[Amended 4-4-2023 by Ord. No. 7-2023]
The purpose of this article is to regulate the use and placement
of dumpsters in public areas located within the Township of Logan
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DUMPSTER
Any container that has the ability or capacity to hold more
than two fifty-gallon trash cans of debris, or any container used
for the purpose of holding or storing debris, refuse, vegetation,
material and/or discarded personal property.
PUBLIC AREA
Includes any street, sidewalk, highway, public lane, alley,
right-of-way, Township parking lot or other public place in the Township.
[Amended 4-4-2023 by Ord. No. 7-2023]
No person shall place or utilize a dumpster or permit a dumpster
to be placed on residential or commercial property or within a public
area in the Township of Logan without first having obtained a permit
from the Zoning Office and after written approval from the Police
Department.
If the dumpster is not removed at the expiration of the time
allowed by the permit, the Construction Code Official shall notify
the owner that he/she has three days in which to have the dumpster
removed from the premises. In the event the owner fails to comply,
the dumpster shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and the Construction
Code Official may arrange for its removal and the disposal of its
contents. The costs associated with the removal of the dumpster and
the disposal of its contents shall be a municipal lien against the
property. A detailed statement of the aforesaid costs shall be certified
by the Construction Code Official and forwarded to the Township Council,
which shall examine the certification and, if found correct, shall
cause the same to be filed with the Tax Collector and a copy forwarded
to the property owner. This amount shall be charged against the land
and shall become a lien upon such lands and shall bear interest at
the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the
Tax Collector.
[Amended 4-4-2023 by Ord. No. 7-2023]
Any dumpster placed in violation of this article or which is
not removed at the end of the time for which it may lawfully remain
in place, or immediately upon the direction of the Zoning Officer,
Police Department or Fire Department for removal of such unit for
health or safety reasons, shall be punishable, upon conviction thereof,
by a minimum fine of $100 and maximum fine not to exceed $2,000 for
each violation committed hereunder. Every day that a violation continues
after service of written notice in person, or by certified and/or
regular mail on the owner or occupant of the subject property as shown
in the latest tax duplicate shall be deemed a separate offense, retroactive
to the initial violation date.