and disposal fee") of municipal waste and recyclable materials by the Township, which fee schedule may be amended from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Commissioners.
B. 
The collection and disposal fee shall be borne and paid for by the owner of the property from which municipal waste and recyclable materials is or may be collected.
C. 
Base fee; second container.
[Amended last 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 3330]
(1) 
The base fee for the collection of municipal solid waste shall be $335 for each dwelling. Residents shall receive once-per-week collection of municipal solid waste and recyclable materials. They shall be limited to one collector cart of municipal solid waste per collection with the approved Township cart container with the lid completely closed. Included in the base fee is the once-per-week collection of recyclable materials in the Township-approved recycling collector cart.
(2) 
Any residential garbage customer with the need for a second ninety-five-gallon MSW collector cart shall provide a formal written request for the second container at any point after the establishment of the garbage fee throughout the billing year. The customer shall pay a refundable $100 charge for the second ninety-five-gallon container at the Township Tax Office, and the most recent garbage bill issued by the Township must be paid in full. Additionally, the base fee for the collection of municipal solid waste shall be $395 for each dwelling with two collector carts. Included in the base fee is the once-per-week collection of recyclable materials in the Township-approved recycling collector cart.
D. 
The cost for collection of Freon appliances shall be $25 per appliance. Customers shall purchase a label required by the Township and affix the same to said appliance to ensure collection.
[Amended last 12-11-2023 by Ord. No. 3330]
E. 
Exceptions.
(1) 
The owner or owners of an owner-occupied residential dwelling, in which household income, including the income of all individuals 18 years or older living in the home, from all sources is less than $15,000/year one of whom is either:
[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 2254]
(a) 
An adult individual aged 65 years and older as of December 31 of the prior calendar year;
(b) 
A widow or widower aged 50 and older as of December 31 of the prior calendar year;
(c) 
A person permanently and totally disabled, as determined using criteria developed and hereinafter to be developed by the Social Security Administration; or
(d) 
A person deemed legally blind, in accordance with the appropriate Social Security criteria;
(2) 
Shall be deemed exonerated from the obligation to pay the collection and disposal fee (of the current year only) for the collection and disposal of municipal waste and recyclable materials.
[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 2254]
F. 
The owner or owners or an owner-occupied residential dwelling, one of whom must be aged 72 years or older as of December 31 of the prior calendar year, and one of whom does not otherwise qualify for fee exoneration as provided in Subsection E of this section shall be entitled to a discount of 25% from the face amount of the garbage collection and disposal fee for the current year only for such owner-occupied residential dwelling.
G. 
Requests for exoneration or discounts pursuant to Subsections E and F above shall be made on an annual basis. Exonerations and discounts may only be given for the current years collection and disposal fee. The Township shall not give, and no person shall be entitled to, exoneration or discount for any prior year's collection and disposal fee.
H. 
For the purposes of implementing Subsections E and F of this section, the Township Treasurer shall adopt regulations to effectuate the provisions of these paragraphs. The Township Treasurer is hereby authorized to require proof of age in the form of a birth certificate, social security care, driver's license or other document recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as evidence of age. In addition, the Township Treasurer is authorized to require such evidence of household income as the Mayor may deem appropriate including, but not limited to, Federal Income Tax returns, SSA Form 1099 or such other form as might be adopted in the future by the Social Security Administration as evidence of payments made, records documenting income from savings account, annuities, pensions, stocks, bonds, trusts or other sources of income to which the head of the household is entitled through the calendar year for which abatement or the 25% discount is being claimed.
[Amended 6-8-2009 by Ord. No. 2776, approved 11-3-2009]
A. 
The Township shall annually invoice each owner of a residential property with the Land Use Code of 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1108, 1132, 1134, 1136, 1140, 1141, 1190, 1410, 1418, 1420, 1428, 1430 within the Township for the collection and disposal fee established in § 20-38C. Said fee must be paid by December 31 of the year issued.
[Amended 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 2254]
B. 
Commercial, institutional and industrial establishments and commercial multifamily housing are excluded from participation in the Township collection and disposal service.
C. 
Upon receipt of evidence that commercial activity is, or is deemed to be occurring in, on or at the property upon which the residential dwelling is situate, the owner of the residential dwelling shall not be required to pay the collection and disposal fee. Evidence of commercial activity shall include, but not be limited to, a current business privilege license and evidence establishing the existence of collection and disposal services from a collector for the commercial activity and all residential dwellings situate upon the property.
D. 
For the purposes of Subsection C, the term "property" shall mean property, or an adjacent property, which are included in a single Lehigh County Tax Map parcel number.
E. 
Late and overdue resident collections. Your annual garbage fee is overdue if unpaid by December 31 of each calendar year. The amount due is the rate for that calendar year and a late penalty of 10% added on June 1 of that calendar year. You have two options to satisfy your obligation:
[Added 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 2932]
(1) 
Option No. 1. Pay the balance in full by December 31 of the year in question, which includes the ten-percent penalty, without further cost or penalty. If payment is not received by December 31 of the year in question, an additional late fee in the amount of $35 will be added to the base cost and ten-percent penalty.
(2) 
Option No. 2. Pay the balance due, which includes the base cost, penalty penalty and late fee of $35, in consecutive monthly installments for an additional cost of $10. Each of those three equal monthly payments is due on the 15th day of each month, starting in the subsequent February.
F. 
Late and overdue landlord collections. Your annual landlord garbage fee is overdue if unpaid by December 31 of each calendar year. The amount due is the rate for that calendar year and a late penalty of 10% added on June 1 of that calendar year. You have two options to satisfy your obligation:
[Added 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 2932]
(1) 
Option No. 1. Pay the balance in full by December 31 of the year in question, which includes the ten-percent penalty, without further cost or penalty. If payment is not received by December 31 of the year in question, an additional late fee in the amount of $35 will be added to the base cost and ten-percent penalty.
(2) 
Option No. 2. Pay the balance due, which includes the base cost, ten-percent and late fee of $35, in consecutive monthly installments for an additional cost of $11. Each of those three equal monthly payments is due on the 15th day of each month, starting in the subsequent February.