[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the Municipality
of Monroeville 12-9-1980 by Ord.
No. 1254. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Where appearing in this chapter, the following words shall have
the following definitions:
Any mechanical contrivance which was constructed or manufactured
primarily for the purpose of transportation of persons and, in the
case of station wagons, which was intended to be convertible to the
use of hauling material of any kind within the same area as the operator
of such would be stationed during the operation of such vehicle.
Waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food;
market refuse; waste from the handling, storage and sale of produce;
contaminated or soiled foods; offal from hotels, institutions, stores
and markets; and any other animal or vegetable waste or remnants.
"Garbage" shall also include any paper or similar waste material mixed
with garbage as herein defined in the normal course of household,
institutional or commercial operation.
Any place where garbage and trash is dumped, spread, mixed,
stored, reduced, treated, burned or otherwise disposed of.
Any individual, company, partnership, firm, limited partnership,
association or corporation.
All paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree
branches, yard and grounds trimmings, bedding, cans, metal, glass,
crockery, mineral refuse, building material and substance, ashes and
any other similar substances.
Any mechanical contrivance other than an automobile or station
wagon as herein defined, capable of transporting garbage or trash
as herein defined, regardless of whether such mechanical contrivance
was constructed or manufactured primarily for the purpose of hauling
such material.
All landfills or disposal sites in existence at the effective
date of this chapter, be and the same, are hereby confined in their
physical limits in the areas now actually used and directly employed
in the disposal of garbage and trash and may not be enlarged or expanded
beyond the present physical limits of such areas, which shall be marked
with permanent markers as determined by the Municipal Engineer.
All landfills or disposal sites within the Municipality shall
be subject to the regulatory and licensing provisions of this chapter
as to landfills or disposal sites.
A.Â
All landfills or disposal sites must conform to the requirements
and regulations as imposed by the Department of Environmental Resources[1] and/or Allegheny County Health Department and be properly
licensed by the Department of Environmental Resources, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, for operation of a landfill or disposal site and,
in addition, must maintain a valid Department of Environmental Resources
permit as a condition of continued operation. In addition, the Municipality
imposes the following regulations:
(1)Â
All streets and surrounding public roads used in the transportation
of trash and refuse to and from landfills or disposal sites must be
maintained free and clear of mud and debris specifically attributable
to vehicles utilizing the landfill or disposal site. The operator
of the landfill or disposal site is responsible for the maintenance
of the roads in the area to ensure that debris attributable to trucks
utilizing the landfill is moved on a timely basis and that measures
are taken to remove mud and debris prior to vehicles entering public
streets.
(2)Â
In the event that paper or other garbage or trash is spread by unusual
wind or weather conditions to areas beyond the landfill or disposal
site area, then within 24 hours such paper, garbage or trash shall
be collected and returned to the landfill or disposal site area for
proper disposition.
(3)Â
No noxious odors shall be allowed.
(4)Â
On a regular basis, a duly authorized agent of the Municipality of
Monroeville shall inspect separately or shall accompany the Department
of Environmental Resources and Allegheny County Health Department
Inspectors on regularly scheduled and nonscheduled inspections for
the purpose of verifying that the standards established by the regulatory
agencies are being adhered to and ascertaining that the additional
regulations imposed by the Municipality are likewise being adhered
to.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Department was reorganized into the Department
of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources by Act 1995-18.
B.Â
Inspection reports by the duly authorized agent of the Municipality
of Monroeville shall be available for public view at reasonable times
and shall be transmitted to the Municipal Council and the Municipal
Manager upon completion.
Any vehicle hauling garbage or trash through the Municipality
to any landfill or disposal site in the Municipality shall conform
to the following:
A.Â
It shall have a metal body.
B.Â
The body shall be watertight and hold 12 inches of water, if it hauls
liquids, without overflow.
C.Â
The body must not be of open design, and, if of nonpacker variety,
it must have metal covers so arranged that a minimum portion of the
body is open during loading and hauling.
D.Â
The exterior of the vehicle shall be kept painted.
E.Â
The interior and exterior of the vehicle shall be kept clean so as
not to make an unsightly appearance and/or emit odors.
F.Â
Each vehicle shall be kept in good mechanical condition.
