This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Solid Waste
Collectors' Licensing Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
definitions as set forth in this section:
COLLECTOR
Any person collecting or transporting municipal solid waste
for monetary or business purposes and any business or institution
within the Borough of Plymouth which generates sufficient municipal
solid waste to require disposal directly by its own employees and
equipment.
DISPOSAL
Transporting waste materials to an incinerator, sanitary
landfill, a resource-recovery facility or other site and making final
deposition.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Except as modified by the current contract between the designated
disposal facility and Luzerne County, any garbage, refuse, industrial
lunchroom or office waste and other material resulting from operation
of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments
and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition
of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act,
35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq., from a municipal, commercial
or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment
plant or air pollution control facility.
PERSON
Any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
The penalty for violation of this article, or for operating
without a license in accordance with this article, shall be $500 plus
all court costs and revocation of the license. Each day that a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation.