Borough of Girard, PA Chapter 354 Solid Waste and Recycling

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Girard 10-18-2010 by Ord. No. 711. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 354-1 Title.

This chapter shall be named and referred to as the "Girard Borough Municipal Waste and Recycling Ordinance."

§ 354-2 Incorporation of recitals.

The recitals above are hereby incorporated in this chapter as though restated herein.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: A complete copy of Ord. No. 711, including the recitals, is on file in the Borough offices.

§ 354-3 Definitions.

A. Definitions established in the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq., shall apply and extend to terms within this chapter by reference, unless expressly modified in this chapter.

B. Words not specifically defined in the Act or in this chapter shall be given their reasonable and customary meanings.

C. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

ACT

The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq., as the same may in the future be amended.

ALUMINUM, STEEL AND BIMETALLIC CANS

Includes beverage cans, metal food containers and soup cans; shall not include flatware or metal cookware.

ASHES

Includes coal ashes, coke ashes, wood ashes and ashes resulting from other fuels used for cooking and heating purposes and shall be deemed included within the term "municipal waste."

BOROUGH-DESIGNATED BAGS/BAGS DESIGNATED BY BOROUGH

Those bags for separation and placement for collection of leaf waste of a type as shall be designated from time to time by Girard Borough.

CLEAR AND COLORED GLASS

Includes glass beverage bottles, food jars and containers; shall not include mirrors, ceramic materials, crystal, light bulbs, glass ovenware, drinking glasses, clay pots or window glass.

COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT

The place at which any business within the boundaries of Girard Borough is conducted by any person which, in the operation of such business, has or accumulates municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste in or about its place(s) of business or elsewhere. For purposes of this chapter, a commercial establishment shall include any PRD, business, institutional, industrial or other use, excepting only a residential use.

COMMERCIAL PICKUP

Includes all properties aside from residential properties having four or fewer residential or family units within a single structure. That a residential use may be deemed a commercial pickup does not alter its use.

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Includes wood, piping, metal, plastics, concrete, cement and other man-made products used in construction which is generated in any business or in the course of construction or renovation of dwellings or other buildings. The exclusion of construction materials from materials to be collected by the residential contractor shall not extend to such materials in small quantities generated in the ordinary course by occupants of residential dwellings.

DISPOSAL

Includes the deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid or municipal waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the constituent of the waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged into the ground or to the waters of the commonwealth.

DISPOSITION

A generic reference to the proper disposal of municipal waste, recycling and marketing of recyclable materials and/or composting of leaf waste in the manner prescribed in this chapter.

FAMILY

Includes any person or group of persons maintaining a separate dwelling, apartment or other habitation unit within the limits of the Borough of Girard.

GARBAGE

Includes all vegetable and animal waste, including offal, carcasses, fat, bone, swill and animal and vegetable matter or other organic substance subject to fermentation or decay, resulting from the storage, handling, consumption and/or preparation of food. The term shall not be deemed to include dishwater or other soapy water. "Garbage" shall be deemed included within the term "municipal waste."

HAULER/HAULING FIRM

Includes, without limitation, any person, firm, entity or contractor engaged in the collection, transportation and/or disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste in Girard Borough.

HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH

Includes old furniture, such paper as is not included in recyclable materials, trunks, stoves, furnace pipe, water boilers, light bulbs, crockery, nonrecyclable cans, bottles and containers, hedge and tree trimmings, garden residues, shrubbery and similar material, grass clippings, pipe and all other rubbish which may accumulate in the ordinary course of use of a residential dwelling, but excluding dirt, trees, tree limbs over four feet in length and construction materials as defined above. The term shall not include designated recyclable materials and is included within the term "municipal waste."

LEAF WASTE

Includes only leaves, garden residue, shrubbery and tree trimmings, and similar material, but not including grass clippings.

LICENSED TRANSPORTER

Includes any person, firm, entity or contractor engaged in the collection, transportation and/or disposition of municipal waste and/or residual waste and subject to licensure and regulation by the Department of Environmental Protection under the Waste Transportation Safety Act.[1]

MIXED CARDBOARD

Includes noncorrugated packaging such as cereal boxes, gift boxes, shoe boxes, tablet backers and the like; shall not include milk cartons, waxed paper or any material contaminated by food or other municipal waste.

MIXED PAPER

Includes white paper, envelopes and like paper material, including junk mail, office mix and brown bags; shall not include waxed paper or any material contaminated by food or other municipal waste.

MUNICIPAL RECYCLING PROGRAM

A source-separation and collection program for recycling recyclable materials or a program for designated dropoff points or collection centers for recycling municipal waste or source-separated recyclable materials that is operated by or on behalf of a municipality. The term shall include any source-separation and collection program for composting leaf and yard waste. The term shall not include any program for recycling construction or demolition waste and/or sludge from sewage treatment plants or water supply treatment plants. Under this chapter, the franchised residential hauling contractor would be designated to operate a recycling program in lieu of Girard Borough operating such program.

MUNICIPAL WASTE

Includes and means any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or nonrecyclable office waste or other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from operation or use of any residential dwelling or unit and/or any commercial establishment and/or other use or activity and any sludge not meeting the definition of "residual or hazardous waste" in the Act (35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.) from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. Does not include recyclable materials and leaf waste.

PADEP

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

PERSON

Includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal government or agency, state government, agency or institution (including but not limited to the Department of General Services and State Public School Building Authority), or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this chapter prescribing a duty, prohibition, fine or penalty, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other entity having officers, managers, partners and/or directors.

RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

Includes clear glass and colored glass; aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans; recyclable plastics; newspapers tied, bundled or separated in paper or other bags authorized by the hauler; magazines tied, bundled or separated in paper or other bags authorized by the hauler; corrugated cardboard tied or bundled; mixed paper; and mixed cardboard.

RECYCLABLE PLASTICS

Includes plastic beverage bottles, ketchup bottles, milk and juice jugs, laundry and dish soap containers and the like. The term shall not include plastic dishware, drinking glasses or toys.

RECYCLING

Includes the separation from municipal waste at the site of generation, collection, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, newspapers, magazines, corrugated cardboard, mixed paper and mixed cardboard and other materials which would otherwise be disposed of as municipal waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste (other than through combustion) and creation and recovery of reusable materials other than as fuel for the operation of energy.

RESIDENT

Includes every resident, owner, householder, tenant, responsible party or person owning or occupying a dwelling, apartment, condominium, mobile home or place of residence within Girard Borough generating municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste, excluding only those persons residing in dwellings having more than four residential units within the same structure and so deemed within the term "commercial pickup."

RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING

Includes source separation, placement for collection, collection, transportation, recovery and sale or reuse of recyclable materials generated within all dwellings and residential units or uses in Girard Borough, whether such unit is deemed included within the Borough's contract for residential collection or is deemed a commercial pickup.

RESPONSIBLE PARTY

Includes all persons responsible for compliance with the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to provisions regulating collection, transportation and disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste. The term shall include residents, owners and/or landlords of multifamily rental or condominium residential properties and their agents; mobile home owners, tenants and/or occupants; condominium unit owners, tenants and/or occupants of multiple-unit residential dwellings; and owners, landlords, managers, occupants and/or tenants and their respective agents of commercial, institutional, industrial and public properties.

RUBBISH

Consists of mixed and waste fragments resulting from the use of household necessities, including but not limited to nonrecyclable glass, metal, tin and wood, china, leather, rubber, carpeting, prunings from vines and other foreign matter, but excepting ashes and garbage; shall be deemed included within the term "municipal waste" and shall not include leaf waste and/or materials designated as recyclable under this chapter.

SOLID WASTE

Defined as set forth in the Act.

SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

Materials which are separated from municipal waste at the point of origin for the purpose of recycling; shall generally be deemed to include recyclable materials and leaf waste.

STORAGE

The containment of any municipal waste on a temporary basis in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be presumed that the containment of any municipal waste in excess of one year constitutes disposal; said presumption may be overcome only by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.

TRANSPORTATION

The off-site removal of any municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste at any time after generation.

[1] Editor's Note: See 27 Pa.C.S.A. § 6201 et seq.

§ 354-4 General duties and prohibitions.

A. General duties.

(1) Requirements in this chapter that municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste be separated at the source, placed for collection, collected, transported, that municipal waste be disposed of, recyclable materials marketed and sold for reuse and leaf waste composted shall apply to all properties in Girard Borough and to all owners, residents, tenants and/or occupants of such properties and their managers or agents and to all firms or entities, waste disposal, recycling and composting facilities.

(a) Owners, residents, tenants and/or occupants of residential properties having four or fewer dwelling units within the same building shall comply with duties imposed under this chapter by contracting with the firm or entity under contract with Girard Borough for the collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste.

(b) The owner, landlord, manager and/or agent therefor of a residential property having more than four dwelling units within the same structure, otherwise within the definition of a "commercial pickup," shall be deemed responsible parties as to such properties and obligated to make provision and contract for collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon and about the premises, unless they provide in proper and written fashion that tenants and/or occupants of each unit shall be the responsible party, in which event each such tenant and/or occupant shall be obligated to contract for services with the firm or entity under contract with Girard Borough for the collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste. Any written notice required under this subsection shall be delivered promptly to the Borough and its contractor and shall include the names and addresses of affected tenants/occupants and units.

(c) Responsible parties for properties deemed a commercial establishment and/or commercial pickup must contract with a firm or entity for collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated at or upon said properties and make adequate provision for proper source separation and placement of said materials for collection.

[1] Responsible parties of properties not served by the Borough's residential collection contract shall, on or before January 1, 2011, or within 30 days after occupancy of a property, whichever first occurs, notify Girard Borough of either:

[a] The decision by the owner and/or landlord of a residential property having four or more dwelling units, with written agreement by the residential contractor, that tenants or occupants thereof shall be deemed responsible parties, any such notice to be in writing and identify the names, service and mailing addresses of all tenants, occupants and residential units thereby deemed responsible parties; or

[b] The name and address of the firm with which said owner, landlord, manager and/or agent has contracted for the collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste.

[2] Any changes in determination of responsible parties for residential properties and/or the firm(s) retained for collection, transportation and disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste must be confirmed by written notice to Girard Borough within 30 days after such change is effective.

(2) Reporting requirements established in this chapter shall govern and extend to the contractor retained by the Borough for general residential collection services and to all persons or firms contracting to provide service to multiunit residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, public and other properties in Girard Borough.

B. General prohibitions.

(1) This section shall not limit or modify provisions of this chapter which identify and make provision for specific violations.

(2) In addition to specific obligations imposed in this chapter, the following acts and/or omissions are hereby declared unlawful and are prohibited, subject to the fines and/or penalties imposed in this chapter:

(a) No materials shall be allowed to accumulate on the ground nor be deposited on the streets or highways, vacant lots, homes, nor on any land publicly or privately owned, nor be thrown into any stream or body of water in the Borough of Girard other than as is expressly permitted in this chapter or by state or local laws.

(b) There shall be no doubling up of families by which more than one residence or family uses a common container(s), except in the case of a commercial pickup and only then by persons intended to be included within such service.

(c) Where a residence, apartment, condominium or other residential building is arranged for occupancy by more than four separate dwelling units, failure or refusal by the owner, landlord or manager of said property or agent(s) thereof to furnish proper collection services for municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon said property, unless said owner, landlord or manager has in proper fashion designated tenants or occupants responsible parties and issued notices required in this section.

(d) Failure or refusal by the owner, landlord, manager, tenant or occupant of a nonresidential property in the Borough or agent(s) thereof to furnish proper collection services for municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon said property.

(e) No person shall place recyclable materials for disposal as municipal waste or leaf waste.

(f) No person shall burn or cause to be burned any recyclable materials or municipal waste.

[Amended 12-20-2010 by Ord. No. 713]

(g) No person shall place upon any other property municipal waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste not generated upon that property, except for placement of recyclable materials for collection upon one's own property and/or placement of materials at a licensed recycling or composting facility.

(h) No person shall collect from any property located in Girard Borough any municipal waste or recyclable materials.

C. Exceptions.

(1) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any person from building or maintaining a compost pile consisting of grass clippings, leaves, weeds, soil, hedge and/or shrubbery clippings and other organic material, so long as a nuisance does not result from said activity.

(2) This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or prohibit any person from taking to a licensed recycling or composting facility recyclable materials and/or leaf waste for which general collection is provided for in this chapter.

§ 354-5 Collection and disposal.

A. All municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated at and upon all properties located in Girard Borough shall be separated, placed for collection, collected, transported, disposed of, marketed for recycling and/or composted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

B. It shall be the responsibility of the resident, person and/or responsible party upon each property in Girard Borough generating municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste to separate from municipal waste recyclable materials and leaf waste as required in this chapter and to place the same for collection by the residential contractor retained by the Borough or, if applicable, by such firm or entity retained to provide services to a commercial pickup property.

C. All municipal waste, source-separated materials and leaf waste generated by or upon all residential properties and/or units in Girard Borough other than those designated and maintained as a commercial pickup shall be collected, removed and disposed, marketed for recycling or composted only by the contractor retained under the Articles of Agreement (Borough contract), under the terms and conditions set forth in said contract, this chapter and the contract specifications and bid blank.

(1) It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person other than the entity retained under the Borough contract to collect, remove, transport or dispose of municipal waste and source-separated recyclable materials generated by residential units in Girard Borough other than those designated and maintained as a commercial pickup.

(2) Contracts for the collection, removal, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, source-separated recyclable materials and/or leaf waste under this chapter shall, from time to time, be let to the lowest responsible bidder, with or without advertising, which contract(s) shall contain, in addition to the requirements of this chapter, such other provisions not in conflict with this chapter as may be deemed advisable by the Girard Borough Council to incorporate therein, and it shall be executed by the Borough Manager. No contract therefor shall be awarded for a period exceeding five years.

(3) Owners of premises which constitute properties subject to the residential collection contract and are leased to others shall, by a date established by the Borough Manager, provide the contractor and the Borough with written notice setting forth names and residence addresses of all tenants and shall supplement that notice to the contractor within 10 days after termination or commencement of any lease. Failure to do so shall render the owner the party responsible for collection, transportation and disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated on the property.

§ 354-6 Collection at source.

A. All persons (including adults, parents, owners, occupants, heads of households, residents, responsible parties, operators, landlords, tenants or agents) of all properties of any type located in Girard Borough shall separate or be responsible for the separation of municipal waste from recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon or about such property and for the proper temporary storage of such source-separated materials until placement for collection by the Borough's residential contractor or, as to commercial pickups, by the retained registered hauling contractor therefor in the manner prescribed in this chapter or by the owner of a commercial pickup property and its hauling contractor.

B. All owners and occupants of properties of any type located in Girard Borough shall provide and maintain containers, as required in this chapter, for all municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste generated or accumulated upon such properties.

(1) The following requirements shall apply generally to all properties and to their owners, occupants, landlords, tenants, managers, residents and agents:

(a) Garbage or municipal waste containers (garbage containers) shall be used only for garbage and municipal waste materials, as defined in this chapter.

(b) All garbage shall be wrapped in paper or within a plastic bag prior to being placed in a garbage container.

(c) No more water shall be allowed nor permitted in municipal waste than naturally accumulates from the refuse materials.

(d) All garbage cans and receptacles shall be kept in a sanitary condition, in places accessible to the collector and with sufficient shelter to prevent their freezing to the ground.

(e) All municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste shall be kept in places accessible to the collector and in such containers or bags to be provided by the resident, owner, landlord, tenant or occupant of the property so that said materials may be readily and properly removed by the collector.

(f) All items designated in this chapter as recyclable materials shall be separated from municipal waste and leaf waste, shall be clean of food waste and foreign material and shall be separated for proper collection as required in this chapter or, as to commercial pickups, as required by the hauling contractor and responsible party.

(g) Leaf waste shall be separated from municipal waste and recyclable materials and shall be placed for proper collection as required in this chapter or, as to commercial pickups, as required by the hauling contractor and responsible party and, in all cases, shall be stored and placed for collection in Borough-designated bags distinguishing leaf waste from municipal waste and/or recyclable materials.

(h) It shall be a violation of this chapter and unlawful for any person to accumulate or store or allow accumulation or storage of municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste in such manner as to give rise to a nuisance, and any such accumulation or storage shall constitute violations of this chapter and be subject to provisions of general municipal law pertaining to abatement of nuisances and payment of the costs thereof.

(2) The following requirements shall apply to all residential properties not designated and maintained as a commercial pickup and therefore subject to the Girard Borough residential collection contract:

(a) Excepting only roll-off containers authorized in this section, containers for the temporary storage of municipal waste and placement at curbside for collection by the residential contractor shall have a capacity not exceeding 33 gallons.

(b) Roll-off containers (toters) of approximately ninety-gallon capacity shall be authorized, provided that all municipal waste therein shall be placed in secured plastic bags.

(c) Garbage and municipal waste containers shall be made of nonabsorbent material, be watertight and be provided with handles and closely fitting covers made of nonabsorbent material. The owner or occupant of the property generating such municipal waste shall be responsible to keep such containers watertight at all times.

(d) Regular refuse or municipal waste bags shall be of sturdy plastic with a minimum thickness of two mills and having a maximum capacity of 33 gallons.

(e) Containers for the temporary storage of recyclable glass, plastics and metal cans shall be as specified and provided by the Borough.

(f) Recyclable materials separated at the source from municipal waste and leaf waste shall be cleaned of and kept free from all food and other foreign matter.

(g) Recyclable materials shall be source-separated and placed for collection in the manner prescribed in § 354-7 of this chapter.

(h) Leaf waste shall be separated from municipal waste and recyclable materials and placed for collection by the residential contractor in Borough-designated bags and placed separately from other materials.

(i) All municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be set out by the owner or occupant of such residential property at curbside on the established and scheduled day for collection thereof by the residential contractor.

(j) No municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be set out by the owner or occupant of such residential property for any reason or for the purpose of collection more than 24 hours prior to the previously established and scheduled time for collection thereof by the contractor.

§ 354-7 Recycling requirements.

A. The following materials are declared to be recyclable materials to be separated from municipal waste and leaf waste at the source of generation, placed for collection, collected, transported and placed or marketed for recycling and reuse:

(1) Clear glass and colored glass;

(2) Aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans;

(3) Recyclable plastics;

(4) Newspapers and newsprint;

(5) Magazines;

(6) Corrugated cardboard;

(7) Mixed paper; and

(8) Mixed cardboard.

B. All persons shall be obligated to separate or be responsible for the separation from municipal waste and leaf waste generated at all properties located in Girard Borough those materials now or hereafter designated by the Girard Borough Council as recyclable materials and to place the same for collection, recycling and marketing for reuse as specified in this chapter.

C. Prior to storage of recyclable materials for collection, the contents thereof shall be removed from any containers made of recyclable materials and the containers rinsed clean by the owner or occupant of the property generating such materials.

D. Where required under this chapter and/or the Borough contract for residential collection services or, as to commercial pickups, by the owner of and/or hauling contractor for such property, recyclable materials shall be separated from one another at the source and placed for collection in such separate fashion and shall not be commingled with different types of materials.

E. All recyclable materials placed for collection and recycling shall be free of foreign matter which itself is not recyclable material or an inherent part of the recyclable material.

F. All owners, landlords, occupants, tenants, managers, the agents thereof and responsible parties for properties located in Girard Borough which are not included within the Borough's residential collection contract shall be responsible for contracting with a registered firm or entity for the collection, transportation, recycling and marketing of recyclable materials.

G. This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the owner or occupant of any property from donating or selling his, her, their or its source-separated recyclable materials generated upon or about such property to any profit or nonprofit entity; provided, however, that such person shall deliver said source-separated recyclable materials to a collection point under the direct operation or control of said entity.

H. This chapter shall not be construed to impair ownership of separated recyclable materials by the generator unless and until such materials are placed for collection by the residential or commercial pickup hauling contractor.

I. Owners, occupants, residents and other persons generating recyclable materials within residential properties in Girard Borough subject to the Borough's residential collection contract shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) Recyclable clear and colored glass, plastics and aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans shall be stored and placed for collection in plastic containers supplied by Girard Borough or in a like container clearly identified as containing such recyclable materials.

(2) Newspapers and newsprint shall be tied, bundled or placed in paper bags separate from all other materials and placed in such manner for collection.

(3) Magazines shall be tied, bundled or placed in paper bags separate from all other materials and placed in such manner for collection.

(4) Corrugated cardboard shall be flattened, tied and bundled separate from all other materials and placed in such manner for collection.

(5) Mixed paper and mixed cardboard shall be placed in clear plastic tied bags separate from all other materials and placed in such manner for collection.

J. Owners, landlords, managers, occupants, tenants and other persons within properties in Girard Borough which are designated and/or maintained as a commercial pickup shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) The owner, landlord, manager and/or agent thereof shall be responsible for establishing a system of source separation and collection by occupants of the property of recyclable materials designated in this chapter and their placement for collection and proper removal, transportation and marketing for recycling by the contracted hauler for the premises.

(2) Such source-separation and collection system must include the following:

(a) Provision for separation and collection of all designated recyclable materials established in this chapter or otherwise by the Borough Council;

(b) Provision of suitable containers for collecting and sorting materials;

(c) Easily accessible locations for the containers; and

(d) Written instructions to all occupants of the premises concerning designation of recyclable materials, their proper separation at the source of generation and the proper use and availability of the collection system.

K. All owners of properties deemed a commercial pickup and firms or entities collecting and transporting recyclable materials from said properties shall be obligated to submit in a timely fashion all reports to Girard Borough pertaining to recycling matters as are required in this chapter.

L. For purposes of this chapter, the Borough's residential recycling program shall include not only recycling of recyclable materials generated upon residential dwellings served by the contractor retained by Girard Borough, but also those generated upon all residential properties of any type or nature. Owners of and firms or entities serving all residential properties shall submit to the Borough all reports and records required as to residential recycling under this chapter or other applicable law.

§ 354-8 Leaf waste.

A. All owners, occupants, landlords, tenants, managers and agents of properties located in Girard Borough shall separate from municipal waste and recyclable materials leaf waste generated at or upon the said properties for purposes of a separate collection and composting thereof.

B. Owners, occupants, residents and other persons generating leaf waste within residential properties in Girard Borough subject to the Borough's residential collection contract shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) All leaf waste shall be accumulated and stored prior to placement for collection by the residential contractor in tied Borough-designated bags and shall be free of all other materials.

(2) Such leaf waste in tied Borough-designated bags shall be placed at curbside for collection by the residential contractor not more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled time for collection thereof.

C. Owners, landlords and managers of properties designated and/or maintained as a commercial pickup shall be responsible to contract with a registered hauler for collection, transportation and proper composting of leaf waste generated upon each such property and for establishing procedures for the proper source separation, temporary storage and placement of leaf waste by tenants and all other occupants of the premises for collection by the firm or entity retained to provide such service.

(1) Such source-separation and collection system must include the following:

(a) Assumption by the owner, landlord and/or manager of responsibility for collection, storage and proper disposition for composting of leaf waste generated upon the property if such leaf waste is accumulated and collected within the owner's or landlord's obligations; or

(b) Written instructions to tenants and other occupants of the premises should they be obligated to accumulate and dispose of leaf waste, which instructions shall, at a minimum, set forth the requirements for source separation and collection of leaf waste and identify easily accessible locations for storage and/or placement of such materials and the dates or times of their scheduled collection.

(2) Bags or other containers utilized for storage and collection of leaf waste shall be as established by the owner or other responsible party and the retained hauling contractor and shall be detailed within instructions given to occupants and/or tenants of the premises.

(3) The owner and/or retained registered hauling contractor shall retain and produce to the Borough upon its request all records required by this chapter regarding collection and composting of leaf waste.

§ 354-9 Collection, transportation and disposition.

A. All persons, firms or corporations collecting municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste in Girard Borough and transporting the same upon the streets of the Borough shall collect and transport such materials only in conveyances and receptacles tightly closed on the bottom and sides, so as to prevent such materials from spilling, dropping or falling to the streets, alleys or highways.

B. All vehicles and conveyances transporting municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be so operated and covered as to prevent offensive odors from escaping therefrom and to prevent said materials from being blown or spilled upon any street, sidewalk, alley or property of the Borough.

C. Every vehicle or conveyance shall have plainly printed thereon the name of the registrant issued therefor and shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times.

D. All municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be collected from properties in the Borough only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

E. Municipal waste and recyclable materials generated and placed by owners and occupants for collection from residential premises subject to the Borough's residential contract shall be collected simultaneously by the residential contractor once per each calendar week.

F. Leaf waste generated upon and placed for collection at residential properties in Girard Borough subject to the Borough's residential collection contract shall be placed by owners and occupants for collection and collected and transported by the residential contractor to a composting facility in accordance with the residential contractor's contract with Girard Borough on a weekly basis during a six-week period in the spring and fall of each calendar year as shall be determined by the Girard Borough Council with a recommendation of the residential contractor. Residents shall be given due notice of the six-week leaf waste collection period, and owners and occupants of residences served under the Borough's residential contract shall, during said six-week period, set their leaf waste at curbside on the day established in each week for collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials.

G. Leaf waste generated upon properties in Girard Borough designated and maintained as a commercial pickup shall be collected by the firm or entity retained by the owner or responsible party for said property in accordance with the schedule established by the owner and hauler, such schedule to assure full and proper collection and disposal at a licensed composting facility of all such leaf waste.

H. All materials, source-separated recyclable materials and leaf waste shall be disposed of by the residential contractor, any registrant or any other collector in such manner as not to endanger or interfere with the health, safety and comfort of any of the inhabitants of Girard Borough and in compliance with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations and rules.

I. The residential contractor retained by Girard Borough and all registered hauling entities or firms for collection, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be required, at such person's, firm's or corporation's expense, to furnish, maintain and operate all vehicles, machinery and equipment necessary for the proper performance of the Borough's residential contract and all contracts for services to properties deemed a commercial pickup, except that such person, firm or corporation shall not be required to furnish receptacles or containers, receptacles or containers to be provided by owners and occupants of properties served by the residential contract or by owners, landlords, managers or their agents of commercial pickup properties.

