[Adopted 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 313]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. I, Landfill Use or Incineration
Required, adopted 6-23-1958 by Ord. No. 54, was repealed at time of
adoption of Code.
[Amended 5-6-1996 by Ord. No. 436; 10-7-1996 by Ord. No. 438]
A.
Only single-family dwellings and duplexes shall be eligible for municipal
trash collection in the Borough of Buena, provided that the owner,
lessee, occupant or other person having control of each dwelling unit
places and makes readily accessible for collection and removal of
residential trash suitable and sufficient covered containers for such
purpose in accordance with the provisions of this article.
B.
Where the owner of a building or apartment house containing three
dwelling units resides in one of the units and rents the two remaining
units located in said building, all three residential dwelling units
shall be eligible for municipal trash collection.
C.
No dwelling unit shall be disqualified for trash collection because
it is in common ownership with other dwelling units in the Borough
of Buena, whether or not located on the same lot with other dwelling
units.
Receptacles for the collection of mixed garbage, trash and rubbish
from within the Borough of Buena may be made of metal, plastic or
wood or may consist of heavy-duty plastic bags or cardboard boxes
properly tied, none of which shall exceed 50 pounds when full. All
such containers shall have lids to prevent mixed garbage, trash or
rubbish from spilling on the ground or roadway prior to collection.
Receptacles for ashes shall be metallic containers of such size
that can be handled by one man and so constructed as to prevent the
spilling or leaking of their contents, and such receptacles shall
not be filled higher than three inches below the top of the container.
Containers or receptacles from which mixed garbage, ashes, trash
and rubbish are to be collected shall be placed near the gutter line
or curbline of each property by the owner, lessee, agent, occupant
or other person having control of such residential property so as
to be easily collected from the roadway, but such containers or receptacles
shall not be placed so near the gutter line or roadway as to project
therein or as to interfere with vehicles lawfully using said street
or roadway. No container or receptacle shall be placed at the gutter
line prior to 5:00 p.m. of the day immediately preceding the day of
collection, and all such containers or receptacles shall be removed
from the gutter line promptly but no later than 7:00 p.m. of the day
of collection.
Rubbish which is not suitable for placement in containers or
receptacles, such as light brush or wood, shall be properly bundled
and tied in such a manner that it can be handled by one man. Ashes
shall not be placed in the same receptacle with garbage or mixed trash
but shall be placed in separate containers as above described.
No person shall throw, lay, deposit or leave or cause to be
thrown, lain, deposited or left in or upon any street, avenue, roadway,
sidewalk or public thoroughfares any mixed garbage, ashes, trash or
rubbish of any kind whatsoever.
In the interpretation of this article, the following words shall
have the definitions hereinafter stated:
The residue from fires used for cooking foods and heating
buildings, as well as floor sweepings, which may accumulate in connection
with the ordinarily general use of dwellings and apartment houses.
Meat, vegetable solids and foodstuffs resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods and considered
to originate principally in kitchens.
Includes all lawn cuttings and rakings, including twigs,
leaves raked from a lawn, light brush or wood not over six feet in
length, not exceeding 50 pounds and properly bundled and tied; provided,
however, that leaves shall not be placed for collection during the
fall season beginning at a time as determined by the Council of the
Borough of Buena when residents are requested to rake leaves into
roadway gutters for collection by Borough trucks.
Any and all wastes other than ashes or garbage, including
paper, cans, straw, small pieces of metal, bottles, glass and combustible
materials from domestic use, cardboard boxes and other articles or
refuse, discarded by householders in the usual and ordinary course
of living; provided, however, that the same must be properly broken
up and placed in containers or bundles for convenient handling.
The Council of the Borough of Buena may, in addition to the
within article, adopt rules and regulations pertaining to the collection,
removal and disposal of garbage, rubbish, ashes and other refuse matter
within the Borough of Buena, by resolution, as it may deem appropriate
for the proper collection of such garbage, rubbish, ashes or trash.
No person shall place for collection by the company or person
collecting mixed garbage, ashes, trash and rubbish pursuant to a contract
with the Borough of Buena any earth, stone, plaster, wood or other
material from excavating or from constructing, altering or repairing
any buildings.
