[Adopted 7-10-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-9]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated.
Branches and shrubs suitable for disposal in a chipper. Brush
does not include grass clippings, leaves, cuttings, twigs or miscellaneous
organic matter.
The placement of yard waste in a trash can, bucket, bag or
other container sufficient to prevent the yard waste from spilling
or blowing into the street.
Any person, persons, company or other entity hired for the
purpose of altering, cleaning, clearing, removing, pruning, maintaining
or modifying the lawn, trees, shrubs, plantings or other natural materials
on a property.
[Added 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
Small diameter branches collected from yards or pruned from
trees or shrubs. Cuttings and twigs are too small for disposal in
a chipper.
Leaves collected from yard areas exclusive of grass clippings,
cuttings, twigs, brush or other organic matter.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive,
or other way which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
unimproved, and may include pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs, sidewalks,
parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
Brush, cuttings and twigs, grass clippings and miscellaneous
organic material resulting from yard maintenance.
[Amended 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
No person shall sweep, rake, blow or otherwise
place yard waste in a street except as permitted by this article.
Any person placing yard waste in a street except as permitted by this
ordinance shall be in violation of this ordinance and subject to the
fines and penalties set forth below.
The owner of property from which yard waste
has been removed and unlawfully left in the street, whether or not
the owner is the person who caused the waste to be placed in the street
in the first instance, shall be responsible for removing the yard
waste from the street forthwith and, upon failing to do so after notice
by the Borough, shall be in violation of this article. In the absence
of the owner, the tenant or other occupant of the property shall be
responsible for removing the prohibited yard waste.
A.Â
Leaves may be placed in a Borough-owned street for
collection by the Borough no more than seven days immediately prior
to a scheduled collection. Leaves will be scheduled for collection
by the Borough on an ongoing basis, as often as practicable, during
the period from October 1 to January 1 and from April 1 to June 1.
Scheduled collections will be announced through local newspapers and
by notices posted in the municipal building. Leaves placed in the
street in anticipation of collections during the period from October
1 to January 1 need not be containerized. Leaves placed in a Borough-owned
street in anticipation of collections during the period April 1 to
June 1 must be containerized. When containerized, the leaves must
be contained in bags which when full shall not weigh more than 45
pounds per bag. Whether or not containerized, leaves placed in the
street for collection shall not include grass clippings or other yard
waste.
B.Â
The placement of uncontainerized leaves in a street
owned by the county or state shall be subject to regulation by them.
However, containerized leaves may be placed in a state or county street
for collection by the Borough during the period from April 1 to June
1, subject to the weight limitations set forth above.
C.Â
Other yard waste, exclusive of grass clippings, may
be placed in any street during the day immediately prior to a collection
scheduled by the Borough for that type of yard waste and at no other
time. All such yard waste shall be containerized, except brush must
be stacked neatly with the large end of the trunk or stem facing the
street and need not be tied or containerized. Tree trunks and limbs
in excess of six inches in diameter will not be collected except in
compliance with regulations governing bulk trash service as provided
in the Borough Code. Grass clippings may not be included or mixed
with this waste. Placing grass clippings in the street, whether or
not containerized, is prohibited at all times.
[Amended 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
D.Â
Weekly collections shall be scheduled as follows:
E.Â
To the
extent yard waste is permitted by this article to be placed in the
street in bags or containers, no more than 20 bags or containers may
be placed at the curb for collection at any one time. Yard waste permitted
to be placed in the street without bags or containers shall be placed
in a pile no larger than four feet wide by four feet high by 15 feet
long. Each property is limited to one such pile per week.
[Added 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
[Amended 12-7-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-11]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply
with any provision of this article or any regulation promulgated pursuant
thereto shall receive at least one warning before an enforcement action
is brought but thereafter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
$500. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
