This article shall be known and referred to as the "Lawrence
Township Solid Waste Ordinance."
The following words and phrases as used in this article shall
have the meaning ascribed to them herein unless the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
ACT 101
The Act of July 28, 1988, P.L. 556, No. 101, 53 P.S. § 4000.101
et seq., as amended, known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling,
and Waste Reduction Act.
ACT 97
The Act of July 7, 1980, P.L. 380, No. 97, 35 P.S. § 6018.101
et seq., as amended, known as the Solid Waste Management Act.
DEPARTMENT
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
DISPOSAL
As defined by Act 97, 35 P.S. § 6018.103 and Act
101, 53 P.S. § 4000.103.
GARBAGE
Any solid waste derived from animal, grain, fruit, or vegetable
matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with
sufficient rapidity to cause such nuisances or odors, gases, or vectors.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, municipality, state institution,
or agency or any other legal entity recognized by law as the subject
of rights and duties. In any provision of this article prescribing
a fine, penalty, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person"
shall include the officers and directors from any corporation or any
other legal entity having officers and directors.
RUBBISH
All nonputrescible municipal waste except garbage and other
decomposable matter. This category includes, but is not limited to,
ashes, bedding, cardboard, cans, crockery, glass, paper, wood, and
yard cleanings.
SALVAGING
The controlled removal of recycling of material from a solid
waste processing or disposal facility.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of any material
stored or placed at a point for subsequent collection or from a solid
waste processing or disposal facility.
SOLID WASTE
Municipal waste as the term is defined under Act 97, 35 P.S.
§ 6018.103 and Act 101, 53 P.S. § 4000.103 and
shall include construction and demolition waste.
STORAGE
The containment of any waste on a temporary basis in such
a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste. It shall be
presumed that the containment of any waste in excess of one year shall
constitute disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and
convincing evidence to the contrary.
In the event any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this article or any part thereof shall be declared illegal, invalid,
or unconstitutional for any reason, the remaining provisions of this
article shall not be affected, impaired or invalidated by such action.
Any ordinances or any part of any ordinances which conflict
with this article are hereby repealed insofar as the affects of this
article.
This article shall be in effect immediately.