[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Scott Township
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-27-1987 by Ord. No. 3-1987]
This article shall be known as the "Scott Township Municipal
Waste Management Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A person applying for a license as a collector.
A person licensed by the Township to collect, transport and
dispose of municipal waste.
Incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking
or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water in a manner
that the municipal waste or a constituent of municipal waste enters
the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any site, location, area, building, structure, transfer station
or premises to be used for municipal waste disposal.
All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from
the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
All products made from silica or sand, soda ash and limestone,
the product being transparent or translucent and being used for packaging
or bottling of various matter and all other material commonly known
as "glass," excluding, however, blue and flat glass and glass commonly
known as "window glass."
Any establishment engaged in service to persons, including
but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools and
universities.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous material resulting from the operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities,
except farm-produced manure, other agricultural waste and food processing
waste used on land where such materials will improve the condition
of the soil, the growth of crops or the restoration of the land for
the same purposes, and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual
or hazardous wastes as defined in Pennsylvania Act 97.[1]
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newsprint" and
distributed at stated intervals, usually daily or weekly, having printed
thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements and other
matters of public interest. Magazines and periodicals as well as all
other paper products of any nature are not considered newspaper.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution and agency or any other legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
Material having an economic value in the secondary materials
market. The following materials have such economic value: aluminum
cans and articles, bimetal cans, glass containers, corrugated paper
(cardboard and paper bags), magazines, computer printout paper, computer
tab cards, office paper, steel cans, newspaper and paper products
not chemically coated.
Garbage, rubbish and trade waste.
The containment of any 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 waste in excess of one year constitutes
disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.
Scott Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
The off-site removal of any municipal waste at any time after
generation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.,
the Solid Waste Management Act.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store, dump, discard or deposit
or permit the storage, dumping, discarding or depositing of any municipal
waste upon the surface of the ground or underground within the jurisdictional
limits of the Township except in proper containers for purposes of
storage or collection and except where the waste is of such size or
shape as not to permit its being placed in such containers.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or deposit municipal
waste in any stream or body of water within the jurisdictional limits
of the Township.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit any person
from hauling such municipal waste on an irregular and unscheduled
basis to any facility permitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit a farmer from
carrying out the normal activities of his farming operation, including
composting and spreading of manure or other farm-produced agricultural
wastes.
It shall be unlawful for any persons, except those duly authorized
by the Township, to collect, transport and dispose of municipal waste
of any nature within or from the Township.
Persons who collect, transport and dispose of their own municipal
waste are hereby authorized to do so, provided that they comply with
all relevant provisions of this article.
Authorization to collect, transport and dispose of municipal
waste for persons other than oneself may be given only by the Township
through the issuance of a municipal waste collection license (hereinafter
called "license"). All applications for licensing shall be reviewed
by the Township and shall be approved in accordance with the following
criteria:
A.
Licenses may be issued to only those persons who can provide satisfactory
evidence that they are capable of providing the necessary services
and can comply with the provisions and intent of this article.
B.
Applicants for a license shall furnish the following information:
(1)
The number of vehicles, the make, model, Pennsylvania license plate
number and size of the vehicle to be used for collection and hauling.
(2)
The location, address, hours of business and telephone number of
the business office to receive calls from persons in the Township
who receive collection service.
(3)
A certificate of the applicant's worker's compensation
insurance as required by law.
(4)
A certificate of insurance coverage providing complete third-party
comprehensive, bodily injury and property damage liability insurance,
the limits of which shall not be less than $100,000/$300,000 for bodily
injury and $50,000 for property damage.
(5)
In addition to the above, all other information which the Township
may request and deem necessary prior to the issuance of a license.
C.
Licenses shall be issued on a calendar-year basis but may be revoked
or rescinded by the Township in accordance with the following:
(1)
The Township may revoke the license immediately in the event that
the collector violates or fails to comply with any of the terms of
this article.
(2)
The Township may rescind the license should the Township decide to
provide for the collection and disposal of municipal waste by some
method other than the licensing procedure established by this article.
Such rescission shall occur 90 days after the Township sends written
notice thereof to the collector.
