[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
This Part shall be known as the “Wolf Township Solid Waste
Ordinance.”
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning indicated,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
A mixture of decaying organic matter, such as leaves and
manure, used as fertilizer.
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water
in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of solid waste enters
the environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged to the
waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The entire process, or any part thereof, of storage, collection,
transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal of municipal wastes
by any person engaging in such process.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other material including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous 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 as defined in the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of
1980, 35 P.S. §6018.101 et seq., from a municipal,
commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, waste water
treatment plant, or air pollution control facility.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
or cooperative enterprise. For purposes of imposing a fine, imprisonment
or penalty, or any combination of the foregoing, the term shall include
the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity
having officers and directors.
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
of municipal waste or any technology used to convert part or all of
such waste materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities include,
but are not limited to, transfer stations, meting facilities, and
resource recovery facilities.
All materials which are discarded as useless.
At least two or more times per month.
Any garbage, refuse, other discarded material of other waste
including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials
resulting from industrial, mining and agricultural operations and
any sludge resulting from industrial, mining or agricultural water
supply treatment facility, waste water treatment facility or air pollution
control facility, provided that it is not hazardous. The term “residual
waste” shall not include coal refuse as defined in the “Coal
Refuse Disposal Control Act.” “Residual waste” shall
not include treatment sludges from coal mine drainage treatment plants,
disposal of which is being carried on pursuant to and in compliance
with a valid permit issued pursuant to the “Clean Streams Law.”
Any waste, including but not limited to, municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials.
The Act of July 7, 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97), as amended, 35
P.S. §6018.101 et seq.
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 constitutes
disposal. This presumption can be overcome by clear and convincing
evidence to the contrary.
Wolf Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and the Board
of Supervisors.
The off-site removal of any municipal waste at any time after
generation.
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than such persons
as are duly authorized by Lycoming County, to collect and transport
solid waste of any nature as a regular hauling business within or
from the Township.
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1.
The storage
of all solid waste shall be practiced so as to prevent the attraction,
breeding, or harborage of insects or rodents and to prevent conditions
which may create potential hazards to the public health or which create
fire and other safety hazards, odors, unsightliness or public nuisance.
2.
Any person
accumulating or storing garbage on private or public property in the
Township for any purpose whatsoever (including waste being stored
temporarily for ultimate disposal in a bulk container, as well as
waste being stored for door-to-door collection) shall place the same
or cause the same to be placed in sanitary closed or covered containers.
3.
Solid
waste to be collected on a door-to-door basis shall be prepared for
such collection in a manner agreed upon by the property owner and
hauler.
4.
Solid
waste of a highly flammable or explosive nature, or highly infectious
or contagious wastes shall not be stored for ordinary collection,
but shall be disposed of in accordance with the regulations of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection.
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
1.
Solid
waste to be collected by a licensed hauler shall be prepared for and
collected at sufficient intervals to protect the general health, safety
and welfare of the neighborhood.
2.
Any person
or commercial establishment authorized to dispose of their own waste
shall provide for collection at intervals short enough to prevent
accumulations of waste that may be unsafe, unsightly, or potentially
harmful to the public health.
3.
All agreements
for collection, transportation and disposition of solid waste collected
on a door-to-door basis shall be by private contract between the person
and the collector.
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
Any person transporting solid waste within the Township shall
prevent or remedy any spillage from vehicles or containers used in
the transport of such solid waste and comply with all rules and regulations
of the Department of Environmental Protection.
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
1.
All solid
waste produced, collected, and transported from within the jurisdictional
limits of the Township shall be, to the extent permitted by law, disposed
of at the Lycoming County Solid Waste Management Plant unless otherwise
controlled and permitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department
of Environmental Protection.
2.
It shall
be unlawful for a licensed or authorized collector in the Township
to dispose of solid waste collected within the Township at a place
other than the facilities designed in the County Solid Waste Management
Plan, as approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
3.
The disposal
of bulky wastes; such as, but not limited to, refrigerators, stoves,
other appliances, pieces of furniture, auto parts and other household
goods and equipment shall be performed by commercial or private collection
unless a clean-up campaign by the Township shall prescribe the manner
of such collection and disposal.
[Ord. 2004-1, 3/8/2004]
1.
Any person,
firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part shall
be guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 together with the
cost of prosecution and in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
violator of the provisions of this Part shall be deemed guilty of
a separate offense for each and every day such violation shall continue
and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this Section for each
and every such separate offense.
2.
In addition
to the foregoing penalty, the Township may require the owner or occupant
of a property to remove any accumulation of solid waste and should
said person fail to remove the same within 10 days after written notice,
the Township may cause the same to be done and collect the costs thereof
together with a penalty of 10% of such costs in the manner provided
by law for the collection of municipal claims or by action in assumpsit
or may seek relief by bill of equity.
3.
It is
hereby designated that the Township official to whom all notices under
this Part are to be given and by whom all provisions of this Part
are to be enforced is: the Codes Enforcement Officer.
