The purpose of this article is to control and make unlawful
any person, agent, establishment, business, organization, and/or other
entity whatsoever, whether situate in Robinson Township or outside
of the limits of the Township, from bringing, placing, depositing
or removing any man-made, processed or reprocessed materials, or residual
waste, from or on the public and private lands and properties within
the Township.
Any permit issued by the Township pursuant to §
358-31E of this article for the activities set forth in §
358-31A through
D shall be subject to a tax for general revenue purposes at the rate of $1.50 per ton, for man-made, processed or reprocessed materials or residual waste on their property from the effective date of this article and every year thereafter on a year-to-year basis. No person shall engage in the business of operating a residual waste landfill or shall cause or allow the disposal of residual waste on their property without complying with all of the provisions of this article and paying the tax hereby levied.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.