[Adopted 12-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-5]
The following words and terms shall be defined and have the
meanings as set forth below. Where words and terms are not specifically
defined below, they shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as
the context implies.
An amount of waste stored in a car, minivan or sport utility
vehicle.
Any act or part of the act of placing, depositing, dumping
or putting waste into any Township waste disposal unit.
An amount of waste stored in any vehicle larger than a pickup
truck, including but not limited to trailers, vans and noncommercial
dump trucks.
An individual.
Any waste disposal unit, commonly referred to as a dumpster,
used for the collection of waste, and which is owned or leased by
or under the control of the Township of Raccoon.
An amount of waste stored in a noncommercial, light-duty
pickup truck.
Any noncommercially generated garbage or trash, including
but not limited to refuse, paper products, glass, metal, plastics,
wood, grass clippings or any other items or things of any kind.
It shall be unlawful for any person not a resident of the Township
of Raccoon to dispose of waste into any Township waste disposal unit.
A resident of the Township of Raccoon may dispose of waste into any
Township waste disposal unit but only to the extent that it is waste
the resident generated. It shall be unlawful for a resident of the
Township of Raccoon to dispose of waste generated, created or possessed
by a nonresident of the Township of Raccoon.
There shall be a fee of $25 per excessive load, $15 per pickup
truck load and $10 per SUV/car load disposed of into any Township
waste disposal unit. The fees shall be paid to the Township prior
to the disposal of waste into the Township waste disposal unit. The
Township reserves the right to determine excessive loads.
Any person found to be in violation of any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or
be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 90 days, plus costs of prosecution.
Such fine shall be in addition to other fines that may be imposed
by the ordinances of the Township, and any other civil and/or criminal
remedies that may be pursued under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
If any provision or part of this article is adjudged to be invalid
or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity
of this article as a whole.
This article shall become effective upon enactment hereof.
