The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use and placement
of dumpsters and portable storage units in public areas located within
the Township of Logan and to prescribe penalties for the failure to
comply.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DUMPSTER
Any container that has the ability or capacity to hold more
than two fifty-gallon trash cans of debris, or any container used
for the purpose of holding or storing debris, refuse, vegetation,
material and/or discarded personal property.
PUBLIC AREA
Includes any street, sidewalk, highway, public lane, alley,
right-of-way, Township parking lot or other public place in the Township.
No person shall place or utilize a dumpster or permit a dumpster
to be placed on or within a public area in the Township of Logan without
first having obtained a permit from the Zoning Office and after written
approval from the Police Department.
If the dumpster is not removed at the expiration of the time
allowed by the permit, the Construction Code Official shall notify
the owner that he/she has three days in which to have the dumpster
removed from the premises. In the event the owner fails to comply,
the dumpster shall be deemed to have been abandoned, and the Construction
Code Official may arrange for its removal and the disposal of its
contents. The costs associated with the removal of the dumpster and
the disposal of its contents shall be a municipal lien against the
property. A detailed statement of the aforesaid costs shall be certified
by the Construction Code Official and forwarded to the Township Council,
which shall examine the certification and, if found correct, shall
cause the same to be filed with the Tax Collector and a copy forwarded
to the property owner. This amount shall be charged against the land
and shall become a lien upon such lands and shall bear interest at
the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the
Tax Collector.
Each day a dumpster is placed or utilized in violation of the
terms of this article shall constitute a separate offense. Each offense
hereunder is punishable by a fine of not more than $100 per day.