All refuse accumulated in the Borough shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Borough; provided, however, that the Borough Secretary (hereinafter referred to as "Secretary") may require, subject to the provisions set forth hereinafter, the following persons to personally collect, convey and dispose of that refuse in accordance with all regulations for collection, conveyance and disposal prescribed in this Part or made by Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as "Council"), or to pay such additional fees as may be required for the removal of that refuse:
A. 
Any person whose accumulated refuse at each time of collection is excess of three thirty-two-gallon containers or their equivalent by weight or volume, if such collection constitutes an unreasonable burden upon the Borough's garbage collector.
B. 
Any commercial or industrial establishment whose refuse contains confidential material.
C. 
Any person whose refuse, by its size or nature, is unreasonably difficult and/or dangerous to be collected by the Borough's refuse collector, as determined by the Secretary.
D. 
Any person whose particular property includes more than four dwelling units.
E. 
Any commercial property producing "large-commercial waste," as defined in Article I of this Part.
F. 
No waste shall be collected by the Borough from any and all restaurants, and it is the responsibility of those businesses to contract with a third party for the removal of the waste.
[Added 12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 1007]
Council may have garbage and rubbish collected separately.
The cost of the service for collection of refuse under this Part, as may be fixed from time to time by Council, shall be borne and paid by the owner of the premises from which refuse is collected or upon which refuse is accumulated and disposed of, and the person producing the refuse, or responsible for the existence or disposal of it, or for whom the refuse is removed, if that person is not the owner, shall be jointly and severally liable with the owner for the payment of that cost.
Council is authorized to contract for the performance of the services provided by this Part and to award a contract for the service from time to time for such period of time as shall be determined by Council, which contract shall require the contractor to assume all responsibility for the collection of refuse in the Borough in accordance with the provisions of this Part and regulations, orders and specifications provided under the authority of this Part, and to convey, dump and dispose of all such refuse at a facility designated by the Borough and to fix and regulate, in a manner not inconsistent with the terms of this Part, and the manner, method and time of collecting and conveying refuse, the type of equipment required for the purpose and the price to be paid for the performance of the contract and the time or times for the payment for the service.
A. 
The collection and disposal of refuse in the Borough shall be under the supervision of the Secretary. He shall have authority, subject to the approval of Council, to make regulations concerning the days of collection, type of collection and disposal as he may deem advisable, and to change and modify those regulations after notice as required by law, provided that the regulations are not contrary to the provisions of this Part.
B. 
The Secretary is authorized, with approval of Council, to arrange date schedules for the collection of refuse in the various categories and sections of the Borough and shall give public notice of the schedules.
All persons within the Borough, other than those excluded under § 241-4, shall dispose of refuse by the municipal collection service only, and no person shall transport or dispose of refuse by any means not approved by this Part or by the Secretary.
A. 
The Secretary is authorized, with approval of Council, to make regulations concerning the hauling of refuse collected outside the Borough over the streets of the Borough.
B. 
No refuse shall be hauled over the streets of the Borough except in a watertight vehicle provided with a tight cover so as to prevent offensive odors escaping from the vehicle and refuse from being blown, dropped or spilled from the vehicle.
Ownership of refuse set out for collection shall be vested in the Borough.