Township of Pocono, PA Article III Municipal Waste

§ 356-13 Preparation and storage of municipal waste.

Any person accumulating or storing municipal waste on private or public property in the Township for any purpose whatsoever shall place the same or cause the same to be placed in sanitary closed or covered containers in accordance with the following standards:

A. Containers used for the storage of municipal waste shall be of metal, plastic or fiberglass construction; rust and corrosion resistant; and equipped with lids and waterproof.

B. All municipal waste must be stored, collected, processed, transported and disposed of in accordance with the Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Plan and the Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Ordinance.

[Added 9-30-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-11]

C. No person, except the occupants of the property on which a waste container is placed, a licensed hauler and/or the Township Zoning Officer shall remove the lids of the container and/or remove the contents thereof.

§ 356-14 Required collection and hours of collection.

A. If a person or establishment (being so authorized by the terms hereof) collects and removes their own municipal waste, they shall do so at a minimum of every 14 days or at shorter intervals in order to prevent odors, vectors or accumulations of refuse or garbage that are unsafe, unsightly or potentially harmful to the public health. Any municipal waste so removed shall be disposed of in accordance with the requirements of this chapter.

B. No person other than a licensed hauler shall collect or remove municipal waste from any other person's property. All agreements for collection, transportation and disposition of municipal waste shall be by private contract between the owner or occupant of the property where the waste is generated and the licensed hauler who is to collect such waste.

C. Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Township to implement public collection of solid waste either by entering into contracts or by engaging in any collection practice permitted by law or to otherwise arrange or contract for Township cleanup days, including but not limited to scheduling, designating place where Township residents may dispose of waste items, designating the hauler to remove the items so deposited (whether licensed hereunder or not) and designating the place where the items will be disposed of, whether a municipal waste landfill or not.

D. Nothing in this section shall modify the requirements in this chapter pertaining to separation and disposal of recyclables. Nothing in this section shall impair the ability of the Township to provide a system of placement or removal and public collection of leaf waste or the Township residents to utilize such system of public collection of leaf waste, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

E. Solid waste collection from commercial and institutional establishments shall only take place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Solid waste collection from industrial establishments shall only take place between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

[Added 9-17-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-13; amended 8-5-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-04]

§ 356-15 Transportation of municipal waste.

A. Any person transporting municipal waste within the Township shall prevent or remedy any spillage or leakage from vehicles or containers used in the transport of such municipal waste.

B. All persons authorized to collect municipal waste shall do so in vehicles that are provided with either closed, covered containers or which have measures taken to prevent waste from being blown or failing from the vehicle.

C. The transfer of waste from one collection vehicle to another may not take place in the Township, except on private property in those areas of the Township designated for such by the Township, if any. No such transfer may take place on any public right-of-way and no such transfer operation may block traffic, create litter or in any other manner constitute a nuisance, create a health hazard or violate any other ordinance of the Township or provision of statutory law.

§ 356-16 Public litter baskets.

The Township is hereby authorized to collect municipal waste from Township property, to provide public litter baskets on public areas in the Township and to dispose of such waste in either a receptacle of a licensed hauler or at designated disposal sites.