It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to collect, purchase, or accept, or to offer to collect, purchase, or accept, within the corporate limits of the Town of Colmar Manor, any garbage, waste, scrap, or trash of any kind or description, except where a permit from the Mayor and Town Council has first been had and obtained authorizing such collection, purchase, or acceptance.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Colmar Manor as Art. 5, Secs. 5-101, 5-102, 5-104 and 5-109, of the Town Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle loaded with garbage or any obnoxious material to park or stand in the streets of Colmar Manor except while actually engaged in and only for the time necessary for the collection of such garbage or material.
[Amended 9-22-2009 by Ord. No. O-8-2009; 9-10-2019 by Ord. No. O-4-2019]
A.
Except as provided herein, trash and recycling shall be collected in accordance with Subtitle 21. Refuse, of the Prince George's County Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
Each private residence in the Town shall maintain a suitable trash container or containers for the storage of trash and garbage, constructed of durable, fire-resistant materials, with handles suitable for lifting, not to exceed a sixty-gallon capacity, except for trash containers distributed by the Town or approved trash containers distributed by a Town-approved trash contractor. Every trash container shall have a lid which shall be permanently attached to and at all times cover the trash container. All trash containers shall, on Town-scheduled collection days, within two feet of the curbline. No trash container receptacle shall be permitted on any street except on scheduled trash collection days. All trash containers, other than on scheduled collection days, shall be stored either in the side or rear yard of each residence. No trash container shall be stored in any front yard at any time. The terms "front yard," "side yard" and "rear yard" shall be defined for the purposes hereof using the definitions contained in Sections 27-107.01(a)(261), 27-107.01(a)(262) and 27-107.01(a)(263) of the Prince George's County Code, or their successor definitions.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
C.
Each private residence in the Town shall, in addition to one or more containers for trash and garbage as provided in Subsection B hereof, maintain one or more containers for recycling of discarded recyclable materials. Every container for recyclable materials shall have a lid that at all times covers the recyclables container. Recyclables shall not be placed in plastic bags for collection or within marked recyclable containers.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any violation of this chapter is declared to be a municipal infraction. The penalty for each initial infraction shall be $50 and for each repeat or continuing infraction shall be $100.