[Adopted 11-16-1996 by Ord. No. 96-02]
The purpose of this article is to provide for the health, safety
and welfare of Clinton Township and to comply with state and county
mandates by regulating the accumulation, storage, collection and disposal
of municipal waste and recyclables by all persons in the Township.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR
A collector of municipal waste and recyclables licensed to
operate in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and operating in Clinton Township.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Garbage, rubbish or trash generated by all sources in the
Township, including but not limited to discarded food waste, glass,
metal, papers, plastics, furniture, building materials, automobile
parts, tires, appliances and all other discarded matter or material
except for those materials designated as recyclables and normally
generated farm products and by-products.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprises, or any other legal entity which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties.
RECYCLABLES
Materials designated by the Township by resolution that must
be separated from all other municipal waste by the generator of said
materials and disposed of or collected separately from all other municipal
waste.
TOWNSHIP
Clinton Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $600, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the Township in
the enforcement of this article. If the defendant neither pays nor
timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment
pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate
officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized to seek equitable
relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.
Any person causing or allowing the accumulation of municipal
waste or recyclables as aforesaid, shall, upon written notice to do
so, sent by the secretary of the Township Supervisors forthwith remove
any accumulated municipal waste or recyclables. Upon failure to do
so within 30 days from receipt of notice, the Township Supervisors
may remove the same and collect the cost of such removal, together
with penalty of 10% from the person involved as a nuisance and may
collect the same by the filing of a municipal lien as provided by
law.