D.
Conditions relating to licenses:
(1)
A license shall be issued for only one year on a calendar-year basis.
The annual fee for such license shall be set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The license fee is not refundable
and shall not be prorated. The fee shall be submitted with the application
for such license. Payment shall be made by check or money order only,
payable to Scott Township.
[Amended 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995]
(2)
Signs shall be displayed on vehicles as described herein:
(a)
The collector shall display the license number on each vehicle
in a manner established by the Township in letters and numbers not
less than two inches in height, clearly legible, as follows: "Scott
Township License No. _____."
(b)
The collector shall display on each side of the body of each
vehicle, preferably on the doors, the name of the firm and the telephone
number of the firm's office or headquarters in letters and numbers
no less than three inches in height and clearly legible.
(3)
The collector shall maintain each vehicle used to collect, transport
and dispose of municipal waste in the Township in good operating condition
to assure that the schedule of collections can be maintained. The
collector shall keep each vehicle clean and painted so as to present
a favorable appearance.
(4)
The Township shall have the right to inspect all vehicles prior to
the issuance of a license and during the period that the license is
in effect.
(5)
The collector shall be responsible for the manner in which collector's
employees perform work in connection with the collection, transportation
and disposal of municipal waste under the terms of this article.
(6)
The collector shall pay all costs to be charged for the use of the
disposal system and facilities.
(7)
The Township shall have the right to designate the disposal facilities
that a collector shall use for the disposal of municipal waste collected
within the Township.
(8)
A license may not and shall not, in any manner whatsoever, be sold,
assigned, leased, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by
a collector.
The storage of all municipal waste shall be practiced so as
to prevent the attraction, breeding or harborage of insects or rodents
and to prevent conditions which may create potential hazards to the
public health or which create fire and other safety hazards, odors,
unsightliness or public nuisance.
Any person accumulating or storing garbage on private or public
property in the Township for any purpose whatsoever, including waste
being stored temporarily for door-to-door collection, shall place
the same or cause the same to be placed in sanitary closed or covered
containers in accordance with the following standards:
A.
Containers used for the storage of municipal waste shall be of metal,
plastic or fiberglass construction; rust- and corrosion-resistant;
equipped with lids; waterproof and leakproof; and, except in the case
of bulk containers, shall not exceed 20 gallons in capacity. Plastic
trash bags, if not punctured, may be used to store municipal waste.
B.
A sufficient number of containers shall be provided to contain all
municipal waste materials generated during periods between regularly
scheduled collections that are required to be placed in containers.
A.
No person, except the occupants of the property on which a waste
container is placed and an authorized collector, shall remove the
lids of the container and/or remove the contents thereof.
B.
Municipal waste of a highly flammable or explosive nature or highly
infectious or contagious refuse shall not be stored for ordinary collection
but shall be disposed of in accordance with the directions of the
Township.
To facilitate collection, bulk containers shall be placed, whenever
possible, at ground level and at a point on the property being serviced
by the collector that will enable clear and easy access to the container
by the collector's vehicle.
All municipal waste produced, collected and transported from
within the jurisdictional limits of the Township shall be promptly
disposed of at facilities permitted by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection and in accordance with Scott Township's
Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is on file in the administrative
offices of the Township.
In addition to other disposal procedures permitted by this article,
bulky wastes, such as but not limited to refrigerators, stoves, other
appliances, pieces of furniture, auto parts and other such household
goods and equipment, may be disposed of in the manner designated by
the Township at any cleanup or collection fixed or set by the Township.
Any person transporting municipal waste within the Township
shall prevent and/or clean up and remove any spillage from vehicles
or containers.
A.
Municipal waste to be collected by a collector shall be collected
at least once each week.
B.
Any persons who dispose of their own municipal waste shall collect
the same at intervals short enough to prevent accumulations of refuse
that may be unsafe, unsightly or potentially harmful to the public
health.
All agreements and charges for collection, transportation and
disposition of municipal waste shall be by private contract between
the person and the collector.
The municipality may establish and revise from time to time
regulations for the placing of recyclables for collection.
