[Adopted 6-1-1992 by Ord. No. 125]
This article shall govern and control all aspects
of the collection, storage, transportation, processing, and disposal
of municipal waste, and recycling, in Washington Township. It contains
regulations applicable to haulers of municipal waste, collectors of
recyclables, individuals, commercial, municipal, and institutional
establishments, and community activities.
This article is being enacted in an effort to
implement a recycling program in order to return valuable materials
to productive use, to conserve energy and to protect capacity at municipal
waste processing and disposal facilities.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
One who performs an act for his immediate family or for another
person gratuitously (without any form of monetary or material compensation
therefor).
Empty, all-aluminum beverage and food containers.
A person desirous of being licensed as a hauler or of being
issued a recyclable collection permit, as the case may be.
A licensed hauler (as defined herein); a recyclable collection
permittee (as defined herein); or a person who, being so authorized
by the terms of this article, removes municipal waste or recyclables
from his own premises, as owner of the building or commercial, municipal
or institutional establishment or community activity conducted therein,
or as an agent (as defined herein) of another person.
Empty food or beverage containers consisting of both steel
and aluminum.
Discarded "white goods" (major appliances), televisions,
mattresses, furniture, air conditioner and similar household items.
The process by which organic solid waste is biologically
decomposed under controlled anaerobic or aerobic conditions to yield
a humus-like product.
A facility using land for processing of municipal waste by
composting.
Any person who collects, for removal from premises, municipal
waste or recyclables.
Of or pertaining to any wholesale, retail, industrial, manufacturing,
transportation, financial or professional service or office enterprise,
business, or establishment.
An activity or event sponsored or organized by a public or
private nonprofit organization for recreational, educational, cultural,
or civic purposes, which may be attended by members of the public,
whether or not an entrance or participation fee is charged therefor.
Structural paper material with an inner core shaped in rigid
parallel furrows and ridges, of the type normally used to make packaging
cartons and boxes.
A method of collection of residentially generated recyclables
and municipal waste by which the owners or occupants of certain residential
properties may dispose of their recyclables by placing them at curbside
(along the street) or within the private right-of-way fronting along
their property or which provides access to the property, at times
designated by the Washington Township Supervisors or the collector,
for collection and removal by an authorized collector for delivery
to a recycling center.
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water
in a manner such that the municipal waste or a constituent thereof
enters the environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged
to the waters of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any site, location, area, building, structure, transfer station,
or premises to be used for municipal waste disposal.
All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from
the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
All empty food and beverage jars or bottles made from silica
or sand, soda ash, and limestone, the product being transparent or
translucent (either clear, green or brown), excluding, however, blue
glass, flat glass, plate glass, glass commonly known as "window glass,"
automotive glass, and ceramic and porcelain products.
Any white paper other than newsprint, magazines, or other
chemically coated paper or corrugated paper, of the type commonly
used for letter-writing stationery, note paper, plain paper, photocopying
machines, computer printers, and other general-purpose paper, whether
or not any printed or written matter is contained thereon.
Of or pertaining to any establishment engaged in service
to persons including, but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes,
orphanages, schools, universities, churches, and social or fraternal
societies and organizations.
The owner of residential property, or such owner's authorized
agent or representative.
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings (less
than four feet in length and two inches in diameter), and similar
material, but not including grass clippings.
A facility for composting vegetative material, including
leaves, garden residue and chipped shrubbery and tree trimmings. The
term does not include a facility that is used entirely or partly for
composting grass clippings.
A person licensed by Washington Township to collect, haul,
transport, and dispose of municipal waste and recyclables.
Printed matter, also known as "periodicals", containing miscellaneous
written prices published at fixed or varying intervals, printed on
glossy or chemically coated paper. Expressly excluded are newspapers
and all other paper products of any nature whatsoever.
A type of residential property either under single ownership
by a person or organized as a condominium or cooperative form of housing,
which contains four or more dwelling units.
Of or pertaining to any office or other property under the
control of any branch or arm of the federal government of the United
States of America, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or any political
subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including but not
limited to Washington Township, any counties, cities, boroughs, townships,
and municipal authorities.
