[Adopted 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 653-2019]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any container as defined in § 118-7 of this chapter or any bin, container or other type of receptacle used for the deposit, storage, collection or transport of garbage, rubbish, recycling materials, including, without limitation, metal or plastic bins and plastic or paper bags.
The act or practice of removing, taking, scattering or disturbing
garbage, rubbish and/or recycling materials which had been placed
and assembled in containers, whether stored on private or public property
or placed by a roadway, street or curb for authorized collection.
A.
Except as set forth the below, no person shall engage in scavenging
in the Borough.
B.
No person shall open, look into, search through, or remove any of
the contents of any container.
C.
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the following persons:
(1)
Any owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of the property for which the
solid waste and/or recycling container is used.
(2)
Any persons acting with the consent of the owner, tenant, lessee
or occupant of the property for which the solid waste or recycling
container is used.
(3)
Any waste removal company or any employee or contractor of a waste
removal company that owns or maintains the solid waste or recycling
container or is responsible for hauling away its contents, who is
acting in accordance with their duties.
(4)
Any employee or contractor of the Borough of Lehighton who is acting
in accordance with their duties.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision
of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine not to exceed $1,000, plus costs, and in default of payment
of said fines and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days. Each day a violation of this article continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
