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Township of Daugherty, PA
Beaver County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Daugherty 6-8-1983 by Ord. No. 72. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES

Solid waste — See Ch. 136.

§ 95-1
Definitions. 

§ 95-2
Accumulation and depositing prohibited. 

§ 95-3
Exceptions. 

§ 95-4
Violations and penalties. 

Such terms used in this chapter as are defined in the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act,

Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
the Act of July 7, 1980, P.L. 380, No. 97, as amended, shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in said Act.

From and after the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit the accumulation of any residual waste, solid waste or hazardous waste, as those terms are defined in the aforementioned statute, on any land in the Township owned by such person, or for any person to cast upon or place upon any lot or parcel of land within the Township or upon the shores or margin of any stream or body of water or into any sewer inlet or upon any road, street, berm or sidewalk within the Township any such wastes.

This chapter shall not be construed to apply to either agricultural waste, food processing waste or normal farming operations, as defined in the aforementioned Solid Waste Management Act; except, for purposes of this chapter, "normal farming operations" shall not include the agricultural utilization of septic tank cleanings and sewage sludges which are generated off site.

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution for each offense and, upon default of payment of such fine, shall be committed to the Beaver County jail for a period not to exceed 90 days. Each day during which any violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.