From the time of placement of recyclables by anyone for collection
in accordance with the terms hereof, items shall be and become the
property of the party designated by the municipality or its agents.
It shall be a violation of this article for any unauthorized person
to collect or pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such
items. Any and each such collection in violation hereof from one or
more residences shall constitute separate and distinct offenses punishable
as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 1-1995]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 plus costs of prosecution
or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days. Every violator of the provisions of this
article 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.
This article shall be subject to all applicable federal and
state laws, rules and regulations, including the rules and regulations
as set forth by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
The Supervisors may establish and revise regulations governing
any matters covered by this article.
[Adopted 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. 9-10-B]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Recycling
Ordinance of Scott Township."
It is hereby declared to be the purpose of this article to coordinate
and regulate recycling and disposal of recyclable material as herein
defined in order to protect the public safety, health and welfare
of the people of Scott Township, hereinafter also referred to as the
"municipality."
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning given herein.
Cans comprised of 100% aluminum.
A person, individual, partnership or corporation or employer
or agent thereof authorized by Scott Township to collect solid waste
including items to be recycled from residential, commercial, and institutional
properties, as herein defined under the terms and conditions of this
article. All authorized collectors within the Township shall collect
both solid waste and recyclable materials from each property serviced.
In the event of municipal collection, this definition shall include
the governing body and employees thereof.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 6-10-14C]
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of both steel
and aluminum.
The Scott Township Board of Supervisors, the governing body
of Scott Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
All properties used for industrial or commercial purposes.
The definition shall not include multifamily residential buildings
or that portion of a mixed-use building that is used for single-family
residential purposes.
The mixing of recyclable materials (e.g., glass and metal),
which will later be separated by the recycling facility.
Events sponsored in whole or in part by a municipality, or
conducted within the municipality and sponsored privately, which include,
but are not limited to, fairs, bazaars, socials, picnics and organized
sporting events that will be attended by 200 or more individuals per
day.
A collection of individual properties created by the process
of the subdivision of one or more parent tracts that are primarily
serviced by private roads and where the property owners, usually through
a property owners' association, jointly pay for the upkeep and servicing
of amenities. For purposes of this article, the collection of solid
waste shall be considered an amenity. A physical gate is not necessary
for a community to be considered a gated community for purposes of
this article.
All empty food and beverage jars or bottles made from silica
or sand, soda ash, and limestone, the product being transparent or
translucent (either clear, green or brown); excluding, however, flat
glass, plate glass, glass commonly known as "window glass," automotive
glass and ceramic and porcelain products.
Includes but shall not be limited to aluminum cans, bimetallic
cans, and steel cans.
Empty plastic food and beverage containers not to exceed
five gallons, the specific types of which may, from time to time,
be designated by resolution of the Township Supervisors.
Those materials specified by the municipality in § 115-26B of this article and those specified by the individual collector for separate collection in accordance with recycling regulations.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of
metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which
would otherwise be disposed or processed 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.
A facility employing a technology that is a process that
separates or classifies municipal waste and creates or recovers reusable
materials that can be sold to or reused by a manufacturer as a substitute
for or a supplement to virgin raw materials. The term "recycling facility"
shall not mean transfer stations or landfills for solid waste nor
composting facilities or resource-recovery facilities.
Properties used as dwellings, including buildings having
up to four dwelling units in one building.
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery, tree trimmings and similar
material. The term shall not include grass clippings.
A.
Policy. While the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction
Act of 1988[1] requires that a municipality designate specific materials
that must be recycled, it shall be the policy of Scott Township to
encourage residents to recycle all materials that can be recycled
in a cost-effective manner. Authorized collectors are encouraged to
collect for recycling as many types of materials as possible.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
C.
General requirements.
(1)
All authorized collectors within the Township shall collect both
solid waste and recyclable materials from each property serviced.
[Amended 6-10-2014 by Ord. No. 6-10-14C]
(2)
Solid waste, including recyclable materials, must be removed from
the property by an authorized collector, excepting that the property
owners/tenants may transport materials not collected by the recycling
collector servicing their property to a recycling facility that has
been approved for such purpose by the Township, county or state government,
provided the property owners/tenants first obtain written permission
from the Township.
