[Adopted 12-11-1972 by Ord. No. 379 (Ch. XX, Part 2, of the
1975 Borough Code)]
[Amended 11-10-1980 by Ord. No. 485]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Signifies each separate business, commercial, institutional
or industrial user and includes churches, schools or any other separate
user, whether contained in its own unit or in a complex, not classified
as a domestic user.
A single-family unit, either housed in a single-family home,
duplex house unit, apartment building or any other complex, but shall
not include public or nonprofit elderly housing.
Includes waste matter which is produced or accumulated in
the usual and ordinary operation of homes and places of business and
shall not include waste building materials, roofing materials, wooden
boxes, barrels and ashes or waste arising from industrial processes.
There is hereby imposed upon each property located within the
Borough of Palmyra a quarter-annual charge, payable as hereinafter
provided, for the garbage and refuse service provided by the Borough,
either directly or indirectly based on the rates as hereinafter fixed.
[Amended 11-10-1980 by Ord. No. 485; 1-12-1981 by Ord. No. 490]
The charges for the garbage and refuse service as provided by
ordinance of this Borough shall be as follows:
A.
The rate for each domestic user shall be fixed by resolution of the
Borough Council and shall be charged against the owner of the property,
payable as hereinafter provided.
B.
The Borough Manager is authorized and directed to establish charges
for all users other than domestic users according to classifications
based upon the frequency of service, the quantity and types of garbage
and refuse and the equipment required and supplied for each type of
user. The charges fixed for each classification shall be approved
by the Borough Council. The applicable rate shall be charged against
the owner or owners of the property and shall be payable as hereinafter
provided.
[Amended 11-14-1977 by Ord. No. 454; 10-24-1994 by Ord. No. 606; 5-22-1995 by Ord. No. 613; 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 622; 9-28-2009 by Ord. No.
711]
A.
The charges against each property fixed at the rates established
in accordance with this article shall be determined by the number
of users in each property as they exist at the beginning of each billing
period. All bills shall be rendered quarterly or by any other periodic
billing as may be provided by resolution of Borough Council. All delinquent
charges and all penalties thereon shall be a lien on the property
served and may be entered as a lien against such property in the Office
of the Prothonotary of Lebanon County and collected in the manner
provided by law for the filing and collection of municipal liens.
The Borough may take other action as appropriate when charges are
delinquent including, but not limited to, the termination of service
to the delinquent property until satisfaction in full of all arrearages,
penalties, interest, costs and charges.
B.
The day of payment shall be the date the payment is received at the
Borough office. All charges not paid within 30 days of the invoice
date shall be subject to an initial penalty of 1.5% of the amount
of the unpaid balance. All charges not paid within 60 days of the
date of the invoice shall be subject to an additional penalty of 6%
of the amount of the unpaid balance.
[Amended 3-12-2020 by Ord. No. 803]
All delinquent accounts shall be subject to stoppage of service
without prior notice. Service will be resumed thereafter only on payment
of the delinquent charges. The Borough shall also have the right to
proceed for the collection of such unpaid charges by an action of
assumpsit. In addition, the Borough may proceed in any manner provided
by law for the collection of a municipal claim.
The Borough Council may adopt from time to time such other rules
and regulations as may be required for the proper administration of
this service.
[Amended 12-16-2002 by Ord. No. 661[1]]
It is the purpose of the Borough Council to make available to
the persons and establishments residing in or carrying on business
within the Borough of Palmyra an essential health service and to provide
for the expense of performing such service, including the disposal
of the garbage and refuse so collected. Any person misusing this service
by bringing into the Borough of Palmyra garbage or refuse having its
origin as such outside the Borough of Palmyra shall be subject to
a penalty of not less than $100, nor more than $600, plus costs of
prosecution, for each and every separate occurrence in violation of
the provision.