An all-encompassing, most general term meaning 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, except: farm-produced
manure; other agricultural waste; food processing waste used on land
where such materials will improve the condition of the soil, the growth
of crops, or the restoration of the land for the same purposes; and
any sludge not meeting the definition of "residual or hazardous waste"
as defined in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management
Act; but excluding recyclables.
Paper of the type commonly referred to as "newspaper" and
distributed at fixed or stated intervals, usually daily or weekly,
having printed thereon news and opinions and containing advertisements
and other matters of public interest. The term "newsprint" expressly
excludes glossy advertising inserts, magazines, glossy or other chemically
coated paper, office paper, and any other paper products of any nature.
Any individual, partnership, cooperative enterprise, municipality,
municipal authority, federal government or agency, state institution
or agency, or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this
article prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any combination
of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and
directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers
and directors.
Plastic rings or similar plastic connectors used as holding
devices in the packaging of beverages, including, but not limited
to all carbonated beverages, liquors, wines, fruit juices, mineral
waters, soda, and beer.
Empty plastic food and beverage containers, the specific
types of which may, from time to time, be designated by resolution
of the Washington Township Supervisors.
Solid waste generated in a residence.
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk 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, composting facilities,
and resource recovery facilities.
Any device owned by any local, state or federal government
in which solid waste is held for storage or transportation.
A person authorized by the Township, through the issuance
of a permit therefor, to collect, transport, and dispose of recyclables
exclusively (and not municipal waste) for persons other than himself,
his immediate family, or persons for whom he is acting as an agent
(as defined herein).
Materials designated as recyclables in this article, or required
by the terms of this article (or any amendment hereto) to be kept
separate from municipal waste and recycled.
The collection, separate maintenance, recovery, and sale
or reuse of recyclables which would otherwise be disposed of or processed
as municipal waste, or the mechanized separation and treatment of
municipal waste (other than through combustion) and creation and recovery
of reusable materials other than a fuel for the operation of energy.
A facility designed to, and which does, act as a collection
center for the processing, storage, and shipment of recyclables. The
term specifically excludes charitable organizations that accept recyclables
for collection but do not process such recyclables.
Of or pertaining to any dwelling unit used as a place of
human habitation and which is not commercial, municipal, institutional,
or a community activity. Home occupations incidental to the residential
use within a building are considered "residential."
A processing facility that provides for the extraction and
utilization of materials or energy from municipal waste that is generated
off-site, including, but not limited to, a facility that mechanically
extracts materials from municipal waste, a combustion facility that
converts the organic fraction of municipal waste to usable energy,
and any chemical and biological process that converts municipal waste
into a fuel product. The term also includes any facility for the combustion
of municipal waste that is generated off-site, whether or not the
facility is operated to recovery energy. The term does not include:
Any composting facility;
Methane gas extraction from a municipal waste
landfill;
Any separation and collection center, dropoff
point or collection center for recycling, or any source separation
or collection center for composting leaf waste; and
Any facility, including all units in the facility
with a total processing capacity of less that 50 tons per day.
Leaves, branches, trees, sawdust, chips, shavings, wood,
woodenware, leather, rags, grass, straw, and all solid combustible
matter not included in this section under the definition of "garbage."
Waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes (as defined in the Solid Waste Management Act
of Pennsylvania), including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials.
Empty food or beverage containers made of steel, tin-coated
steel, or other ferrous metal food or beverage containers.
The containment of any municipal waste on a temporary basis
in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such municipal waste.
It shall be presumed that the containment of any municipal waste in
excess of one-year constitutes disposal. This presumption can only
be overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
The off-site removal of any municipal waste at any time after
generation thereof.
Any solid waste, excluding food waste.
A material whose original purpose has been completed and
which is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise
disposed of. The term does not include source-separated recyclable
materials or material approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection for beneficial use.
Grass clippings, prunings and other discarded materials from
yards and gardens.
A facility that is used to compost grass clippings, including
a facility that is used to compost leaf waste.
A.
Dumping and littering prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for any person to store, dump, discard, or deposit, or to permit the
storage, dumping, discarding, or depositing of, any solid waste or
recyclables upon the surface of the ground or underground within the
Township, except in proper containers for purposes of storage or collection;
however, if proper containers cannot be obtained for the purposes
of storage or collection, then the solid waste or recyclables may
be stored or collected without containers. It shall be unlawful for
any person to dump or deposit any solid waste or recyclables in any
stream, body of water or on any public right-of-way within the Township.
