[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean yard trimmings, rags, waste wood or cardboard
and other combustible waste solids of a nonvolatile or nonexplosive
nature.
Shall mean animal and/or vegetable waste solids resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and/or consumption of foods.
Shall mean all solid waste material which does not burn.
Shall mean garbage, combustible and/or noncombustible waste
solids.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 § 209-2]
a.
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of every dwelling or
other premises where refuse accumulates shall provide and keep on
such premises sufficient and suitable covered receptacles, with tight-fitting
covers, for receiving and holding the aforesaid refuse.
1.
"Sufficient" is defined for the purpose of this section to be at
least one (1) receptacle for each family unit or other occupant of
premises and at least two (2) such receptacles for each restaurant,
market, store or similar business establishment where the aforesaid
refuse shall accumulate.
2.
"Suitable" is defined for the purpose of this section to be a watertight
metal or plastic receptacle with a tight-fitting cover, so constructed
as to prevent spilling or leakage of its contents. Each receptacle
for use at a single residence shall have a capacity of not more than
thirty (30) gallons and be equipped with a pull handle or handles.
3.
Receptacles for refuse from multi-dwelling units or industrial premises
may have a greater capacity than that prescribed in paragraph a1 hereof,
provided they are:
b.
Receptacles that are badly broken or otherwise fail to meet the requirements
of this section may be classed as refuse and collected and disposed
of as such by person or agency responsible for the collection of refuse.
c.
Receptacles of refuse shall not be set out for collection except
during hours of the day or days scheduled for collection of refuse
or the evening before.
d.
Receptacles shall be conveniently located on premises for storage
of refuse and maintained in such manner as to prevent creation of
a nuisance or menace to public health.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-3]
a.
Garbage shall be thoroughly and completely drained of all liquids, wrapped securely in paper and placed in a receptacle as described in Section BH12-2 hereof.
b.
Noncombustible waste shall not be mixed with other refuse when prepared
for disposal by incineration.
c.
Paper shall be securely and properly tied into bundles or other packages
in a manner to prevent any scattering while waiting or during collection.
The bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease
of handling by one (1) man.
d.
Combustible waste shall be stored and held in receptacles separate
and apart from noncombustible waste when prepared for disposal by
incineration.
e.
Combustible or noncombustible waste of such a nature that it cannot
be deposited in a receptacle shall be securely and properly tied into
bundles or packages to prevent spilling or scattering. The bundles
or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling
by one (1) man.
f.
Refuse prepared for collection should be packaged or otherwise assembled
in quantities weighing not more than fifty (50) pounds.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-4]
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of any premises
whereon a business or industry is conducted shall arrange for the
removal of refuse from such business or industry each day unless sufficient
and suitable facilities are provided and used for storage of such
refuse until removal of the refuse from the premises.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-5]
Every proprietor of a restaurant, hotel, motel, boardinghouse,
store, market or other wholesale or retail establishment where food
for human or animal consumption is manufactured, prepared, handled,
sold or served shall daily cause to be removed from the premises all
garbage and refuse which may accumulate thereon. All garbage and refuse
shall, while on the premises, be stored in such manner as not to create
a nuisance.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-6]
a.
The owner, lessor or agent of any tenement house or multidwelling
shall cause to be removed from the premises at least daily all garbage
and refuse.
b.
The owner, tenant or occupant of any dwelling unit, other than a
dwelling unit in a tenement house or multidwelling, shall cause to
be removed from the premises at least twice weekly all garbage and
refuse.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-7]
Refuse shall be disposed of only through use of sanitary landfills
established, conducted, operated and maintained in accordance with
standards established by the Department of Environmental Protection
and/or incinerators constructed, operated and maintained in accordance
with established standards and codes or regulations of the Department
of Environmental Protection and its agencies or other methods of disposal
as may be permitted by code or regulation of the agencies.
[BH Ord. #26; BH Ord. #30; 1976 Code § 209-8]
a.
No person shall gather, collect, remove or in any way interfere with
gathering, collecting or removing garbage and refuse matter from any
dwelling house, tenement, store, other building or place, or engage
in the business or occupation of gathering, collecting or removing
garbage and refuse matter within the Township, or use the streets
of the Township for the purpose of transporting the same, unless he
is duly authorized and licensed as a scavenger by the Public Utilities
Commission.
b.
No owner, lessee, agent or occupant of a building or residence within
the Township shall cause garbage and refuse to be removed from that
building or residence other than by the services of a duly authorized
scavenger licensed by the Public Utilities Commission.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-9]
a.
The licensee shall collect and transport all garbage and refuse matter
by such means and in such manner so that, first, none of any such
material shall escape or drop upon the ground, and second, all reasonably
a-voidable noise incident to the collection and transportation of
such material shall be prevented.
b.
All trucks and other vehicles used for collection shall be maintained
in good working order and in clean sanitary condition. Such trucks
and vehicles must be liquid-proof and completely metal-enclosed during
the transportation of collected material from the place of collection
to the place of disposal.
c.
Any collected material which drops from collection containers or
from the trucks or other vehicles during loading or transporting must
be gathered and cleaned up immediately. Failure to do so will be deemed
a violation of this Chapter.
d.
All garbage and refuse matter which the licensee undertakes to collect
shall be collected with all reasonable speed and efficiency and shall
be transported and disposed of by the licensee at the dumping place
in the same truck or other vehicle into which the collected material
was placed. Such transportation and disposal shall be performed on
the same day as the material was collected.
e.
Licensees or their agents shall not place receptacles containing
collected material along the curb to await arrival of the collection
trucks. The collected material shall be carried directly from the
premises where collected to the truck and dumped into the truck. The
empty receptacles shall be immediately returned to their proper places.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-10]
All licensees shall be subject to the reasonable supervision
of the Board of Health or its authorized agent in order to ensure
compliance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to this Chapter. Rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to this Chapter shall be adopted by resolution of the Board of Health.
[BH Ord. #26; 1976 Code § 209-11; New]
