[Adopted 9-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-03]
The following words and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this section.
COLLECTION/COLLECTION SERVICE
The pickup of waste and/or recyclable material from storage
or curbside or elsewhere from a commercial establishment, industrial
establishment, institutional establishment, municipal establishment
or residence and the removal of the waste and/or recyclable material.
COLLECTOR
A person or agent authorized, if necessary, by the Borough
to collect, transport and dispose of wastes and/or recyclable materials.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
An establishment engaged in a nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing
business, including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
DUMPSTER or DUMPSTER-LIKE CONTAINER
A bin for waste and/or recyclable materials, regardless of
manufacturer, designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck
for emptying or hauling away waste and/or recyclable materials.
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or facility engaged in manufacturing or
processing or warehousing, including, but not limited to, factories,
foundries, mills, processing plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools
and universities.
MUNICIPAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any facility or building owned or operated by a local government
or county government, local government or county government authority,
state government or agency or federal government or agency.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, federal government or
agency, state institution or agency or any other legal entity whatsoever
that is recognized by law as being subject to such rights and duties.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics, lawn clippings
and other materials in a form which is designated as source materials
for any recycling program and is duly recovered.
RESIDENCE
Any multifamily dwelling from which a municipal or private
collector collects waste or recyclable material.
SOLID WASTE
All refuse (garbage and rubbish) and other discarded solid
material normally collected by a municipality or private collector.
WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, waste or other materials, including
solid waste, resulting from the operation of a residence or a municipal,
industrial, commercial or institutional establishment and from community
activities.
If any provision, sentence, clause, section or part of this
article is for any reason found to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional,
such illegality, invalidity, or unconstitutionality shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the
Borough that this article would have been adopted had the illegal,
invalid or unconstitutional provision, sentence, clause, section or
part had not been included therein.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Borough that are
inconsistent herewith are repealed.
This article shall take full force and effect after its approval
as required by law.
This article shall in no other way affect, amend or modify the
ordinances of the Borough.