[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 19]
With the exception of those persons who directly deliver (self-haul)
their municipal waste and/or recyclables, it shall be unlawful for
any person, other than such persons as are duly authorized by the
State, to collect and to transport municipal waste of any nature or
recyclables within or from the Town.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 20]
1. All private haulers shall have an affirmative duty to follow and
conduct themselves in accordance with their current license or permit,
as provided by the State, and to service each of their customers in
accordance with each customer's recycling plan (where applicable),
failure of which shall be a violation of this Part.
2. All private haulers contracted for the collection of municipal waste within the Town shall offer such customers the service of recyclables collection as described in §
20-125 below. Failure to offer such customers recyclables collection shall be a violation of this Part.
3. Private haulers shall have the window sticker issued for each vehicle
with the license displayed on the vehicle for which it is issued as
directed by the amended Title 27 (Environmental Resources), Waste
Transportation Safety Program, of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
4. Private haulers shall have placed on the doors or each side of the
body of each vehicle the name of the hauler, the telephone number
of the hauler's office or headquarters, and the type of waste
being transported therein (or, if recyclables are being transported
therein, then such to be indicated). The size of such lettering shall
be no less than six inches in height and clearly legible. Vehicles
shall be so marked within 10 days after the commencement of their
use in the Town.
5. Private haulers shall be responsible for maintaining each vehicle
used for collection in the Town in good operating condition to assure
that the schedule of collections can be maintained. The vehicles must
be kept clean and painted so as to present a favorable appearance.
The Town shall have the right to inspect all vehicles collecting municipal
waste and/or recyclables within the Town.
6. Private haulers shall be responsible for the manner in which their
employees perform work pertaining to collection, hauling and disposal
of municipal waste and recyclables under the terms of this Part.
7. Private haulers shall comply with the limitations on hours of collection set forth in §
20-105 of this Part.
8. Private haulers shall pay all costs charged for the use of any disposal
facilities which he utilizes.
9. Private haulers shall empty bulk containers (such as dumpsters) which
have been provided by them to their customers when such bulk containers
become full.
10. Upon request of the Town, a private hauler shall provide to the Town,
or make available for inspection and copying by the Town, any and
all of the private hauler's records, pertaining to customer lists,
collection records and weight slips and receipts from landfills, transfer
stations and recycling centers (as applicable). The Town shall have
the right to request and receive such records to the extent it may
deem same to be necessary to the furtherance of the purposes, administration
and enforcement of this Part. Once a written request for records is
made by the Town pursuant hereto, the private hauler to whom the request
is directed shall comply therewith and supply the requested records
in accordance herewith within 10 calendar days from the date of the
request, failure of which shall be a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 21]
1. Owners of multifamily housing property may elect to have recyclable
materials collected by the Town in a manner established by Town Council.
2. All owners of residential properties except multifamily household
properties who are required to recycle pursuant to this Part shall
pay to the Town a recycling fee for each dwelling unit in the property
in an amount and in a manner as determined, from time to time, by
resolution of Town Council.
3. All owners of multifamily housing property who elect to have the
Town collect its recyclable materials shall pay to the Town a recycling
fee for each dwelling unit in the property in an amount and in a manner
as determined, from time to time, by resolution of Town Council.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 22]
1. All collectors and/or haulers of municipal solid waste who handle
such waste which has as its place of origin the Town shall deliver
such waste only to solid waste facilities or transfer stations designated
in the Columbia County Solid Waste Plan from which it will thence
be disposed of at Columbia County designated facility. In the event
no Columbia County designated facilities can accept certain waste
(e.g., hazardous waste), then such waste shall be properly disposed
of at any permitted facility which accepts such waste.
2. As a condition of such collectors and/or haulers right to collect
and haul such wastes, such collectors and/or haulers shall pay to
Columbia County designated facilities upon such terms of cash and/or
credit as Columbia County designated facilities shall approve all
fees charged by Columbia County designated facilities in connection
with the disposal of the collectors and/or haulers solid waste.
3. All haulers and/or collectors of municipal solid waste generated
in the Town will be permitted to deliver and deposit such waste at
Columbia County designated facilities only during the period of time
that such collectors and/or haulers have issued to them a valid existing
license issued by the State. Such license shall be a prerequisite
of any depositing of such municipal waste in Columbia County designated
facilities.
4. All collectors and/or haulers of municipal solid waste generated
in the Town must comply with all regulations listed in the Columbia
County Solid Waste Plan.
5. It is the intention of this Section that all collectors and/or haulers
of municipal solid waste generated in the Town shall deliver such
waste only to municipal solid waste facilities, in accordance with
the terms of the Columbia County Solid Waste Plan for so long as the
said Plan shall be in force and effect. Any collector and/or hauler
of municipal solid waste which has as its place of origin the Town,
who delivers such waste to any solid waste facility or facilities
other than Columbia County designated municipal facilities shall be
in violation of this Part. Any collector and/or hauler who violates
any of the terms of this Section shall be subject to any other applicable
penalties which may be imposed by the Town of Bloomsburg.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 23]
Every private hauler shall be required to provide to its commercial,
municipal, institutional and multifamily housing property customers
the service of removing recyclables from their properties. Any such
recyclables so removed by private haulers shall be kept separate from
municipal waste and shall be taken to a recycling center.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 24]
No private hauler shall accept, pick up or remove any bag or
other container of municipal waste which the hauler knows, or has
reason to believe contains recyclables, required to be separated,
combined with municipal waste or placed for collection as and with
municipal waste. Upon discovery of such recyclables combined with
municipal waste placed at curbside or otherwise placed for pickup,
the hauler shall affix a tag or sticker to the container containing
the recyclables (which tag or sticker will be provided by the Town),
retain a duplicate for his records and deliver a triplicate to the
designated office of the Town within 48 hours. When the hauler utilizes
a tag or sticker pursuant to this Section, he shall fill in the information
requested thereon, including the address at which the container is
located and the nature of the suspected violation or the reason which
led him to know or believe the container contained recyclables (e.g.,
he saw newspapers or he heard bottles rattling). The hauler shall
leave such container with the tag or sticker placed thereon where
he found it.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 25]
No person shall terminate the services of a private hauler because of such hauler's compliance with the requirements set forth in §
20-126 above. No private hauler shall accept as a new customer any person who has terminated the services of any other private hauler for compliance with the provisions of §
20-126 above.
[Ord. 862, 6/9/2003, § 26]
All private haulers doing business within the Town of Bloomsburg
shall make available to their customers the service of removal of
"white goods" (discarded major appliances, television sets and similar
articles).