J. No municipal waste, source-separated recyclable materials and/or leaf waste shall be collected from residential properties in Girard Borough having four or fewer units within the same dwelling, nor transported over the streets and thoroughfares of the Borough by any person(s) other than the residential contractor retained by the Borough for provision of such residential services, subject only to the following exceptions:

(1) This subsection shall not prohibit transportation on state highways or Borough collector streets of such materials collected from properties in other municipalities.

(2) This subsection shall not prohibit collection and transportation of such materials from properties in Girard Borough not included within the residential collection contract (i.e., commercial pickups) if collected and transported by a duly registered person, firm or corporation under contract or agreement to provide such services.

K. The ultimate disposal facility or facilities utilized for the disposal of municipal waste generated and collected from all properties located in Girard Borough must be included in the Erie County Act 101 Municipal Solid Waste Plan and must have a reservation of waste disposal capacity agreement with Erie County during the effective term of Girard Borough's contract with the residential contractor and the registration term of any registrant.

L. All recyclable materials collected from properties located in Girard Borough shall be transported by the residential contractor or registrant and directed only to a materials recycling facility for processing, marketing and reuse as mandated in the Act and this chapter. Such facility must possess and maintain such license(s) as are required under federal, state and/or local laws and regulations.

M. As the Act requires that Girard Borough retain responsibility for its recycling program, the residential contractor shall, upon the contractor's bid, identify the facilities to be used for disposal or disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste.

(1) Girard Borough shall be a party in interest as to all contracts between the residential contractor or registrants and facilities utilized for disposition of municipal waste, separation and marketing of recyclable materials and composting of leaf waste and shall be entitled to written notice in the event of termination of such contracts and to reports of tonnages and types of materials disposed by the contractor and/or registrants with each such facility.

(2) In the event the residential contractor or a registrant should, during the term of the contract or registration, enter into contracts with facilities other than those designated in the contractor's bid or registrant's applications for registration, the contractor or registrant shall assure that Girard Borough is a party in interest as to such new contract(s) and shall further, within 10 days after entering into such new contract(s), notify Girard Borough in writing of the name, mailing address and telephone number of the new facility and the substance of the new contract's provisions.

(3) As the residential contractor and all registrants are obligated to assure the proper separation, disposition and marketing for reuse of recyclable items, mere disposition of such items at a third party's facility shall not, alone, satisfy such contractor's or registrants' duties, the contractor and registrants remaining obligated to assure the proper processing and marketing of such materials by the facility at which said materials have been disposed.

N. Once municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste are placed at a property in Girard Borough for collection, they shall become the property of the collector and shall not be taken or removed by third parties. It shall be a violation of this chapter, subject to penalties prescribed herein, for any person other than the residential contractor or registered hauling contractor, as applicable, to remove municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste which has been placed as designated for collection.

§ 354-10 Residential contractors.

A. Girard Borough, by its Borough Council, shall designate one entity which shall be responsible for the collection, transportation, disposal, recycling and/or composting of all municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste resulting from or generated by all single-family residential units located in Girard Borough, exclusive of those meeting the definition of a "commercial pickup" under this chapter, as required by state and local laws and regulations.

B. The Girard Borough Council shall, through appropriate advertisement and solicitation of bids, award to a person or entity (residential contractor) who qualifies as the lowest financially responsible bidder meeting all specifications and demonstrating its capability of performing the contract a contract for a term not to exceed five years to collect, transport and haul municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon all such residential properties and dispose municipal waste, market recyclable materials for recycling and reuse and deposit leaf waste for composting at the Borough's composting facility, for which services the contractor may bill and collect a fee from residential customers as authorized in § 354-11.

C. The residential contractor shall provide a weekly pickup or collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials from all residential units in Girard Borough, exclusive of commercial pickups, and shall notify each head of household of the day of the week for the scheduled collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials. This collection shall, at the election of the resident, be either:

(1) An all-inclusive collection method, including unlimited bags or containers of municipal waste per week and unlimited collection of recyclable materials; or

(2) A per-bag collection of municipal waste with unlimited collection as to volume of recyclable materials.

D. The collection of recyclable materials shall be separate from collection of municipal waste, but both shall be collected at the same time and on the same day of each week for each residential household.

(1) It shall be unlawful for the residential contractor to commingle municipal waste and recyclable materials.

(2) This subsection shall not preclude the residential contractor from utilizing combination, one-pass vehicles for collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials so long as each is collected and maintained for transportation and disposition in separate compartments without commingling.

E. While recyclable glass, plastics and cans and mixed paper and cardboard, respectively, may be commingled for collection, it shall be the responsibility of the residential contractor to separate or ensure proper separation of each of the recyclable materials prior to their ultimate disposition and marketing for reuse.

F. Leaf waste shall be collected weekly from each residential household customer, but shall be limited to a six-week period in the spring and/or autumn of each calendar year of the residential contract. The precise six-week period for leaf waste collection in any given year shall be as determined by the Borough Council after discussion with the residential contractor.

(1) The all-inclusive and per-bag service options shall each include unlimited leaf waste collection service during such designated six-week period.

(2) Residents shall be given due notice by the Borough and the residential contractor of the six-week leaf waste collection period, and residential customers shall, during said designated periods, set out their leaf waste generated upon such properties at curbside in tied clear plastic bags for collection.

(3) Leaf waste shall be collected by the residential contractor from each customer's property on the same day as the customer's scheduled collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials, but shall be collected separately from municipal waste and recyclable materials.

(a) It shall be unlawful for the residential contractor to commingle leaf waste with municipal waste and/or recyclable materials in collection, transportation or disposition.

(b) All leaf waste collected by the residential contractor shall be directed for disposition only to a licensed composting facility.

(4) The residential contractor shall be solely responsible for the proper collection, transportation and disposition for composting of leaf waste for the life of its contract with Girard Borough and shall provide for composting itself or at a licensed composting facility in conformity with applicable state and local law, regulations and the contract.

G. It shall be unlawful and constitute a violation of this chapter for any person or entity other than the residential contractor to collect, pick up, transport or dispose of municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste generated at or upon residential properties located in Girard Borough, excluding only those defined herein and maintained as a commercial pickup.

H. Every resident, owner, occupant or responsible party for a residential dwelling not deemed a commercial pickup shall have their municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste collected, removed, transported and disposed of only by the residential contractor under contract with Girard Borough and shall pay to the residential contractor such fee as is established under such contract for the service method elected by the resident, plus such fees as are assessed for additional services requested.

I. The residential contractor shall, at its expense, provide in quarterly billings to residential customers and/or through publications in newspapers of general circulation in Girard Borough, as designated by the Girard Borough Council, the specifications and contract notices to residents concerning scheduled leaf waste collection periods and educational information on recyclable materials and their proper recycling.

J. It shall be a violation of this chapter and unlawful, subject to fines and penalties prescribed in this chapter, for any person to place at his or her residence curbside for collection by the residential contractor municipal waste and/or leaf waste not generated upon such property in ordinary residential use thereof.

(1) Municipal waste and/or leaf waste generated upon another property shall not be deemed included within the all-inclusive residential service intended under this chapter and the contract awarded by the Girard Borough Council.

(2) Construction materials and other municipal waste and/or leaf waste generated by or arising from a person's business enterprise shall be disposed of or composted, as applicable, by the person generating the same in accordance with the requirements of this chapter applicable to persons and properties deemed a commercial pickup.

K. Construction materials in substantial quantity generated at or upon a residential property otherwise subject to the residential contract through construction or renovation or the improvement(s) on the property shall be disposed of by the construction contractor, owner or occupant through separate arrangement or contract with a registered hauling contractor, at the expense of the contractor, owner or occupant, and shall not be deemed within the all-inclusive residential service contract. This subsection shall not be deemed to exclude the following from all-inclusive residential service collection:

(1) Wood and related products generated in ordinary residential use, so long as nails and protruding objects are removed or rendered safe for collection;

(2) Replaced guttering and fence boards and the like, so long as they are rendered safe for collection, not longer than six feet and, in any substantial quantities, tied or bundled;

(3) Other items excluded from the definition of "construction materials" in § 354-3C generated upon the residential property in the ordinary course of its use.

L. The Borough and the residential contractor shall cooperate in disseminating to the public information regarding the contract, services, service options, obligations of residents and the contractor and definition and proper preparation of recyclable materials to encourage the effective reuse of such resources.

M. The residential contractor shall not be obligated to register with the Borough by virtue of the contract, but shall obtain such registration(s) for other collection services provided by it to properties deemed a commercial pickup.

N. The residential contractor shall be subject to the following duties and obligations throughout the term of any contract with the Borough:

(1) The contractor shall at all times follow, comply with and abide by the then-applicable contract(s) specifications and bid blank for collection, transportation, and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste.

(2) The contractor shall at all times follow, comply with and abide by federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and resolutions, including but not limited to the Solid Waste Management Act,[1] the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act,[2] the Erie County Solid Waste Plan, the Waste Transportation Safety Act[3] and this chapter, as may in the future be amended.

[1] Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.

[2] Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.

[3] Editor's Note: See 27 Pa.C.S.A. § 6201 et seq.

(3) The contractor shall submit to Girard Borough in full and in a timely fashion and in the manner or format specified in the contract all reports, notices and documents required under applicable law, this chapter and/or said contract and shall retain all records as required under said contract.

(4) The contractor shall be required at its or his own cost and expense to furnish, maintain, operate or have access to a municipal waste disposal facility of sufficient size and capacity to dispose of the municipal waste collections made by the contractor under the terms of the residential contract, through the term of such contract. Lack of capacity at a disposal facility shall not excuse the contractor's performance under the contract.

(5) The contractor throughout the term of the contract shall be required at its or his own cost and expense to furnish, maintain, operate or have access to proper and licensed facilities for the separation and marketing for reuse of recyclable materials and shall contract with a licensed composting facility in conformity with applicable state and local law, regulations and the contract for composting of leaf waste collected by the contractor under the terms of the residential contract. Lack of capacity at any facility shall not excuse the contractor's performance under the contract.

(6) Labor disputes or work stoppages at or affecting the residential contractor and/or facilities utilized for disposal of municipal waste, marketing of recyclable materials and/or composting of leaf waste shall not excuse the contractor's performance under the residential contract.

(7) The contractor shall empty all Borough-owned street and park refuse cans once each week at no cost to the Borough. The contractor shall also provide three roll-off toters to the Girard Borough office, as well as a dumpster each for the Girard Borough Public Works Garage, municipal pool and Dobler Hose Fire Department, at no cost to the Borough. These containers shall be emptied weekly by the contractor.

§ 354-11 Residential service methods; fees for collection.

A. Every resident owning, occupying or using a residential dwelling in Girard Borough, excluding only those defined and maintained as a commercial pickup, may contract only with the Borough's designated residential contractor for the collection, removal, hauling, transportation and proper disposition of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste generated upon or within the said dwelling. Every resident contracting for service with the residential contractor shall be obligated to pay to such contractor the fee(s) assessed for the service option elected by such resident and for all special or additional services requested.

B. The residential contractor shall offer all persons and properties subject to residential collection under the contract the two alternative methods of service set forth in § 354-10C of this chapter, each method to include unlimited collection, transportation and proper disposition of recyclable materials and leaf waste.

(1) Residents electing the per-bag service method shall be authorized to place municipal waste for collection by the residential contractor only in those bags authorized by the contractor and purchased from the contractor. Such bags shall have a minimum capacity of 30 gallons and shall be packaged in minimum quantities of five bags per package.

(2) The fee per household for all-inclusive service shall be assessed and paid on a quarter-annual basis, and it shall be the responsibility of each resident or responsible party occupying such household to pay such fee to the residential contractor.

(3) The amounts of the all-inclusive and per-bag service methods shall be established as a result of the Borough's solicitation of bids and contract award for residential service.

C. The residential contractor shall provide to residents contracting with it for all-inclusive or per-bag service who are eligible for and possess a PACE card a ten-percent senior citizen discount.

(1) Any resident requesting such discount shall be obligated to supply his or her PACE card and another form of identification in order to be eligible for the discount.

(2) Any resident who, after receiving benefit of the senior citizen discount, should become ineligible for a PACE card shall, from the date of such ineligibility, no longer be eligible for the senior citizen discount and, within 10 days after receiving notice of PACE ineligibility, shall notify the residential contractor.

(3) No person shall attempt to obtain a senior citizen discount through use of a PACE card not belonging to that person.

(4) The senior citizen discount shall apply only to persons who own or lease the serviced property such as to be the responsible party. No person not the owner or lessee of the serviced property or the spouse of such owner or lessee shall apply for a senior citizen discount, nor shall any responsible party for a property seek to obtain through another person's eligibility the discount to which the responsible party is not entitled.

D. For any period in excess of 30 continuous days during which a resident or responsible party has paid or is obligated to pay the fixed quarterly fee for unlimited disposal services but his or her household will not generate municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste during such period due to the residence not being occupied on account of relocation to a new residence, extended vacation, lengthy hospitalization or convalescence or other reason, such responsible party shall be entitled to a pro rata refund or credit from the residential contractor for the period of nonoccupancy so long as the responsible party notifies the contractor of such nonoccupancy not later than seven days after the period of nonoccupancy begins. If such notice is not given to the residential contractor within seven days after commencement of nonoccupancy, the credit shall not be due earlier than seven days prior to the contractor's receipt of notice.

E. All residents contracting with the residential contractor for provision of services shall, upon first contracting with the contractor, elect the method of service desired. All residents shall be obligated to retain the service method elected until the next following contract anniversary date. Residents shall be entitled to elect a different service method only upon the commencement of service for a property and on each anniversary date during the contract term. No resident shall be allowed to avoid these requirements through voluntary termination and later reinstatement or otherwise, unless the contractor should agree to the contrary.

F. The residential contractor shall be solely responsible for payment of all fees and charges assessed or incurred in performing the contract, including but not limited to collection, transportation, proper disposal of municipal waste, disposition and marketing of recyclable materials and composting of leaf waste, and all such costs shall be included in any price bid for a contract of residential collection service.

G. Special services and fees.

(1) The residential contractor shall provide, for a special service fee or rental to be paid by residential customers requesting such service, sale or lease of ninety-gallon roll-off containers or toters. The fee or rental shall be as established in the contract awarded by the Borough.

(2) The residential contractor shall collect, transport and dispose of all municipal waste.

(3) The residential contractor shall provide, for a special service fee to be paid by residential collection customers requesting such service, collection, transportation and proper disposal of appliances containing Freon, which cannot lawfully be disposed of in landfills under present laws and regulations. The contractor shall collect such appliances from residential customers requesting the service and shall transport such appliances to an authorized recycling center for removal of Freon and proper recycling. Specifications issued pursuant to this chapter and the residential contract awarded shall require that this special service be included in any contract at the fee established in the contractor's bid.

(4) The residential contractor or any other registrant shall be entitled to contract with owners of or responsible parties for residential dwellings included within the Borough's residential contract for collection, transportation and disposal of garbage, household rubbish, construction materials excluded from residential collection under this chapter and other municipal waste generated upon such property in the course of its construction or substantial renovation, at such fees as the contractor or registrant and the responsible party shall agree.

H. The provisions of this chapter shall not exclude from the all-inclusive residential service method materials constituting municipal waste and/or construction materials which are generated upon or within a residential dwelling as a consequence of water damage, sewer backups created by weather or flood events, where the Girard Borough Council, by resolution, shall have authorized such inclusion, and insurance coverage extending to payment of benefits for such service does not exist. Where the owner or responsible party has insurance affording such benefits, such owner or responsible party shall contract with the residential contractor or other registered hauling contractor for service in collection and disposal of such materials.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

I. It shall be the responsibility of the residential contractor to bill and collect from each household contracting for its services amounts due for services rendered by the contractor in performance of the contract, subject further to the following:

(1) In the event the residential contractor is not paid the quarterly fee per household assessed for all-inclusive service, is not paid sums due by residents electing the per-bag service method or is not paid special service fees due for additional services requested by the customer, the contractor may proceed to collect such sums in a civil action against the resident, householder, customer or other responsible party for such dwelling.

(2) In no event shall Girard Borough be responsible for payment of any sum due with regard to services rendered by the contractor under the contract.

J. Miscellaneous provisions.

(1) Should a residential customer place recyclable materials for collection in such manner that they are not cleaned and/or source-separated from municipal waste or other materials as required by this chapter and, as presented, are contaminated, the contractor may decline to collect the same if the contractor gives to the customer notice of the deficiency and reasons.

(2) Residential customers shall cut, bend or otherwise reduce to a length not exceeding six feet fence boards, guttering, Christmas trees, shrubbery, limbs, branches and other materials presented for collection by the contractor as municipal waste.

(3) The all-inclusive collection service method is not intended to encompass collection of large appliances and other items in a quantity not reasonably generated in the incidental and normal use of a residential premises. Collection of large items from a premises presented in greater than the volume of one item per week generated by a residential use may, at the contractor's election, be subject to a special service fee not exceeding that bid and accepted by the Borough in the contract award, provided that such fee shall be assessed only after prior notice to the customer.

(4) Where this chapter specifies a particular type of bag or container for placement of recyclable materials and/or leaf waste, an alternative bag or container prescribed or authorized by the residential contractor or hauler shall be permitted, so long as the alternative complies with the objectives and requirements of this chapter.

(5) Those persons or entities responsible for maintenance of private streets and ways shall ensure that such streets are maintained and that snow and ice is removed therefrom so as to allow access by the residential contractor to residences thereon for collection of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste. If such private streets and ways should become impassable, the contractor will be obligated to collect materials at the passable location nearest to the residences, and customers in that event shall place materials for collection at that location.

§ 354-12 Considerations in contract awards.

A. In considering bids received in response to its specifications and solicitation of bids for residential collection service issued pursuant to this chapter, the Girard Borough Council shall:

(1) Determine whether each bidder is financially responsible;

(2) Determine whether each bidder is capable of performing all of the duties and obligations imposed under the proposed contract;

(3) If it has solicited bids for alternative terms or provisions, determine those terms and provisions to be in the best interests of the Borough and residential customers;

(4) Look to the fixed quarterly fee bid for the all-inclusive collection, transportation and disposal of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste service method, and not to the per-bag service method or other service options, as establishing the bid price for purposes of evaluating the amount or price of bids received.

B. The Girard Borough Council shall have authority to prepare such specifications and consider such additional factors as it deems advisable for the health, safety and welfare of the Borough and residential customers.

§ 354-13 Required reports and notices.

A. All owners, landlords, managers or responsible parties of properties in Girard Borough which are defined as a "commercial pickup" must give to Girard Borough such notices regarding identity of retained hauling contractors as are required in § 354-4A(1)(c)[1] of this chapter.

B. All persons, firms or entities licensed by PADEP as waste transporters, contracting with or registered by Girard Borough to collect, transport, dispose, market for recycling and/or compost municipal waste, recyclable materials and/or leaf waste generated by owners or occupants of properties located in the Borough shall be required to keep and maintain records and to submit to Girard Borough as it may require all customer lists and reports so as to assure compliance with federal, state and local laws, rules or regulations and to enable Girard Borough to comply with its statutory obligations and make full and proper application for recycling and other grants available to it. Reports required by the Borough shall serve as a means to apprise the Borough of the status of disposal, recycling and composting activities and expenditures.

(1) Such reports shall include, at a minimum:

(a) Certified weight receipts itemizing tonnages of municipal waste disposed of in solid waste facilities and tipping fees paid therefor.

(b) Certified weight receipts itemizing tonnages of all recyclable materials collected, by particular recyclable material.

(c) Certified weight receipts itemizing tonnages of all recyclable materials sold or marketed for reuse, by particular recyclable material, and the fees received or paid therefor.

(d) Identity (name, mailing address and telephone number) of all persons or entities to whom recyclable materials have been sold, by material.

(e) Material market prices or fees paid, by recyclable material.

(f) Certified weight receipts itemizing tonnages of all leaf waste collected and delivered for composting during that period.

(g) The identity of each solid waste disposal facility, recycling facility and/or leaf composting facility utilized, with tonnages, certified weight receipts and price information applicable to each.

(h) A listing of all properties serviced by such contractor or registrant during the period for which the report pertains, the nature of services provided to each and the identity of property owners.

(2) Each report and customer list shall be accompanied by a sworn or verified statement of the contractor, confirming that such contractor has, during the period to which the report pertains, assured that:

(a) All municipal waste has been disposed of in a solid waste facility permitted under the Erie County Solid Waste Management Plan and this chapter; and

(b) All recyclable materials have been separated, marketed for recycling and proper reuse as required by this chapter and have not been landfilled, reused in the same form or used for energy recovery; and

(c) All leaf waste collected has been source-separated and transported for disposition at a licensed composting facility in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

C. All records of the contractor or registrant pertinent to performance of collection, transportation and disposition services from properties in Girard Borough shall be retained by such contractor or registrant for a period of not less than three years after the date of the report for which such records pertain.

D. Violation by a residential contractor or registrant of Subsections B and C of this section shall constitute a material breach of obligations owed to Girard Borough under such contract or registration, shall be subject to fines and penalties prescribed in this chapter and shall be grounds for revocation or rescission by Girard Borough of such contract.

E. Customer lists and other reports required to be submitted to Girard Borough shall be in writing and, upon request by the Borough, also on computer diskette(s) or CD-ROM in a format prescribed by the Borough.

§ 354-14 When effective; applicability; repealer.

A. This chapter shall become effective five days after the date of its enactment, except as specifically provided in this section.

B. Requirements of this chapter governing registrations, fees and reports shall become effective as of January 1, 2011.

C. All other standards, regulations and requirements set forth in this chapter, and the residential contract contemplated in this chapter, shall be effective on and after January 1, 2011.

D. All registrations issued by Girard Borough for calendar years commencing January 1, 2011, shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter.

E. Ordinance No. 613 is repealed as to its provisions pertaining to registrations, fees and reports and otherwise shall remain in effect until January 1, 2011, on which date it shall be repealed and superseded by this chapter.

§ 354-15 Enforcement remedies.

A. Girard Borough, through its Borough Manager, the Girard Borough Police and code enforcement personnel authorized by the Girard Borough Council to enforce this chapter, shall have full authority to investigate alleged violations, issue enforcement notices, impose administrative fines, commence civil actions for enforcement and/or collection of fines for violation of this chapter and otherwise enforce and secure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

B. The Girard Borough Council and code enforcement personnel entrusted with enforcement of this chapter shall have authority to issue cease and desist orders, directing persons found to have violated provisions of this chapter to cease and remedy the said violations, and shall further have authority to seek equitable and/or injunctive relief to prohibit violations.

C. Violations of this chapter which are declared in this chapter or in Chapter 266, Nuisances; Dangerous Buildings, to constitute nuisances shall be enforced under either chapter, and the Borough Manager shall have authority to abate nuisances and recover the costs thereby incurred from the responsible party.

D. Each day that a violation of this chapter is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate and continuing offense.

E. Any person, corporation, partnership or other entity who/which violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable to administrative and civil proceedings for enforcement. Upon a determination by the Borough Manager or other code enforcement personnel that a violation of this chapter has occurred, an administrative enforcement notice shall be given to or served upon the violator(s) in accordance with this chapter, as amended, such notice to impose the administrative fine for such violation as prescribed in § 354-16 of this chapter. In the event such administrative fine is not paid by the deadline stated in the enforcement notice, code enforcement personnel shall institute a civil action in the District Justice Court having appropriate jurisdiction.

§ 354-16 Violations and penalties.

A. Prescribed fine. Any person, corporation, partnership or other entity violating this chapter shall pay the fines prescribed in this section. The following fines are hereby prescribed for violation of this chapter:

(1) All violations by the residential contractor, a registrant or hauler conducting business without registration: $600.

(2) All violations by other persons: $250.

B. The prescribed fines shall be assessed for each day a continuing violation occurs or is permitted to occur.

C. In the event a violation of this chapter is believed to have occurred, the Borough shall issue a written enforcement notice, directing that the violator take such action as the Borough determines to be necessary to remedy the violation. If such violation is not remedied within five days of such notice, the Borough shall commence a civil enforcement action in the office of the Magisterial District Judge having jurisdiction.

D. Violation by the residential contractor or a registrant of this chapter may, at the discretion of the Borough Manager, result in revocation or rescission by the Borough of such contract or registration.

E. All judgments entered in civil actions for enforcement commenced by the Borough shall, in accordance with ordinances of Girard Borough governing civil enforcement of ordinances as now in effect or in the future amended, include the fine prescribed for the violation in § 354-16A, plus all court costs and plus all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by Girard Borough in such matter. A person found to have violated this chapter shall be responsible for payment of all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the Borough in all proceedings related to enforcement, including appeals taken by the violator.

§ 354-17 Sponsored cleanup.

The Borough is authorized, in its discretion, to sponsor for the benefit of Borough residents a cleanup project once or more frequently per year involving acceptance and disposition of metals and such other materials not collected under the residential contract as the Board shall deem appropriate. The Girard Borough Council shall have authority to contract with the residential contractor for provision of services with respect to such cleanup project as a component of the residential collection contract if the Council should determine that such contract is in the best interests of the Borough. If not included within the residential collection contract, the Girard Borough Council shall have authority to contract with any person(s) or entity(ies) for provision of services related to Borough-sponsored cleanup projects.

§ 354-18 Authority of Borough Council.

A. The Girard Borough Council shall have authority to adopt, amend, implement and administer such policies, procedures and forms as it deems necessary or appropriate to effectuate this chapter.

B. The Girard Borough Council shall designate such persons to be responsible for administering and enforcing this chapter as it deems appropriate.

C. The Girard Borough Council shall have authority to enter into agreements with such persons or firms as it deems appropriate to effectuate this chapter and its purposes.