Before any vehicle is used for the transportation of garbage
or trash through any part of the Municipality of Monroeville while
en route to any landfill or disposal site within the Municipality
of Monroeville, said vehicle shall be licensed by the Municipality
of Monroeville as herein provided.
A.Â
The following shall be the procedure and requirements for the licensing of vehicles pursuant to § 245-6 hereof:
(1)Â
Application. The owner and/or operator of said vehicle regarding licensing pursuant to § 245-6 hereof shall make application to the Municipality for a license, said application to be made upon forms provided by the Municipality and which shall contain requests and provisions for the following information as well as any further information deemed relevant by the Municipality:
(a)Â
The name of the owner.
(b)Â
The name of the lessee, if any.
(c)Â
The make, year and model of the vehicle.
(d)Â
The manufacturer's number of the vehicle.
(e)Â
The load capacity of the vehicle.
(f)Â
The body type of the vehicle.
(g)Â
The Pennsylvania registration number and the Pennsylvania license
number.
(h)Â
The Allegheny County registration number.
(i)Â
The appropriate number of trips to be made into the Municipality
per day.
(j)Â
The locality or localities from which the garbage or trash is
to be collected.
(k)Â
The name of the person or persons with whom the applicant has
contracts for the hauling or disposal of garbage.
(2)Â
Annual license. Any vehicle may be licensed annually at a license fee as provided in Chapter 194, Fees. Such license shall entitled said vehicle to be operated within the Municipality during the term of said license and so long as the vehicle bears a license sticker issued by the Municipality. All annual licenses shall expire on the 31st day of December following the effective date of said license.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
(3)Â
Monthly license. Any vehicle may be licensed on a monthly basis at a license fee as provided in Chapter 194, Fees. Such license shall entitle said vehicle to be operated within the Municipality during the month or months specified in the license issued by the Municipality if carried in said vehicle and so long as the vehicle bears a license sticker issued by the Municipality.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
(4)Â
Daily license. Any vehicle may be operated on a daily basis at a license fee as provided in Chapter 194, Fees. Such license shall entitle said vehicle to be operated within the Municipality on the day specified in the license and so long as a copy of the license by the Municipality is carried in said vehicle.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
(5)Â
Automobiles and station wagons. Any automobile or station wagon may be licensed on a daily basis at a license fee as provided in Chapter 194, Fees. Such license shall entitle said automobile or station wagon to be operated within the Municipality during the day or days specified in the license and so long as a copy of the license issued by the Municipality is carried in said automobile or station wagon.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
(6)Â
Payment of fees. All license fees shall be payable at the time of
submission of the application to the Municipality.
(7)Â
Inspection of vehicles. Before licensing, the Municipality of Monroeville
or its duly authorized agent may require inspection of vehicle to
be licensed in order to determine whether said vehicle conforms to
the requirements of this chapter.
(8)Â
Issuance of license. If after application and inspection, if inspection
is required, the Municipality of Monroeville or its duly authorized
constituted agent finds that the application is in order, the license
fee paid and the vehicle conforms to requirements of this chapter,
the Municipal Manager or his duly authorized agent shall be authorized
to issue a license for said vehicle along with a license sticker if
applicable.
B.Â
The license issued for any vehicle, whether an annual, monthly or
daily license, shall not be transferable to any other vehicle, except
upon due application to the Municipality for transfer of said license
to another vehicle and upon surrender of any license sticker which
was previously issued in connection with said license.
C.Â
The licensing provisions herein as to vehicles do not apply to vehicles
owned by a Municipal corporation or body politic hauling trash solely
within the Municipality of Monroeville.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter relating
to landfills shall, upon conviction before any District Justice within
Allegheny County, be subject to the payment of a fine of not more
than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of
such fine and costs, to confinement in the Allegheny County Jail for
a period of not less than 30 days.
[Amended 7-8-1997 by Ord.
No. 2042]
The owner of any vehicle or operator of any vehicle or any person
in charge of any landfill or disposal site permitting any vehicle
to dump or deposit garbage or trash at any dump, where said vehicle
has not been licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall, upon conviction
before any District Justice in Allegheny County, be subject to the
payment of a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
The Municipality shall have the power, through appropriate proceedings
in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enjoin any violation of
the provisions of this chapter.
