The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
ascribed to them in this section:
ALUMINUM CANS
Empty, nonaerosol, all-aluminum beverage and food containers,
excluding products such as pie pans and aluminum foil.
BIMETALLIC CANS
Empty, nonaerosol, steel or tin-coated steel food and beverage
containers.
CLEAN PAPER PRODUCTS
Newspaper, magazines and periodicals, high-grade office paper,
corrugated paper, junk mail, telephone books and paperback books.
COMMUNITY EVENT
Any gathering that is open to the public, including, without
limitation, any parade, outdoor demonstration, meeting, dance, live
entertainment, concert, rock group, stage show, burlesque, vaudeville,
disc jockey or talent show, for any and all purposes.
[Added 2-12-2024 by Ord. No. 2993-2024]
CORRUGATED PAPER
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges.
GLASS
Plain, clear and colored or colorless glass bottles and jars.
Expressly excluded from this definition of glass are crockery, lead
crystal, porcelain products, light bulbs, tempered or plate glass,
and opaque colored glass.
HIGH-GRADE OFFICE PAPER
All white paper, bond paper and computer paper used in commercial,
institutional and municipal establishments and in residences.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Facilities that house or serve groups of people such as hospitals,
nursing homes, public and private schools and universities.
MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES
Commercial establishments being used as rental housing apartment
buildings or apartment complexes which have more than four dwelling
units per structure. This definition shall also include apartment
complexes owned and operated by institutional establishments.
NEWSPAPER
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at fixed intervals, having printed thereon news and opinions
and containing advertisements and matters of public interest, excluding
magazines.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority or any other legal entity
whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and
duties.
PLASTICS
Plastic bottles and containers number 1 to 7 only. No plastic
toys, swimming pools, ornaments, trash cans, hangers, fencing, flat
pieces of plastic, or plastic bags such as grocery bags may be included.
RECYCLABLES/RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Those materials specified by the Township of Haverford herein
or by subsequent action for this board for separation, collection,
processing, recovery or reuse as part of a recycling program.
RECYCLING
The program or system of separation, collection, processing,
recovery or reuse of recyclables.
TOWNSHIP
The governmental jurisdiction and legal entity of the Township
of Haverford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article, upon conviction thereof, in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
or each section of this article that shall have been found to have
been violated shall constitute a separate offense.