As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated
GARBAGE
Includes all refuse, animal and vegetable matter, liquid
or otherwise, which attends and results from the preparation, use,
cooking, dealing in and storage of foods, meats, fish, fowl, fruits
or vegetables and similar types of matter, and bottles, as well as
all refuse and animal and vegetable matter which was intended to be
so used, and condemned foods.
RUBBISH
Includes waste materials, household rubbish, building material
smaller than three feet by two feet by two feet, furniture, fixtures
and such other waste materials as are commonly produced in and about
residential dwellings and public buildings and public properties and
the like, including tree branches and limbs, weeds, leaves, brush,
grass and hedge clippings, children's swing sets and the like, trunks,
stoves, refrigerators, furnace pipes, water heaters and all other
similar types of rubbish, but shall not include earth, stone, automobile
parts, building materials larger than three feet by two feet by two
feet in size, or rubbish created in repairing, reconditioning or remodeling
of buildings and land.
[Amended 1-8-2024 by Ord. No. 1892]
No garbage, rubbish or recycling shall be stored, permitted,
or otherwise placed at the curbside for collection earlier than 4:00
p.m. on the evening preceding the scheduled collection day. However,
the Borough Manager may, upon satisfactory proof that a hardship exists,
grant a waiver of the time restriction to such a resident who applies
for a waiver in advance of the violation.