[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 201]
This Part shall be known as the Borough of Emmaus Municipal
Solid Waste Ordinance.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 202; as amended by Ord.
1057, 9/21/2009, § 202]
The following words and phrases when used in this Part shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meaning
given to them in this section:
A person desirous of being authorized as a "Collector."
The Borough of Emmaus, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
A person authorized to collect, transport and dispose of
municipal waste from the Borough of Emmaus.
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or non-processing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, offices,
restaurants, theaters, and any other business activity, including
home offices and home occupations, and any other home-based business
activity.
The incinerating, depositing, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water
in a manner that the waste or a constituent of the waste enters the
environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged to the waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any site, facility, location, area or premises to be used for the disposal of municipal waste from the Borough of Emmaus, including without limitation landfills and resource recovery facilities (as that term is used in § 20-304). For the purpose of a municipal contract the disposal site shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Lehigh County Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Management Plan as amended from time to time.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1188, 4/15/2019]
All animal and vegetable wastes attending or resulting from
the handling, selling, storing, preparing, cooking and consumption
of foods.
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, refineries, and the like.
Any establishment engaged in service to persons including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools
and universities.
The entire process, or any part thereof, of storing, collecting,
transporting, processing, treating, and disposing of municipal waste
by any person engaging in such process.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other material including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained
gaseous material resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, waste water treatment plant, or air pollution control facility.
"Municipal waste" shall also include all recyclables, as defined in
this chapter.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, Federal government or
agency, State government or agency, or any other legal entity that
is recognized by law as being subject to the rights and duties of
a person.
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of municipal waste or any technology used to convert part
or all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities
include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting facilities,
incinerators, recycling facilities, and resource recovery facilities.
At least three or more times per month.
The collective term applying to all garbage, rubbish, ashes,
leaves and grass trimmings from residential, municipal, commercial
or institutional premises.
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained
gaseous materials. (Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act 97, § 103).
Recyclable materials are not deemed to be waste.
The containment of any municipal waste on a temporary basis
in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste, and
it shall be presumed that the containment of any municipal waste in
excess of one year constitutes disposal.
The off-site removal of any municipal waste generated or
present at any time from the Borough of Emmaus.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 203]
1.
General. It shall be the duty of every owner of property and every
person occupying any dwelling unit, premises or place of business
within the Borough of Emmaus where municipal waste is produced and
is accumulated, by his own expense and cost, to provide and keep at
all times a sufficient number of containers to hold all municipal
waste which may accumulate during the intervals between collection
of such municipal waste by an authorized collector.
2.
Storage and Container Requirements on Residential Properties.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1188, 4/15/2019]
A.
Containers. All municipal waste accumulated by owner or occupant
of each residential property or the occupant of residential properties
shall be placed in containers for collection by an authorized collector.
The containers shall be durable, watertight, and made of metal or
plastic. Securely tied plastic bags may be used in cases where such
bags can be used without being torn open by domestic or wild animals.
However, this provision shall expire April 14, 2020. As of April 15,
2020, all residential properties utilizing curbside solid waste collection
shall be required to utilize containers that shall be durable, watertight,
and made of metal or plastic. Individual plastic bags and loose waste
shall be prohibited from curbside collection. The size of each container
shall not exceed a ninety-six-gallon capacity. However, large containers
designed for use with special hoisting equipment may be used if the
collector serving the property uses collection vehicles with such
special hoisting equipment.
3.
Storage on Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Properties.
A.
Containers. Storage of municipal waste on commercial, institutional
and industrial properties shall be done in the same type of containers
as are required for residential properties except that containers
larger than 30 gallons may be used, where needed, to accommodate larger
volumes of municipal wastes. Such containers shall be kept in good
working order.
B.
Location of Containers. Containers for collection at commercial,
institutional and industrial properties shall be located on such premises
at a place which shall not interfere with public or private sidewalks,
driveways, roads, streets, highways or entrances and exits of public
or private buildings.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 205]
1.
Prevention of Spillage. Any person transporting solid waste within
the Borough of Emmaus shall prevent or remedy any spillage from vehicles
or containers used in the transport of such solid waste.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 206]
1.
Designated Facilities. All municipal waste produced, collected and
transported from within the jurisdictional limits of the Borough of
Emmaus shall be, to the extent permitted by law, disposed of at disposal
facilities designated by the Borough of Emmaus and in accordance with
any currently effective solid waste management plan of the Borough
of Emmaus. In the absence of such designated facilities and/or such
currently effective solid waste management plan, municipal waste from
the Borough of Emmaus must be disposed of at a state-permitted facility.
A.
Bid specifications issued by the Borough for collection services
shall include the following stipulations:
[Added by Ord. No. 1188, 4/15/2019]
(1)
That materials designated by the Borough for inclusion in the
municipal recycling program shall not be collected and disposed with
the municipal waste; and
(2)
That solid waste materials collected will only be taken to disposal
sites or facilities that have current agreements with Lehigh County.
2.
Notice to Collectors. If the Borough of Emmaus designates the disposal
facilities as provided for above, all authorized collectors and other
interested persons shall be informed of the location and other information
pertaining to the designated disposal facilities to be used for the
disposal of municipal waste collected, transported, removed and disposed.
3.
Special Collection Events. The Borough of Emmaus may, at its sole
discretion, elect to sponsor certain events throughout the year. Those
events may include but may not be limited to Dumpster Day events and
household hazardous waste collection events. In any such event, the
selected hauler or contractor shall possess the appropriate licenses,
permits, containers, approvals, and insurances as mandated by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and federal government to transport and
dispose of waste for these events.
[Added by Ord. No. 1188, 4/15/2019]
A.
The Borough of Emmaus, prior to any event, shall establish the acceptable
items that shall be permitted to be disposed of at the event.
B.
Household hazardous waste events shall be registered with Pennsylvania
DEP in advance.
C.
Household hazardous waste, once collected and accumulated, shall
be managed as hazardous waste. Therefore, any entity transporting
and disposing of the waste shall be appropriately permitted, insured,
and authorized to haul and dispose of the waste in authorized transportation
vehicles and containers. The entity shall list the Borough of Emmaus
as an insured entity for the transportation and disposal of the waste
and shall execute a hold harmless agreement with the Borough of Emmaus,
relieving the Borough of any and all liability that may be a result
of the transport and disposal of the waste.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 207]
1.
Individuals Not Engaged in Collection. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to prohibit any residential property occupant not regularly
engaged in the business of collecting municipal waste from hauling
his own municipal waste on an irregular and unscheduled basis, to
a State-permitted disposal facility.
2.
Hazardous and Residual Waste. The provisions of this Part do not
apply to anything but the storage, collection, transportation and
disposal of municipal waste and do not apply, therefore, to hazardous
or residual waste as defined by the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management
Act.
[Ord. 964, 4/9/2003, § 208]
1.
Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Part
shall, upon conviction by a District Justice, be subject to a fine
of up to but not more than $1,000 together with the costs of prosecution,
and in default of the payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 90 days. Every violator of the provisions of this
Part shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day such violation shall continue and shall be subject to the penalty
imposed by this section for each and every such separate offense.
2.
Additional Remedies. In addition to the foregoing penalty the Borough
of Emmaus may require the owner or occupant of a property to remove
any accumulation of solid waste and should said person fail to remove
such solid waste after 10 days following written notice, the Borough
of Emmaus may cause the solid waste to be collected and disposed of
with the costs for such actions to be charged to the owner or occupant
of the property in a manner provided by law.
3.
Abatement. The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall
not preclude the Borough of Emmaus from instituting appropriate actions
or proceedings to prevent the violation of this Part, to restrain,
correct or abate any such violation, or to prevent any act, conduct,
business or activity constituting a violation.