B.
Presumption of ownership. The presence of any articles
containing a person's name among solid waste or recyclables shall
create a rebuttable presumption, for purposes of this article, that
said solid waste or recyclables are the property of the person whose
name is found therein. This presumption can only be rebutted by clear
and convincing evidence to the contrary.
C.
Agricultural activities. Nothing contained herein
shall prohibit a farmer from carrying out the normal activities of
his farming operation, including composting and spreading of manure
or other farm produced agricultural waste, provided such activities
are conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
A.
General. The storage of all municipal waste shall
be practiced so as to prevent the attractions, breeding, or harborage
of insects or rodents and to prevent conditions which may create potential
hazards to the public health or which may create fire and other safety
hazards, odors, unsightliness, or public nuisance.
B.
Standards for accumulation and storing. Any person
accumulating or storing municipal waste on private or public property
in the Township for any purpose whatsoever shall place the same, or
cause the same to be placed, in sanitary closed or covered containers
in accordance with the following standards:
(1)
Containers used for the storage of municipal waste
shall be metal, plastic or fiberglass construction; rust and corrosion
resistant, equipped with lids and waterproof (except that lids shall
be optional on large bulk containers commonly known as "dumpsters").
(2)
All garbage shall be drained of excess liquids and
wrapped in paper or be placed in plastic bags before being placed
in the waste storage containers described above, and all ashes shall
be free of any burning material before being deposited for collection.
(3)
No person, except the occupants of the property on
which a waste container is placed, an authorized licensed hauler,
and a Township official, employee or agent shall remove the lids of
the container and/or remove the contents thereof.
(4)
All hazardous waste (as defined in the Solid Waste
Management Act of Pennsylvania), including but not limited to municipal
waste of a highly flammable or explosive nature, or highly infectious
or contagious municipal waste, shall not be stored for ordinary collection,
but shall be specifically disposed of in accordance with the directions
of the Township or of any state or federal authority having jurisdiction
thereof.
(5)
Containers, other than bulk containers, shall be placed
at such locations as may be agreed upon by the person and the authorized
licensed hauler.
(6)
Plastic bags may be used as inserts in the containers.
(7)
Containers may be placed at the agreed location for
pickup not earlier than 5:00 p.m. of the day prior to the day of collection.
Empty containers shall be removed to the premises from the agreed
location for pickup by the end of the day of collection. Containers
shall not be kept at the agreed location for pickup between scheduled
collections, and they shall be stored on the premises at such locations
to be unseen from the public streets or roads or from the front yards
of immediate neighboring property.[1]
(8)
Bulk containers (such as dumpsters) shall be placed,
whenever possible, at ground level and at a point on the property
being serviced by the collector which will enable clear and easy access
to the container by the collector's vehicle.
(9)
Bulk containers shall not be permitted to overflow
or to have waste strewn or left about them on the ground. A violation
of this provision shall be deemed a violation of this article by the
person on whose property the bulk container is located, if it is located
on private property.
A.
Property owner compliance. All owners of property
within the Township shall provide for the regular preparation, collection
and removal of all municipal waste generated at such properties in
one of the approved manners set forth herein.
B.
Self-collection and removal. If a person, agent or
establishment (being so authorized by the terms hereof) collects and
removes their own municipal waste, they shall do so at a minimum of
every 30 days or at shorter intervals, in order to prevent odors,
vectors or accumulations of refuse or garbage that are unsafe, unsightly,
or potentially harmful to the public health. Any municipal waste so
removed shall be disposed of in accordance with the requirements of
this article.
C.
Contracts with licensed haulers.
(1)
Every owner or occupant of residential property and
every other person who, or establishment which, does not collect and
remove their own municipal waste, as aforesaid, shall contract with
a licensed hauler for the regular, scheduled curbside collection and
removal of the municipal waste at least once each week. Municipal
waste shall be prepared for collection and be collected and removed
from such persons' or establishments' properties at least once each
week, except where conditions beyond the control of the licensed hauler
prevent it. No person other than a licensed hauler or an agent shall
collect or remove municipal waste from any other person's property.
(2)
All agreements for collection, transportation, and
disposition of municipal waste shall be by private contract between
the owner or occupant of the property where the waste is generated
and the licensed hauler who is to collect such waste.
