Every person placing garbage, refuse or other
matter for municipal collection, as prescribed by the Borough Council,
from, on or in connection with a residential property or residential
units shall observe the following requirements:
A. Garbage shall be placed at the curbline in watertight
containers equipped with tight-fitting covers, shall be of an approved
type with handles and shall not exceed 50 gallons in capacity. Small
articles of combustible material may be placed in garbage containers
with garbage.
B. All paper, rags, cloth or other combustible material
not placed in any garbage container shall be placed in cartons and/or
wrapped and tied securely so that it will not break when handled or
thrown into the collection trucks.
C. All normal household refuse will be accepted by the
garbage collectors, but material and refuse from construction, repairs
or alterations to dwellings or structures will not be accepted.
D. Hedge and shrubbery clippings, tree trimmings and
garden refuse will be accepted if secured for ease of handling and
placed at the curbline.
E. Household furniture and appliances will be accepted
at the curbline, provided that all furniture of wood construction
has been broken or cut into pieces, the total length of which shall
not exceed three feet and a width of three feet nor a height of three
feet.
Every person placing garbage, refuse or other
matter for municipal collection from business establishments, factories
and all other locations, excepting residence units, shall observe
the following requirements:
A. Garbage containers shall be the same as required for
residential properties but the containers may be of a larger volume
and they must be placed at the curbline unless other arrangements
have been approved by the Borough Administrator and the Supervisor
of Streets and/or Sanitation. No container and contents shall have
a combined weight in excess of 50 pounds.
B. All papers, cloth, rags, particles of wood or other
combustible material shall be either placed for collection in cartons
or other suitable containers and the contents secured by proper cover,
tying, wrapping or otherwise, or, if not placed in containers, shall
be securely tied, packaged or bundled so that the same may be handled
or placed in collection trucks without breaking apart or without causing
contents to become free or loose or blown about. Any such cartons
or other combustible container and any such material which is tied,
packaged or bundled, as in this section required, shall have a width
of not over three feet, a length of not over three feet and a height
of not over three feet.
No persons shall place on the curb, as herein
elsewhere required, or anywhere else for collection, any explosive
or highly inflammable materials such as benzene, gasoline, petroleum,
explosive powder, nitrocellulose film or unbroken fluorescent tubes.
Special arrangements, however, may be made with the Borough Administrator
for immediate collection and disposal of any articles or materials
mentioned in this section, or articles or materials of any highly
combustible nature.
Wherever it is required herein for placement
of garbage, refuse and other materials to be at a curbline, said requirement
shall not apply to handicapped persons.
As used in this article, the following words
shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
All animal or vegetable waste from any kitchen, market or
store or other place or any waste which, due to its animal or vegetable
content, may decompose, cause odor, attract flies or other insects
or in any manner be a hazard to the public health.
HANDICAPPED PERSON
The term "handicapped person," as employed herein, shall
include any person who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a
consequence of paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability
or who is permanently disabled as to be able to ambulate without the
aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited
as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine
and surgery in this state.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation or
other legal entity.
REFUSE
All other material not described in the definitions in this
section or garbage and ashes.
The aforementioned material will be disposed
of in no other manner than that prescribed by this article.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty.