[Ord. 175-2014, 8/13/2014, § 210-601]
1.
With the exception of those persons who directly deliver (self-haul)
their municipal waste and/or recyclables, it shall be unlawful for
any municipal waste collector to collect and/or transport municipal
waste or recyclable materials from any other person's property
within Honey Brook Township without having first registered with the
Township and be duly authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any and each such collection in violation hereof from each location
shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, punishable as hereinafter
provided. The Township may decide at any time to enter into an exclusive
contract for residential and/or commercial municipal solid waste collection
or any part thereof.
2.
All agreements for collection, transportation and disposition of
municipal waste and recyclables shall be by private contract between
the owner or occupant of the property where the waste is generated
and the private hauler who is to collect such waste and/or recyclables.
[Ord. 175-2014, 8/13/2014, § 210-602]
1.
All municipal waste collectors shall be registered with the Township
through an application process as outlined below.
2.
As a condition of the registration, the municipal waste collector
shall provide for the collection of municipal solid waste, bulk waste,
recyclable materials, and leaf waste, including annual written reports
to the Township of the materials collected. Such reports shall include
separate tonnages of each type of recyclable material, including leaf
waste, collected in the Township for the past calendar year. Residential
and commercial tonnages shall be reported separately. Such reports
shall be provided to the Township within 30 days of the end of the
calendar year.
3.
A registered municipal waste collector may collect or transport such
municipal solid waste or other designated materials within the Township
for one calendar year (January 1 through December 31). Each collector
must renew the registration no later than January 30 of each calendar
year. Any municipal waste collector that is registered shall have
the privilege of collecting and transporting municipal solid waste,
bulk waste, recyclables, and leaf waste, as defined herein, from within
the Township, in strict conformance with this Part and any other applicable
state, federal or local provision of law.
4.
Contents of Application. At the time of application, the municipal
waste collector shall provide the following information to the Township:
A.
The name of the municipal waste collector, the name of a contact
person, an e-mail address, the business address, fax, and telephone
number of the business office and a twenty-four-hour emergency telephone
number to receive calls from persons in the Township who receive collection
service.
B.
The dates of proposed leaf waste, solid waste, and recyclable material
collection for residential and commercial clients.
D.
A certificate of the municipal waste collector's workmen's
compensation insurance, as required by law; naming the Township as
additional insured.
E.
A certificate of insurance covering complete third-party public liability
for bodily injury and property damage, municipal waste collector's
protective insurance and automotive insurance with respect to personal
injuries and property damage, or owner of the municipal waste collector
if the owner is considered a separate entity. Such insurance shall
be in amounts that shall be from time to time, set forth by the Board
of Supervisors by regulations adopted hereunder. Each and every policy
of insurance herein mentioned which is required pursuant to the terms
of this Part shall carry with it an endorsement to the effect that
the insurance carrier will convey to the Township by certified mail,
written notice of any modifications, alterations or cancellations
of any such policy or policies of the term thereof. The above-mentioned
written notice shall be mailed to the Township at least 10 days prior
to the effective date of any such modifications, alteration or cancellation.
F.
The approved disposal site where municipal solid waste, bulk waste,
and leaf waste will be taken, as provided in the Chester County Solid
Waste Management Plan.
G.
The processing and/or marketing facility where the recyclable materials
will be taken.
H.
Such other information as the Township, in furtherance of this Part,
shall deem appropriate and necessary.
[Ord. 175-2014, 8/13/2014, § 210-603]
1.
Except as provided herein below, the municipal waste collector shall
establish a program for the collection and transportation of municipal
solid waste, bulk waste, recyclable materials, and leaf waste and
shall at a minimum comply with the following:
A.
Establish procedures for the separation, storage and collection of
recyclable materials and provide Township residents with adequate
notification of all procedures.
B.
Provide for the collection of leaf waste in compliance with Part
4.
C.
Provide for the collection of bulk waste.
D.
Issue warning notices of violations to persons failing to comply
with procedures for the separation, storage and collection of bulk
waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste, and provide a copy of
such warning to the Township.
E.
Provide annual written and certified documentation to the Township,
within 30 days of the end of the calendar year, to provide the following:
[Ord. 175-2014, 8/13/2014, § 210-604]
1.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Part for any municipal
waste collector to:
A.
Collect or transport any municipal solid waste, bulk waste, recyclable
materials or leaf waste from any person failing to source-separate
said materials in violation of this Part.
B.
Commingle recyclables or leaf waste collected within the Township
with municipal solid waste.
C.
Fail to provide for the proper disposition of any municipal solid
waste, bulk waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste collected or
transported within the Township.
D.
Commence the collection of municipal waste, bulk waste, recyclable
materials or leaf waste for any property in the Township prior to
7:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m.
E.
Load or operate any vehicle within the Township or transport municipal
solid waste, bulk waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste within
the Township in such a manner as to allow municipal solid waste, bulk
waste, recyclable materials or leaf waste to fall upon public roads
or upon land abutting the public roads in the Township.
F.
Fail to replace the containers with their lids or covers in place
at the location of collection in an orderly manner and off of the
roadway.
G.
Fail to accurately report the residential and commercial tonnages
of recyclable materials collected in the Township in accordance with
this Part.
H.
Otherwise create a public nuisance.
