[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. I]
This Part shall be known as the "Borough of Burnham Municipal
Solid Waste Ordinance."
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. II]
The following words and phrases when used in this Part shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings
given to them in this Section:
A person desirous of being authorized as a collector.
A person authorized to collect, transport, and dispose of
municipal waste from the Borough of Burnham, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Any establishment engaged in a non-manufacturing or non-processing
business including, but not limited to, stores, markets, office buildings,
restaurants, shopping centers, and theaters.
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking or placing of municipal waste into or on the land or water
in a manner that the waste or a constituent of the waste enters the
environment, is emitted into the air, or is discharged to the waters
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any site, facility, location, area, or premises to be used
for the disposal of municipal waste.
All animal and vegetable wastes attending or resulting from
the handling, dealing, storing, preparation, cooking, and consumption
of foods.
Any establishment engaged in manufacturing or processing
including, but not limited to, factories, foundries, mills, processing
plants, refineries, and the like.
Any establishment engaged in service to persons including,
but not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, schools
and universities.
The entire process, or any part thereof, of storage, collection,
transportation, processing, treatment, and disposal of municipal waste
by any person engaging in such process.
The Borough of Burnham, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste
and other material including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained
gaseous material resulting from operation of residential, municipal,
commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities
and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous
waste from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment
plant, waste water treatment plant, or air pollution control facility.
(Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act 97, § 103, 35.
P.S. § 6018.103).
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution,
cooperative enterprise, municipal authority, Federal government or
agency, State Institution and agency, or any legal entity whatsoever
which is recognized by law as being subject to the rights and duties
of a person.
An technology used for the purpose of reducing the volume
or bulk of municipal waste or any technology used to convert part
or all of such waste materials for off-site reuse. Processing facilities
include, but are not limited to, transfer facilities, composting facilities,
incinerators, recycling facilities, and resource recovery facilities.
The collective term applying to all garbage, rubbish, ashes,
leaves, and grass trimmings from residential, municipal, commercial,
or institutional premises.
At least three or more times per month.
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal, residual,
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semi-solid or contained
gaseous materials. (Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act 97, § 103,
35 P.S. § 6018.103).
The containment of any municipal waste on a temporary basis
in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such waste, and
it shall be presumed that the containment of any municipal waste in
excess of one year constitutes disposal.
The off-site removal of any municipal waste generated or
present at any time from the Borough of Burnham, said Borough being
located in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. III]
1.
General. It shall be the duty of every owner of property and every
person occupying any dwelling unit, premises or place of business
within the Borough where municipal waste is produced and is accumulated,
by his own expense and cost to provide and keep at all times, a sufficient
number of containers to hold all municipal waste which may accumulate
during the intervals between collection of such municipal waste by
an authorized collector.
2.
Storage on Residential Properties.
A.
Containers. All municipal waste accumulated by owners of each residential
property and/or the occupants of residential properties shall be placed
in containers for collection by an authorized collector. The containers
shall be durable, water tight, and made of metal or plastic. Securely
tied plastic bags may be used in cases where such bags can be used
without being torn open by domestic or wild animals. The size of each
such container shall not exceed a thirty-two gallon capacity. However,
large containers designed for use with special hoisting equipment
may be used if the collector serving the residence uses collection
vehicles with special hoisting equipment.
B.
Location of Containers. Each municipal waste container shall be located
or shall be placed on the day of collection so as to be accessible
to the collector at ground level and at a point on the curb line of
the street, or within no less than 10 feet of the public street or
alley from which collection from a vehicle can be made pursuant to
a previously announced route of collection, notification of which
has been given by the collector. Failure to place containers at such
locations may result in discontinuance of service.
3.
Storage on Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Properties.
A.
Containers. Storage of municipal waste on commercial, institutional
and industrial properties shall be done in the same type of containers
as are required for residential properties except that containers
larger than 32 gallons may be used, where needed, to accommodate larger
volumes of municipal waste. Such containers shall be kept in good
working order.
B.
Location of Containers. Containers for collection at commercial,
institutional and industrial properties shall be located on such premises
at a place which shall not interfere with public or private sidewalks,
driveways, roads, streets, highways or entrances and exits of public
or private buildings.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. IV; as amended by Ord. 1995-2,
3/14/1995]
1.
Unauthorized Collection and Transportation. It shall be unlawful
for any person, other than such persons as are duly authorized by
the Borough of Burnham, to collect and transport solid waste of any
nature as a regular hauling business within or from the Borough. Authorization
shall be given only as set forth below.
2.
Licensing Procedure. Authorization to collect, transport, and dispose
of municipal waste for persons other than oneself may be given only
by the Borough of Burnham through the issuance of a license. All applications
for licensing shall be approved in accordance with the following:
A.
Eligible Persons. Municipal solid waste collection licenses may be
issued to only those persons who can provide satisfactory evidence
that they are capable of providing the necessary services and can
comply with the provisions and intent of this Part. The Borough reserves
the right to disapprove any application for license.
B.
Application Procedure. Applicants for a municipal solid waste collection
license must furnish the following information:
(1)
The make, model, license plate number, and size of each vehicle
to be used for collection and transportation.
(2)
The location, address, and telephone number of the business
office of the applicant.
(3)
A certificate of the applicant's workmen's compensation
insurance as required by law.
(4)
A certificate of insurance coverage providing complete third-party
comprehensive, bodily injury and property damage liability insurance,
the limits of which shall not be less than $100,000/$300,000 for bodily
injury $50,000 for property damage.
(5)
Any other information which the Borough may request and deem
necessary prior to the issuance of a license and which shall be adopted
by resolution of Borough Council.
C.
Issuance. Licenses shall be issued on a calendar year basis, by the
Borough Secretary or other person authorized by Borough Council, but
may be revoked at any time by the Borough for failure to comply with
the provisions of this Part.
D.
Fees. Fees for licenses shall be set by resolution of the Borough
Council of the Borough of Burnham and the amount thereof shall be
provided to any applicant or other person upon request. The said license
fee shall not be divisible or prorated for a fraction of a year or
refundable for any reason. Nonetheless, collectors previously licensed
who have paid a fee per Burnham Borough Ord. 1964-7 shall, upon approval
of application hereunder, be credited with the amount paid for any
current calendar year license issued per Ord. 1964-7, towards the
license fee for an initial license per this Part.
E.
License and Capacity. Each vehicle must prominently display the name
and number of the license and the cubic yard capacity of the vehicle's
body.
3.
Rates. Collectors shall only levy such charges and rates for collection
as approved by the Borough Council subject to the following:
A.
Collector shall notify "the Borough" in writing by certified mail
of any proposed rate changes and shall submit therewith its proposed
amended schedule of rates.
B.
Within 30 days of receipt of said certified mail notice, collector
shall be available at a meeting arranged by "Borough" between "Borough"
and collector to discuss said rate changes.
C.
"Borough" shall in its sole discretion approve in whole or par or
disapprove in whole or part said suggested rates changes within 30
days of said meeting.
D.
Notice of said decision by "Borough" and of the reason therefor shall
be given by "municipality" to collector in writing by certified mail
within 30 days of the aforesaid meeting.
4.
Municipal Collection System. The said license shall be granted subject
to the right of the "Borough" at any time that it may so determine,
to establish a municipality operated collection system, and said license
shall terminate without refund upon the effective date of institution
of such a municipality operated collection system.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. V]
1.
Prevention of Spillage. Any person transporting solid waste within
the Borough shall prevent or remedy any spillage from vehicles or
containers used in the transport of such solid waste.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. VI]
1.
Designated Facilities. All municipal waste produced, collected, and
transported from within the jurisdictional limits of the Borough shall
be to the extent permitted by law, disposed of at the disposal facilities
designated in the Solid Waste Management Plan for Mifflin County,
as adopted by Mifflin County and by the Mifflin County Solid Waste
Authority. In the absence of such designated facilities, or until
such facilities become operational in compliance with applicable State
permits, and/or in the absence of such currently effective Solid Waste
Management Plan, then all municipal waste from the Borough must be
disposed of at a State-permitted facility.
2.
State Policy Basis. The provisions aforesaid in this § 106(1),
"Designated Facilities" have been adopted pursuant to the clearly
articulated and affirmatively expressed policy of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, stated in the Solid Waste Management Act, Act 97
of 1980, § 202 (35 P.S. § 6018.202).
3.
Notice to Collectors. If the Borough designates the disposal facilities
as provided for above, all authorized collectors and other interested
persons shall be informed of the location and other information pertaining
to the designated disposal facilities to be used for the disposal
of municipal waste collected, transported, removed, and disposed.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. VII]
1.
Individuals Not Engaged in Collection. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to prohibit any residential property occupant not regularly
engaged in the business of collecting municipal waste from hauling
his own municipal waste on an irregular and unscheduled basis to a
State-permitted disposal facility.
2.
Farming Activities. Nothing container herein shall prohibit a farmer
from carrying out the normal activities of his farming operation,
including composting and spreading of manure or other farm-produced
agricultural waste.
3.
Hazardous and Residual Waste. The provisions of this Part do not
apply to anything but the storage, collection, transportation, and
disposal of municipal waste and do not apply, therefore, to hazardous
or residual waste as defined by the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management
Act.
[Ord. 1986-3, 5/14/1986, Art. VIII; as amended by Ord. 1995-2,
3/14/1995]
1.
Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
2.
Additional Remedies. In addition to the foregoing penalty, the Borough
Secretary or any other person authorized by the Borough, may require
the owner or occupant of a property to remove any accumulation of
solid waste and should said person fail to remove such solid waste
after 10 days following written notice, it shall constitute a public
nuisance and the Borough may cause the solid waste to be collected
and disposed of with the cost and expense for such actions to be charged
to the owner and/or occupant of the property and collected therefrom
in a manner provided by law including, but not limited to, the entering
of a municipal claim or lien against the land affected as provided
by law.
3.
Abatement. The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall
not preclude the Borough form instituting appropriate actions or proceedings
in equity or otherwise to prevent the violation of this Part, to restrain,
correct or abate any such violation, or to prevent any act, conduct,
business or activity constituting a violation.