(3)
All materials intended to be recycled must be stored indoors or in
covered verminproof containers.
(4)
If curbside collection of recyclables is provided, all recyclable
material shall be placed in containers provided by or approved by
the authorized collector.
(5)
Prior to being taken to a recycling facility or being placed out
for curbside collection, all recyclable material must be cleaned of
food waste or other material that may attract vermin. The material
to be recycled must be free of other contaminants (e.g., lids must
be off jars) that would prohibit the material from being properly
recycled.
(6)
Unless the recycling facility or authorized collector permits commingling,
all recyclable material must be sorted and segregated by the material
type. It shall be unlawful to dispose of one type of recyclable material
in a bin or collection unit intended for another type of recyclable
material (e.g., disposing of steel in a collection unit intended for
glass).
(7)
No solid waste, other than those materials which the facility or
collector specifically recycles, may be disposed of at a recycling
facility.
(8)
All recyclable material disposed of at a recycling facility must
be placed in the authorized containers. It shall be unlawful to leave
recyclable materials on top of, alongside of, or near recycling containers,
or outside of a recycling facility building.
D.
Residential collection. In addition to the general requirements,
the following shall apply specifically to residential properties:
(1)
All residential properties must be serviced by an authorized collector
to remove recyclable materials.
(2)
All recyclable materials must be collected at least once per month.
Weekly collection is to be encouraged.
(3)
All recyclable materials must be placed curbside or at a location
otherwise specified by the authorized collector.
(4)
All recyclable materials must be placed in a container provided by
or approved by the authorized collector.
E.
Gated communities/apartment complex collection. In addition to the
general requirements, the following shall apply specifically to gated
communities and apartment complexes utilizing centralized garbage
collection.
(1)
Communities and apartment complexes not employing door-to door garbage
pickup may use the centralized collection of recyclable materials,
subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
(2)
The recycling bins must be placed in the area in which the garbage
collection bins are located.
(4)
All recycling must be removed from the property and taken to an approved
facility by an authorized collector at least once per month.
(5)
The community/apartment complex shall ensure that all materials are
placed in the appropriate bins and that the area of the recycling
bins does not become a dumping ground for refuse and other debris.
F.
Commercial/organizations/institutions/community activities. In addition
to the general requirements, the following shall apply specifically
to properties not used for residential purposes.
(1)
All commercial, industrial and properties owned by public and private organizations, other than gated communities and apartment complexes as addressed above, and community activities, as defined herein, shall be required to recycle the materials identified in § 115-26B. In addition to the materials designated by the municipality in § 115-26B of this article, commercial properties must also recycle cardboard, office paper, and aluminum cans. The recycling of additional materials is to be encouraged.
(2)
All material to be recycled must be removed by an authorized collector.
For purposes of this section, the property owner may utilize "in house"
collectors, provided that the collector is registered with the municipality
and otherwise complies with the article.
(3)
With approval by the Board of Supervisors, mixed-use properties (those
that are used for both residential and commercial purposes) may address
the recycling of solid waste for the residentially used portion of
the property as residential or as a gated community/apartment complex,
as determined appropriate by the Board of Supervisors.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, individual, partnership or corporation
or employer or agent to collect items to be recycled from residential,
commercial and institutional properties, as herein defined, in violation
of any part of this article.
B.
All parties desiring to collect materials to be recycled as an authorized
collector must register annually with the Township under procedures
established by the Board of Supervisors. There will be no fee for
registration. Failure to register shall be a violation of this article.
C.
Authorized collectors shall be required to provide quarterly reports
to the Township documenting the materials that they collect for recycling,
the amount of materials collected, the location in which the material
was disposed, and any other information deemed necessary by the Board
of Supervisors. Failing to report shall be a violation of this article.
Quarterly reports required by this section shall be sent to: Scott
Township Recycling Coordinator, 350 Tenny Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.
D.
Authorized collectors shall notify the Township upon the termination
of recycling services to a customer in order for the Township to ensure
that service is being continued by another authorized collectors.
