[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2301; Ord. 8801-BH, § 2301, 10/3/88]
No person, firm, association, partnership, trust, corporation, school, church, industrial, commercial or retail business establishment, either profit or non-profit, shall dump, bury or allow to accumulate any garbage, ashes, rubbish, condemned or spoiled animal or vegetable substances, swill or any offensive or putrescible material on any land or premises in the borough, except as may be specifically authorized by the borough.
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Editor's Note: Former subsection BH10-2.1, License Required, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance Nos. 3/6/66 and Ord. 8801-BH, was repealed in its entirety by Ord. BH9501.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2304; Ord. 3/1/71, § 1; Ord. BH9002]
a. 
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant or occupant of every dwelling, market, restaurant or other premises in the borough where paper, garbage, rubbish or refuse accumulates shall provide and keep on the premises sufficient and suitable receptacles, cans or barrels with tight fitting covers, for receiving and holding garbage, rubbish or refuse.
SUFFICIENT
For the purposes of this section, shall mean at least one metal or sturdy plastic receptacle, metal can or metal barrel for each family unit residing on the premises and at least two such receptacles for each restaurant, market, store or similar establishment where the aforesaid material will accumulate.
SUITABLE
Shall mean a receptacle, can or barrel, made of sturdy plastic or metal of a substantial nature, such as galvanized iron, with a tight-fitting plastic or metal cover, so constructed as to prevent spilling or leakage of its contents. It shall be waterproof, and, when filled, weigh not more than 50 pounds, and be equipped with pull handles.
b. 
The use of baskets as receptacles for waste materials shall not be permitted.
c. 
Receptacles that are badly broken or otherwise fail to meet the requirements of this section, may be classed as rubbish and may be collected as such.
d. 
In dwellings, tenements and apartment houses containing three dwelling units or less, the receptacles shall be purchased and maintained, in the absence of a contract, by the tenants. In dwellings, tenements and apartment houses of more than three dwelling units, such receptacles shall be purchased and maintained, in the absence of a contract, by the landlord.
e. 
Collections; Time of Placing and Removing Receptacles. No person shall place, or cause to be placed, any receptacle or bundle or refuse material on any portion of the sidewalk or street at any time except on the day of collection, and then not more than eight hours before the collection times, nor shall any person allow or permit any empty receptacle to remain upon the sidewalk or street later than 11:00 p.m. of the day the contents have been collected. The days of collection shall be as set by the department of public works for city collection and by contract for private collection.
f. 
Placement of Receptacles. The owner, lessee, tenant or other occupant of every privately owned building shall, on the scheduled day for collection, place or have placed all waste material for collection at the nearest curbline in front of the building.
Receptacles awaiting collection shall be stored or kept in such place so as not to become a nuisance to the occupants of any dwelling. At no time shall they be kept under the windows of any adjacent dwelling.
g. 
Preparation of Wastes for Collection. Garbage shall be thoroughly drained of all water, wrapped securely in paper and placed in a receptacle as described in paragraph a herein. Ashes, combustible and noncombustible rubbish and trade waste shall be stored and held in a receptacle, described in paragraph a., that may be the same receptacle used to contain the wrapped garbage. Where these materials are of such a nature that they cannot be deposited in a receptacle, can or barrel, they shall be securely and properly tied into bundles or packages to prevent spilling.
Paper shall be secured and properly tied into bundles, or other packages in a manner to prevent any scattering.
All receptacles, cans and barrels used for the purposes herein described, shall not be filled higher than three inches below the top. No person shall use barrels, baskets and paper or wooden boxes for this purpose.
Bundles or packages shall be securely and properly tied to prevent spilling or scattering while being handled by collectors or while bundles or packages are located on the sidewalk awaiting collection. Bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling by one person and shall not exceed 65 pounds in weight.
Recyclable material shall not be mixed with waste material for pick-up or disposal.
[Ord. 3/6/66, §§ 2303, 2307]
a. 
Requirements. All vehicles used in the collecting, transporting, or disposing of materials or substances shall have been closed, watertight metal body, and shall at all times be maintained and operated in a cleanly and sanitary manner. The vehicles shall be kept closed at all times, except while actually being filled or emptied.
b. 
Hours of Collection. All vehicles approved and licensed shall be permitted to collect refuse only within the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2306]
All vehicles and receptacles mentioned in this section shall be available for inspection by the health officer at all reasonable hours.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2305]
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the collection of garbage, ashes, rubbish or other matter by the borough, but a contractor with the borough shall not be exempt from the provisions.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2401]
No person shall engage in the borough in the business of removing fat, bones or refuse from any butcher shop, meat market or other food establishment without first having obtained, from the board, a license for that purpose.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2402]
All containers used for the collection and removal of fat, bones or other refuse from any meat market, butcher shop or other establishment shall be made of metal and with suitable tight-fitting covers.
[Ord. 3/6/66, §§ 2403, 2404]
a. 
All vehicles used for the collection or transporting of any fat, bones or refuse, shall be fully closed, except when engaged in the actual collection thereof.
b. 
No vehicle used in any business permitted by this section under a license granted by the board, shall remain or be permitted to remain in any place in the borough, for any period longer than that necessarily required to transact the particular business for which he is licensed.