This article shall be known as the "Solid Waste Collectors Licensing Ordinance."
[Adopted 11-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-18 as Ch. 203, Art. II, of the 1995 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person collecting or transporting municipal solid waste for monetary or business purposes, including the municipality itself if it undertakes the collection of municipal solid waste directly and any business or institution within the municipality which generates sufficient municipal solid waste to require disposal directly by its own employees and equipment.
Transporting waste materials to an incinerator, a sanitary landfill, resource recovery facilities or other site and making final deposition.
The Hazleton City Authority Industrial Division.
[Added 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
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[1] from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclable materials.
Includes any natural person, association, partnership, firm or corporation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
A.
General requirements.
(1)
No person shall act as a municipal solid waste collector in this municipality without first obtaining a license from the City of Hazleton.
[Amended 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
(2)
Each collector's license hereunder shall be effective for a maximum of one calendar year, terminating on June 30 of the year for which it was issued and subject to renewal upon application.
(3)
Application for a collector's license shall be made on a form prescribed by the City of Hazleton and made to the City of Hazleton with a copy to the Hazleton City Authority. Each application must be accompanied by proof of adequate insurance. Proof of said insurance coverage must be submitted to the County's designated facility prior to the delivery of waste. A copy of said insurance coverage must be provided to the City of Hazleton and to the Hazleton City Authority.
[Amended 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
(4)
Any collector who possesses a valid license issued by another municipality in the county shall be entitled to a license conditioned only upon continuing compliance with this article and any other solid waste ordinance of this municipality.
(5)
A licensee of another municipality, as provided in Subsection A(4) above, may be issued a license if he supplies proof of his holding a valid license in another municipality, sufficient additional information to fill out the application for a license and payment of a fee in accordance with Subsection B of this section.
(6)
No license is transferable from one collector to another or one vehicle to another.
(7)
Upon receipt of said application and fee, the agency designated by the City of Hazleton shall either issue or refuse to issue a license to the applicant within 30 days.
(8)
The City of Hazleton shall provide to the Hazleton City Authority a list of any and all licenses as issued in this article on a monthly basis.
[Added 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
B.
Licensing fees. The fee for such license shall be as set forth in the fee schedule adopted by resolution of the City Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Management and collection requirements; violations and penalties.
(1)
All vehicles used for the collection and transportation of municipal waste must satisfactorily comply with the regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any other solid waste ordinance of the City of Hazleton.
(2)
All collectors shall place a copy of the license in each vehicle operated in the municipality. Each vehicle shall bear the number of the license, plus a sequential number referring to the vehicle, in a conspicuous location on the exterior of the vehicle.
(3)
All vehicles shall be inspected and reinspected annually by an agent designated by the municipality.
(4)
No licensed collector shall dispose of any municipal waste collected in the City of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, except at the disposal facility designated by an executed contract with Luzerne County.
[Amended 3-9-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-1]
It is the responsibility of the City of Hazleton in conjunction with the Hazleton City Authority to insure that all terms and conditions of this article, the Luzerne County Waste Management Plan and the Luzerne County Designated Disposal Facility Contract are complied with by the collectors.