[Adopted 6-8-2010 by Ord. No. 192]
A.
The Township shall be permitted to make assessment of collection
costs and attorneys' fees by the Township as to accounts of users
of the public trash and recycling services should required payments
for services by any user remain delinquent in excess of 30 days of
the date required for any such payments;
B.
Assessment of costs and fees shall be in accordance with a schedule
of costs and fees that may from time to time be adopted by the Township;
C.
The amount assessed by the Township pursuant to this article and
the Township's schedule of costs and fees shall be collectible and
enforceable by the Township by any means provided in accordance with
applicable law, regulations and ordinances.
It is declared that the enactment of this article is necessary
for the protection, benefit and preservation of the health, safety
and welfare of the inhabitants of this Township.
[Added 7-12-2011 by Ord. No. 196]
A.
All residential
trash and recycling shall be picked up by the approved Township trash
collector; except those properties required by the original ordinance
to have private pickup.
B.
The trash/recycling
bills shall be due and payable on or before May 31 of each year and
shall thereafter be subject to a ten-percent penalty.
[Amended 2-12-2013 by Ord. No. 203]
C.
Any trash/recycling
bill that is 90 days delinquent shall be turned over to the Solicitor
for collection, and the property shall be subject to having a municipal
lien being filed, together with court costs, interest, and reasonable
attorney fees.
D.
In addition
to the penalties prescribed above, the township reserves the right
to order the approved trash collector to discontinue picking up the
trash and recycling from any location that is delinquent in the payment
of the trash fee.