D.
Collection on Sunday prohibited. Licensed haulers
shall not collect residential municipal waste from properties within
the Township limits on Sunday.
E.
Township collection/contracts. Nothing herein shall
limit the right of the Township to implement public collection of
solid waste either by entering into contracts or by engaging in any
collection practice permitted by law.
F.
Private hauling permitted. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to prohibit any person from hauling municipal waste
on an irregular and unscheduled basis to a facility permitted by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection,
and which is approved for disposal in the Franklin County Solid Waste
Plan, provided that such hauling shall be in addition to and not in
place of the regular removal of municipal waste as required by this
section and provided that such is not in violation of any county or
other municipal law or regulation.
G.
Recyclables; leaf waste. Nothing in this section shall
modify the requirements in this article, pertaining to separation
and disposal of recyclables. Nothing in this section shall impair
the ability of the Township to provide a system of placement for removal
and public collection of leaf waste, or the Township residents to
utilize such system of public collection of leaf waste, anything herein
contained to the contrary not withstanding.
A.
Any person transporting municipal waste within the
Township shall prevent or remedy any spillage from vehicles or containers
used in the transport of such municipal waste.
B.
All persons authorized to collect municipal waste
shall do so in vehicles that are provided with either closed, covered
containers or which have measures taken to prevent waste from being
blown or falling from the vehicle.
The use of public containers for the disposal
of private household waste will be prohibited.
A.
Unless otherwise providing for composting, all persons
shall keep leaf waste separate from all other forms of municipal waste
and separate from recyclables. Such waste shall be set out for collection
in a manner to be designated by the Collector and shall be disposed
of by the Collector in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection regulations.
B.
Nothing herein shall require any person to gather
leaf waste or prevent any person from utilizing leaf waste for compost,
mulch or other agricultural purposes.
A.
General. Recyclables shall be kept separate from and
disposed of separately from municipal waste, to the extent required
by the following provisions and the hauler's guidelines:
(1)
Owners and occupants of all residential property shall
keep separate from other waste but may co-mingle (mix) the following
recyclables: clear glass, colored glass, and aluminum, steel and bimetallic
cans; and newsprint which shall each be tied or bundled separately.
(2)
Owners and occupants of all commercial, municipal
and institutional establishments and properties and sponsors or organizers
of community activities shall keep separate from other waste but may
co-mingle (mix) the following recyclables: clear glass, colored glass,
aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans. Corrugated paper, high-grade
office paper and newsprint shall each be tied or bundled separately.
(3)
Alternatively, the Township Supervisors may by resolution
enumerate alternative recyclables which will be required to be separated
from municipal waste and collected in accordance with this article.
B.
Paper products; metal; glass; limitations. Corrugated
paper, high-grade office paper and newsprint shall be placed in easy-to-manage
bundles not to exceed 40 pounds and kept dry. Glass containers and
aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans shall be emptied. Aluminum, steel
and bimetallic cans and glass containers may be mixed together and
shall be placed in containers which when full shall not exceed 40
pounds. Lids shall be removed from all glass containers. High-grade
office paper shall be placed in containers not to exceed 40 pounds.
Recyclables shall not be placed in the same garbage can or other container
as, or otherwise mixed with, municipal waste for collection, removal
or disposal. Recyclables shall not be placed in plastic bags or corrugated
boxes.
A.
Residential (other than multifamily housing properties).
(1)
General. For residential properties other than multifamily housing projects, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate in residential properties pursuant to § 288-10, above, shall be placed at the appropriate location on the premises to be collected at times designated by the licensed hauler or recyclable collection permittee. The frequency of such collection shall be not less than once per month.
(2)
Licensed hauler; location of recyclables. If the recyclables
are to be collected by a licensed hauler, then the recyclables shall
be set out within the public right-of-way for collection.
(3)
Other collectors; location of recyclables. If the
recyclables are to be collected by an authorized collector other than
a licensed hauler, then the recyclables shall be placed at an area
other than within the public right-of-way.
B.
Multifamily housing properties.
(1)
General.
(a)
For multifamily housing properties, all recyclables which are required to be kept separate, in residential properties pursuant to § 288-10, above, shall either be delivered directly to a recycling center, or shall be picked up by a recyclable collection permittee or a licensed hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner. If any recyclables are picked up by a recyclable collection permittee, then all recyclables generated at the property shall be made available to such recyclable collection permittee for collection. The landlord of every multifamily housing property shall require, by a clause in the lease or other enforceable rule or regulation, that the tenants in such property comply with the requirements of this article governing separation and disposal or placement for removal of recyclables in multifamily housing properties. Every such landlord shall set up a convenient and practical collection system in such properties for the collection, storage and regular disposal or placement for removal of recyclables generated by the residents of such properties.
(b)
The collection system must include suitable
containers for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible
locations for the containers and written instructions to the occupants
concerning the use and availability of the collection system.
(2)
Compliance. Owners, landlords and agents of owners
or landlords who comply with the aforementioned requirements relative
to multifamily housing properties shall not be liable for the noncompliance
of occupants of their building.
C.
Commercial, municipal and institutional and community activities. All recyclables which are required to be kept separate in commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments and properties and community activities pursuant to § 288-10, above, shall either be delivered directly to a recycling center, or shall be picked up by a recyclable collection permittee or a licensed hauler separately from municipal waste, in a prearranged manner. If any recyclables are picked up by a recyclable collection permittee, then all recyclables generated at the property shall be made available to such recyclable collection permittee for collection.
A.
For multifamily housing properties.
(1)
Reports required. The landlord of every multifamily
housing property or his agent or representative shall complete a form
to be designated "Recycling Report - Multifamily Housing Properties,"
to be provided by the Township, which shall indicate where the property's
recyclables were delivered.
(2)
Responsibility; time for submitting. The recycling
report and all weigh slips obtained from the facility or facilities
to which the recyclables were delivered or taken shall be submitted
quarterly to the Township. For purposes of submitting such weigh slips
and recycling reports quarterly to the Township, the Collector who
removed the recyclables from the property shall be the agent for the
landlord and shall be responsible for completing and submitting such
to the Township. Each such quarterly report shall be submitted on
or before the last day of the first month of each quarter, for the
preceding quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis, thus:
January through March; April through June; July through September;
and October through December.
B.
For commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
and community activities.
(1)
Reports required. Every commercial, municipal, and
institutional establishment and community activity sponsor shall complete
a form to be designated "Recycling Report - Commercial, Municipal
and Institutional Establishments and Community Activities," to be
provided by the Township, which shall indicate where the establishment's
or activity's recyclables were delivered.
(2)
Responsibility; time for submitting. The recycling
report and all weigh slips obtained from the facility or facilities
to which the recyclables were delivered or taken shall be submitted
quarterly to the Township. For purposes of submitting such weigh slips
and recycling reports quarterly to the Township, the collector who
removed the recyclables from the property shall be the agent for the
operator of the establishment or sponsor of the activity and shall
be responsible for completing and submitting such to the Township.
Each such quarterly recycling report shall be submitted on or before
the last day of the first month of each quarter, for the preceding
quarter. Quarters shall run on a calendar-year basis, thus: January
through March, April through June; July through September; and October
through December.
A.
From the time of placement for collection of residentially
generated recyclable items for collection in accordance with the terms
of this article, the items shall be and become the property of the
Township or its authorized agent. It shall be a violation of this
article for any person unauthorized by the Township to collect or
pick up or cause to be collected or picked up any such items. Any
and each such collection in violation hereof from one or more locations
shall constitute separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter
provided.
B.
It shall be unlawful for a person to collect, remove,
or dispose of municipal waste which contains recyclables required
by that person to be separated, combined therewith.
A.
General. It shall be unlawful for any person, other
than such persons as are duly authorized by the Township, to collect
and to transport municipal wastes of any nature or recyclables within
or from the Township.
B.
Authorization required. Authorization to collect,
transport, and dispose of municipal waste or recyclables for persons
other than one's self or for whom one is acting as an agent (as defined
in this article) may be given only by the Township through the issuance
of a hauler's license or a recyclable collection permit. A person
who collects recyclables only shall apply for and obtain a recyclable
collection permit. A person who collects municipal waste exclusively
or in addition to recyclables shall apply for and obtain a hauler's
license.
C.
