A.
All persons owning or managing multifamily residential and nonresidential properties shall establish, implement, and manage a program for the storage, collection, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal waste generated at their properties in compliance with Articles I and III of this part.
B.
Frequency of collection. Municipal waste for all multifamily residential
and nonresidential properties shall be collected as often as required
by volume and environmental conditions, but not less than once per
week.
Licenses for haulers shall be issued for the calendar year,
upon payment by each hauler of a fee as provided in the Borough Fee
Schedule.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in
the Borough offices.
Before the Secretary shall issue any license, the applicant
shall file with him proof of public liability insurance coverage of
all vehicles to be used in the Borough pursuant to such license, in
the amount of $10,000 for property damage for one claimant and $20,000
for one accident, and $100,000/$300,000 bodily injury liability.
No person shall engage in the commercial collection of refuse
produced upon premises in the Borough not owned or occupied by him
until his application shall have been approved by Borough Council
and a license issued by the same.
Applications for a refuse collector's license shall be
in the form prescribed by Council and shall contain at least the following
information:
A.
Applicant's name, address and date of application.
B.
Name and address of owner of collection vehicle.
C.
Make, serial number and Pennsylvania license number of each collection
vehicle.
D.
Proposed monthly rate and collection schedules.
E.
Statement that collector will deposit refuse only in a state- or
county-approved landfill, incinerator or facility.
Before approving the issuance of a license to any applicant,
Council shall examine the rate and collection schedules filed with
the application. Council shall refuse to approve a license to any
applicant whose rates are unreasonable or excessive or whose collection
schedule is inadequate. When a license has been issued and the collector's
rates approved by Council, said rates shall not thereafter be changed
during the calendar year for which the license is issued without the
approval of Council. The schedule of rates shall be based upon collection
of refuse from a point at the street line. The collector shall have
the right to make an additional reasonable charge for collection from
points beyond the street line or from within a building.
Council shall have the right, at any time, and without refund
of any part of the license fee, to suspend or revoke the license of
any collector for any of the following causes:
A.
False or misleading statements in the application for a license.
B.
Charging those to whom service is rendered in excess of the fees
contained in the approved rate schedule or failing to make collections
in accordance with approved route schedules. Lapse or cancellation
of insurance coverage.
C.
Collecting or transporting refuse in a careless or negligent manner
resulting in dirt, odor or any unsanitary condition.
D.
Failure to deposit refuse in a state- or county-approved landfill,
incinerator or facility.
E.
A violation or violations of any part of this part or other ordinances
of the Borough.
