Hereafter, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to dump or store culm, coal refuse or waste material within the limits
of the City of Shamokin.
The operator of any coal breaker, washery or coal preparation
plant shall be responsible for the dropping or spilling of all culm,
coal refuse or waste material on the streets of the City of Shamokin
coming from his operation and must remove the same immediately.
The owner, lessee or operator of any culm bank shall be responsible
for the seepage of said culm bank onto the streets or sewers of the
City of Shamokin and for the dropping of said material within the
City limits and shall remove same immediately.
[Amended 9-13-1982 by Ord. No. 283]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
process, deep mine, strip mine, wash or prepare coal at any washery
or coal operation within the boundaries of the City of Shamokin.
[Amended 6-11-1990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail to
comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300, and costs of
prosecution, and/or suffer imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both.
The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a new and separate offense, and the person or persons allowing the
continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for
each separate offense.
Each day's violation of this chapter shall constitute a
separate offense.