Rules and regulations. The Board of Supervisors may,
from time to time, by resolution, promulgate rules and regulations
reasonable and necessary for the proper and effective administration
of this article. The Board may also, from time to time, revise or
alter application forms and any other forms reasonable and necessary
to the proper and effective administration of this article.
D.
Compliance by haulers and permittees. All licensed
haulers and recyclable collection permittee shall have an affirmative
duty to follow and conduct themselves in accordance with their current
license or permit, and to service each of their customers in accordance
with the requirements of this article and rules and regulations as
may be promulgated from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Supervisors; any failure of which shall be a violation of this article.
E.
Limited exemptions. Collectors of bulky items, trash
and rubbish who collect on a unscheduled, sporadic basis (such as
"you call, we haul" operators) shall be exempt from these regulations.
F.
Approval of applications. All applications for such
licenses or permits shall be evaluated and approved in accordance
with the criteria set forth in the rules and regulations.
A.
For residential properties. Every hauler, as a precondition
to being licensed to do business within the Township, shall be required
to provide to its residential customers the service of removing recyclables
from their properties at the curbside (within the public right-of-way).
Any such recyclables so removed by licensed haulers shall be kept
separate from municipal waste and shall be taken to a recycling center.
Licensed haulers shall take all of their customers recyclable materials
to a recycling center.
B.
For commercial, municipal, and institutional establishments
and properties. Every hauler, as a precondition to being licensed
to do business within the Township, shall be required to provide to
its commercial, municipal, institutional, and multifamily housing
property customers the service of removing recyclables from their
properties. Any such recyclables so removed by licensed haulers shall
be kept separate from municipal waste and shall be taken to a recycling
center. Licensed haulers shall take all of their customers' recyclable
material to a recycling center.
A.
Hauler responsibilities. No licensed hauler shall
accept, pick up, or remove any bag or other container of municipal
waste which the hauler knows, or has reason to believe, contains recyclables
required to be separated, combined with municipal waste.
B.
Administration. Upon discovery of such recyclables
combined with municipal waste placed at curbside or otherwise placed
for pickup, the hauler shall affix a tag or sticker to the container
containing the recyclables (which tag or sticker will be provided
by the hauler), retain a duplicate for his records, and deliver a
triplicate to the designated office of the Township within 48 hours.
When the hauler utilizes a tag or sticker pursuant to this section,
he shall fill in the information requested thereon, including the
address at which the container is located and the reason which led
him to know or believe the container contained recyclables (e.g.,
he saw newspaper or he heard bottles rattling). The hauler shall leave
such container with the tag or sticker placed thereon where he found
it.
All licensed haulers doing business within the
Township shall make available to their customers the service of removal
of bulky items not less frequently than once per year.
In the event of any missed pickup, the collector
shall collect from the missed location before the end of the next
business day.
All complaints regarding collection of recyclables
or solid waste shall initially be reported to the collector. Any reasonable
complaint shall be given prompt and courteous attention by the collector.
In the case of missed collection, the collector shall collect from
the missed collection site before the end of the next business day
after the complaint is received. Any complaint which the collector
fails to resolve shall be reported in writing to the Township.
A.
Voluntary projects; authorization required. Nothing
contained herein shall impair or prohibit any recognized religious,
civic, fraternal, charitable or benevolent organization, association
or society from undertaking or sponsoring voluntary programs or projects
involving the collection of recyclables from the public. Any such
collection activity can only occur prior to the recyclable materials
being placed at curbside or similar location for collection by an
authorized collector. Prior to initiating such activity, the organization
shall obtain authorization from the Township.
B.
Sale/donation of recyclables. Nothing herein shall
be deemed to prohibit any person from donating or selling any recyclables
to individuals or organizations unless or until such recyclables are
placed at curbside or similar location for collection by an authorized
collector.
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought
before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default
of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense. The minimum fine to be imposed
is $50 per day or portion thereof for a first offense; $100 per day
or portion thereof for a second offense and $500 per day or portion
thereof for each subsequent offense. The Magisterial District Judge
may impose a fine of more than the minimum amounts set forth above.
The various headings used throughout this article
are intended only as an aid in its organization, in order to facilitate
ease of reading, and are not to be considered a substantive part of
this article. In this article, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the singular shall include the plural; the plural shall
include the singular; and the masculine shall include the feminine
and neuter.