E.
Authorized collectors shall, upon request by the Township, confirm
whether a resident has contracted with the collector to collect their
materials to be recycled.
A.
All residential properties shall use authorized collectors unless
they receive approval from the Board of Supervisors for alternative
arrangements consistent with this article.
B.
The authorized collector shall provide service to all who desire
service and have paid the required fees.
C.
Collection requirements. Recyclable materials, when collected by
an authorized collector for transportation to a recycling facility,
shall be collected at least once a month.
D.
The authorized collector shall establish and record a regular collection
schedule. If a collection day falls on a holiday, the collector shall
notify all customers of when collection will be made.
E.
All collection and transportation vehicles shall be constructed of
metal or other impervious materials, able to be enclosed or fitted
with a cover, which will be used to prevent spillage of the contents.
All waste materials dropped on streets or roads shall be immediately
picked up.
F.
All vehicles shall be cleaned at sufficient frequency to prevent
nuisance or insect breeding.
G.
Place of collection.
(1)
Recycling containers shall, for the purpose of collection, be placed
at the curb or street line, at ground level, and be made readily accessible
to the authorized collector.
(2)
Notwithstanding provisions of this article, residential property owners, commercial establishments or other persons may, by mutual agreement with the collectors, be permitted to place containers at a location on their property other than as specified in Subsection G(1).
(3)
Collections shall be made from all properties throughout Scott Township.
This shall include all streets, dedicated or otherwise, and shall
include those streets that are temporarily closed for repairs or construction.
In the latter case, special collection points shall be designated
by the Board of Supervisors if the condition of the street would prevent
access thereto by the collector's truck.
(4)
Collection of yard waste by authorized collectors shall be made at
the curb or street line at ground level and be made readily accessible
to the collector. The collector may require that the materials be
raked loose to the curb.
H.
Frequency of collections.
(1)
Holidays. Solid waste collection shall not be made on the following
holidays: January 1, New Year's Day; last Monday of May, Memorial
Day; July 4, Independence Day; first Monday of September, Labor Day;
fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas
Day.
(2)
Authorized collectors of material to be recycled must collect such
materials at least once per month.
A.
All vehicles used for collection of recyclable materials to be recycled
shall be equipped with compacting devices or enclosed cargo space
to store the collected material.
B.
Trucks shall at all times be in good and proper mechanical condition
and in compliance with the minimum safety and sanitary regulations
of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the County of Columbia
and Scott Township.
C.
Vehicles and equipment shall not be overloaded so that recyclable
materials may spill or drop on the highways or streets, nor shall
the equipment be so designed or maintained so as to permit the leakage
of fluids. All trucks shall be regularly cleaned and kept in proper
condition and shall bear the name and address of the contractor plainly
visible on both cab doors.
D.
Each truck shall have at least one broom and shovel to clean up recyclable
materials that may be spilled or otherwise scattered during the process
of collection.
E.
The authorized collector, at his expense, shall store and park the
equipment at a convenient and lawful place. No trucks or equipment
may be parked or stored on any street within Scott Township except
during actual collection periods.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any collector to dump, process, destroy,
bury or otherwise dispose of recyclable materials within the jurisdictional
limits of the municipality except at facilities approved and permitted
by Scott Township, the County of Columbia and the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection.
B.
All authorized collectors shall dispose of the materials to be recycled
from Scott Township at a facility approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
C.
All disposal regulations at the designated disposal site shall be
adhered to by the authorized collector(s).
D.
All vehicles used for collection shall use, insofar as practical,
state highways when proceeding to and from the designated disposal
site, except when using roads and streets in those townships or boroughs
where licensed to collect.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place or deposit, or
cause or permit to be thrown, placed or deposited, any recyclable
materials in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, body of water, public
or private property except as provided in this article.
B.
It shall be unlawful to deposit any recyclable materials in any recycling
facility except as provided for in this article.
C.
No authorized collector shall accept, pick up or remove any bag or
other container of solid waste which the authorized collector knows
or has reason to believe contains recyclable materials. Upon discovery
of such recyclable materials combined with solid waste placed at curbside
or otherwise placed for pickup, the hauler shall affix a tag or sticker
to the container containing the recyclable material, retain a duplicate
for its records and deliver a triplicate to the Scott Township Municipal Building
within 48 hours. When an authorized collector utilizes a tag or sticker
pursuant to this section, he shall fill in the information requested
thereon, including the address at which the container is located and
the nature of the suspected violation or the reason which led him
to know or believe the container contained recyclable materials.
A.
Policy. It is the policy of
Scott Township that, whenever possible, yard waste is to be recycled
back to nature in an environmentally and sustainable manner. To facilitate
this goal, property owners are encouraged to consider the processing
of leaves and other yard waste in the following manner, listed in
the order of preference:
B.
Decomposition of yard waste on site may be employed by allowing leaves,
twigs, grass clippings, etc., to decompose where they lie. Garden
waste may be tilled into the garden. Where yard waste must be removed
(for example, lawn areas) the material may be blown, raked or otherwise
deposited on more appropriate portions of the property (such as a
wooded area) for natural decomposition. Yard waste may not be relocated
to any area within 50 feet of a lake, stream or other body of water.
C.
Yard waste not allowed to decompose naturally may be disposed of
by on-site composting (compost pile). Compost piles must remain 50
feet from any lake, stream or body of water and may not be allowed
to become a nuisance by way of odor or as an attraction to vermin.
D.
Yard waste may be removed from the property by the property owner
or a registered collector for off-site composting at an approved commercial
or publicly owned facility that is approved to collect such waste.
The Board of Supervisors will solicit private firms to collect yard
waste and shall make the names and contact information of said firms
available to the public. Property owners disposing of yard waste through
an authorized collector shall place the yard waste curbside unless
other arrangements have been made individually with the collector.
E.
Gated communities/apartment complexes, with approval by the Board
of Supervisors, may provide for a central collection point or establish
an on-site composting facility. Otherwise, gated communities/apartment
complexes shall implement curbside pickup of yard waste within their
community or complex and arrange for disposal at an off-site composting
facility.
F.
This section shall apply to all properties including those used for
residential, commercial, industrial or organizational purposes, and
properties used for community activities as defined by this article.
The collection of recyclable materials in Scott Township and
the disposal thereof shall be subject to such further reasonable rules
and regulations as may from time to time be promulgated by the Board
of Supervisors; provided, however, that no such rules and regulations
shall be contrary to the provisions of this article or applicable
law.
This article hereby incorporates the reporting requirements
of the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act
of 1988 by reference thereto.
A.
All containers, vehicles, equipment, transfer stations, disposal
sites, books and records of authorized, unauthorized or prospective
collectors, storers, processors and disposers are subject to inspection
at any reasonable hour without prior notice.
B.
Vehicles and equipment of authorized collectors may be subject to
inspection by the municipality before being put into operation and
during operation.
C.
All recyclable disposal facilities within Scott Township shall also
be inspected immediately prior to commencement of operation of the
site and at least once per year thereafter in concert with representatives
of the commonwealth.
Prior to the operation of any solid waste storage, transfer,
processing or disposal facility within Scott Township, the applicant
shall be required to present evidence of insurance coverage.
Scott Township may petition the Court of Common Pleas for an
injunction, either mandatory or prohibitive, to enforce any of the
provisions of this article.
A.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity violating any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
summary offense and be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $1,000 per day for each day of violation. In default
of payment of the fine, such persons or members of firms or corporations
shall be liable to imprisonment for not more than 60 days.
B.
The governing body shall have the right, at any time, to suspend
or revoke the registration of any authorized collector for any of
the following:
(1)
False or misleading statements in the application for registration;
(2)
Collecting or transporting refuse in a careless or negligent manner
resulting in dirt, odor or any unsanitary condition;
(3)
Failure to deposit solid waste other than yard waste at a Department
of Environmental Protection-approved disposal site in compliance with
all disposal regulations in force at the approved site; and
(4)
A violation of any part of this article or any of the ordinances
of the municipality or any state or county laws.
This article shall take effect January 1, 2014.
