[Adopted 1-21-1992 by Ord. No. 92-2]
[Amended 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
This article shall be known and referred to as the "Municipal/Waste Collection and Transportation Ordinance of Bristol Township."
[Added 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06; amended 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
A. 
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 90
The Pennsylvania Waste Transportation Safety Act of 2002 (P.L. 596, No. 90, June 29, 2002).[1]
ACT 97
The Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act of 1980 (P.L. 380, No. 97, July 7, 1980).[2]
ACT 101
The Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act of 1988 (Act 1988-101, July 28, 1988).[3]
COLLECTOR OR WASTE HAULER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or public agency who is engaged in the collection and/or transportation of municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in nonmanufacturing or nonprocessing business, including but not limited to stores, markets, offices, restaurants, shopping centers and theaters.
COUNTY
The County of Bucks, Pennsylvania.[4]
DISPOSAL
The disposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged to the waters of this commonwealth. "Disposal" facilities include, but are not limited to, municipal waste landfills and construction/demolition waste landfills as defined by Act 101, Act 97 and/or DER rules and regulations (e.g., 25 Pa. Code Chapters 75 and 271).
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or production activities, including but not limited to factories, foundries, mills, processing plants, refineries, mines and slaughterhouses.
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment or facility engaged in services, including but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, schools and universities.
LEAF WASTE
Leaves, garden residues, shrubbery and tree trimmings and similar material, but not including grass clippings.
LICENSED COLLECTOR or LICENSED WASTE HAULER
A person who has written authorization from the PADEP under Act 90 to collect, haul, transport and dispose of municipal waste.
MUNICIPAL WASTE
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 under Act 97 from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include any source-separated recyclable materials.
MUNICIPALITY
The Township of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
PADEP
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, federal government or agency, state institution or agency or any other legal entity 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 offices and directors.
PROCESSING
Any technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume or bulk of municipal or residual waste or any technology used to convert part or all of such materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, recycling facilities, composting facilities and resource recovery facilities.
RECYCLING
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise be disposed 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 as fuel for the operation of energy.
SCAVENGING
The unauthorized and uncontrolled removal of any material stored or placed at a point for subsequent collection or from a processing or disposal facility.
SOURCE-SEP ARATED RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Materials, including leaf waste, that are separated from municipal waste at the point of origin or generation for the purpose of recycling.
TRANSPORTATION
The off-site removal of any municipal waste at any time after generation.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 27 Pa.C.S.A. § 6201 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
[3]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Department or DER," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06.
B. 
For the purposes of this article, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
A. 
The Township of Bristol shall designate by separate resolution one or more specific processing and/or disposal facilities where all licensed collectors must, as a condition of licensing, transport and dispose all municipal waste collected within the Township of Bristol. Processing and/or disposal facilities designated by the municipality must be on the list of county-designated facilities in the Bucks County Municipal Waste Management Plan.
B. 
The Township of Bristol shall have the right by separate resolution to require any licensed collector to obtain a contract with any or all processing and/or disposal facilities accepting municipal waste generated within the municipality. Said contract(s) must provide for a minimum of one year of guaranteed capacity with a contract renewal option of at least one year. Said contract(s) must be accompanied by a notarized statement of the projected annual weight and/or volume of waste or recyclable material to be disposed at the facility.
[Amended 4-27-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-05]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect and/or transport municipal waste from any residential, public, commercial, industrial or institutional establishment within the Township of Bristol without securing written authorization from the PADEP in accordance with the provisions of Act 90.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to collect and/or transport municipal waste or source-separated recyclable materials from any sources within the Township of Bristol in a manner not in accordance with the provisions of this article, any applicable municipal ordinance, the Revised County Plan, Act 90, Act 101, the minimum standards and requirements established in Chapter 285 of the PADEP Municipal Waste Management Regulations, any applicable Bucks County Department of Health regulations, and/or any other federal, state, or local regulations.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any municipal waste collected from within the Township of Bristol to any processing and/or disposal facility other than those facilities designated by Bristol Township.
D. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to scavenge any material from any municipal waste or source-separated recyclable materials that are stored or placed for subsequent collection within the Township of Bristol without prior approval from the municipality.
[Amended 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
A. 
All collectors or waste haulers operating within the Township of Bristol must comply with the following minimum standards and regulations:
(1) 
All trucks or other vehicles used for collection and transportation of municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials must comply with the applicable requirements of Act 90, Act 97, Act 101, and PADEP regulations adopted pursuant to Act 97 and Act 101, including the Title 25 Pa. Code Chapter 285, Subchapter B, regulations for the collection and transportation of municipal waste.
(2) 
All collection vehicles conveying municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials shall be operated and maintained in a manner that will prevent creation of a nuisance or a hazard to public health, safety and welfare.
(3) 
All collection vehicles conveying putrescible municipal waste shall be watertight and suitably enclosed to prevent leakage, roadside littering, attraction of vectors and the creation of odors and other nuisances.
(4) 
All collection vehicles conveying nonputrescible municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials shall be capable of being enclosed or covered to prevent litter and other nuisances.
(5) 
All collection vehicles conveying municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials shall bear signs identifying the name and business address of the person or municipality which owns the vehicle and the specific type of material transported by the vehicle. All such signs shall have lettering which is at least six inches in height as required by Act 101.
B. 
All collection vehicles and equipment used by licensed collectors or licensed waste haulers shall be subject to inspection by the Township of Bristol or its authorized agents at any reasonable hour without prior notification.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17; 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
A. 
No person shall collect or remove any municipal waste from within Bristol Township without first obtaining written authorization from PADEP in accordance with the provisions of Act 90 and providing a copy of such written authorization to Bristol Township. This section shall not apply to private individuals (e.g., homeowners) who wish to transport their own household waste to PADEP-approved facilities or recyclables to appropriate recycling centers, nor to farmers, landscapers or nurserymen who collect, remove, haul or otherwise transport agricultural or other organic waste associated with their respective business activities.
B. 
For a collector or waste hauler to collect and transport municipal waste within Bristol Township, a collector or waste hauler shall submit a registration form to Bristol Township which shall include a copy of his or her state-issued written authorization, and a copy of his or her municipal and residual waste transporter authorization application (DEP form 2500-PM-BWM0015), along with the following information:
(1) 
A list of collection vehicles covered under the written authorization, including, as a minimum, the following information for each vehicle:
(a) 
Identification information for each vehicle (such as vehicle license number, vehicle registration number, or company identification number);
(b) 
Date and location of most recent vehicle inspection; and
(c) 
Hauling capacity of the vehicle.
(2) 
The type of municipal waste to be collected and transported.
(3) 
Certificate(s) of insurance evidencing that the waste hauler or collector has valid liability, automobile and workmen's compensation insurance in the minimum amounts established and required by separate resolution of the governing body of the municipality.
(4) 
If they are hauling or collecting source-separated recyclable materials in the municipality, identify the materials being hauled or collected and provide the following information for each vehicle:
(a) 
Identification information for each vehicle (such as vehicle license number, vehicle registration number, or company identification number);
(b) 
Date and location of most recent vehicle inspection; and
(c) 
Hauling capacity of the vehicle.
C. 
Any person who fails to satisfy the minimum standards and requirements of this article or is in violation of the provisions of this article may not lawfully collect municipal waste or source-separated material in Bristol Township.
D. 
All licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers shall meet the requirements of Act 90, Act 97, Act 101, the Bucks County Municipal Waste Management Plan, and all PADEP rules and regulations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 285).
[Amended 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
A. 
All licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers and collectors and haulers of source-separated recyclable materials operating within Bristol Township shall participate in the Bucks County Municipal Recycling Documentation Program. The program will provide a system for documenting the origin of municipal waste and source-separated recyclable material by municipality and the ultimate disposal point of said waste and recyclables. Each licensed collector and licensed waste hauler and collectors and haulers of source-separated recyclable materials operating in Bristol Township shall prepare and submit an annual report to the municipality on the Official Hauler Recyclables Reporting Form. The report shall be submitted by the PADEP-licensed collector or licensed waste hauler and collectors and haulers of source-separated recyclable materials to the Bristol Township by January 31 of each year and include all of the required information pertaining to the preceding calendar year.
B. 
All annual reports submitted to Bristol Township from licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers and collectors and haulers of source-separated recyclable materials shall be combined into a single report and submitted by Bristol Township on the Official Municipal Recyclables Reporting Form to Bucks County by February 28 of the year following the reporting period.
C. 
All licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers operating within the Township of Bristol shall participate in the Bucks County Municipal Waste Documentation Program. Said program shall be developed and put into operation by the county for the purpose of documenting the origin of municipal waste and source-separated recyclable material and the ultimate disposal point of said waste and recyclables. As part of the program, each licensed collector and licensed waste hauler shall prepare and submit a semiannual report to the Township of Bristol. The report for the first half of the year (January through June) shall be submitted on or before July 31 and the report for the second half of each year (July through December) shall be submitted by January 31 of the following year. At a minimum, the following information shall be included in each report:
(1) 
The total weight of municipal waste and source-separated recyclable materials collected from all sources within the municipality during each month of the reporting period.
(2) 
The name of each processing and/or disposal facility used during the reporting period and the total weight of municipal waste and/or source-separated recyclable materials delivered to each facility during each month of the reporting period.
(3) 
Any other information determined to be necessary during the development and implementation of the Bucks County Municipal Waste Documentation Program.
D. 
All semiannual reports submitted to the municipality from licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers shall be submitted by the municipality to the county by August 31 (covering January through June) and by February 28 of the following year (covering July through December).
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17; 5-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense. For purposes of this section, the doing of any act or thing prohibited by any provision of this article, or the failure to do any act or thing as to which any provision of this article creates any affirmative duty, shall constitute a violation of this article punishable as herein stated. Licensed collectors and licensed waste haulers who shall violate any provision of this article may be reported to the PADEP by Bristol Township and may be subject to the revocation of the state authorization to transport municipal waste, as described in Act 90. [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 27 Pa.CS.A.§ 6201.
The Township of Bristol may petition the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas for an injunction, either mandatory or prohibitive, in order to enforce any of the provisions of this article.
It is the intent of the Council of the Township of Bristol that this article be read in conjuncture with all other ordinances of the Township of Bristol, and in particular, Article IV of this chapter, adopted by the Council for the Township of Bristol on August 21, 1990. Should any part of this article conflict with any other ordinances or resolutions of the Township of Bristol, the most restrictive or that ordinance or resolution imposing the higher standard shall govern.