[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 12]
1.
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 made
of metal, plastic or fiberglass construction, rust and corrosion resistant,
equipped with lids and waterproof.
B.
No person, except the occupants of the property on which a waste
container is placed, an authorized licensed hauler, the Township Zoning
Officer or recycling coordinator, shall remove the lids of the container
and/or remove the contents thereof.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 13]
1.
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 30 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 Part.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
Nothing in this section shall modify the requirements in this Part
pertaining to separation and disposal of recyclables. Nothing in this
section shall impair the ability of the Township to provide a system
of placement for 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.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 14]
1.
Any person transporting municipal waste within the Township shall
prevent or remedy any spillage or leakage, prevention of leakage from
vehicles or containers used in the transport of such municipal waste.
2.
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
falling from the vehicle.
3.
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.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 15]
The Township is hereby authorized to collect municipal waste
from the Township property, to provide public litter baskets on Township
owned properties and to dispose of such waste in either a receptacle
of a licensed hauler or at designated disposal sites.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 16]
The burning of recyclables is prohibited.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 17; as amended by Ord.
2014-10, 9/10/2014, Art. II]
1.
No person shall collect or remove and then subsequently haul or transport
any municipal waste or source-separated recyclable material through
or upon the streets of the Township without first obtaining written
authorization from DEP in accordance with the provisions of Act 90.
This section shall not apply to private individuals (e.g., homeowners)
who wish to transport their own household waste or recyclables to
approved facilities or recyclables to recycling centers, nor to farmers,
landscapers or nurserymen who collect, remove, haul or otherwise transport
agricultural or other organic waste associated with their respective
business activities.
2.
Each licensed waste hauler or collector shall dispose of all municipal
waste at a facility or facilities approved by DEP or facility approved
by a state other than Pennsylvania.
3.
For a collector or waste hauler to collect and transport municipal
waste within the Township or recyclable collection permittee to collect
and transport recyclables within the Township, a collector, waste
hauler or recyclable collection permittee shall submit a registration
form to the Township which shall include a copy of their state-issued
written authorization, and a copy of their Municipal and Residual
Waste Transporter Authorization Application (DEP form 2500-PM-BWM0015)
along with any of the following information that may be deemed appropriate
by the Township:
A.
A list of collection vehicles covered under the written authorization
including, as a minimum, the following information for each vehicle:
identification information for each vehicle (such as vehicle license
number, vehicle registration number, or company identification number);
date and location of most recent vehicle inspection; and hauling capacity
of the vehicle.
B.
The type of municipal waste to be collected and transported.
C.
If they are hauling or collecting source-separated recyclable materials
in the Township, identify the materials being hauled or collected
and provide the following information for each vehicle: identification
information for each vehicle (such as vehicle license number, vehicle
registration number, or company identification number); date and location
of most recent vehicle inspection; and hauling capacity of the vehicle.
4.
Any person who fails to satisfy the minimum standards and requirements
of this Subpart or is in violation of the provisions of this Subpart
may not lawfully collect municipal waste or source-separated material
in the Township.
5.
All licensed collectors, licensed waste haulers and recyclable collection
permittees shall meet the requirements of Act 90, Act 97, Act 101,
the County Municipal Waste Management Plan, and all PADEP rules and
regulations (25 Pa. Code Chapter 285).
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 18]
Every hauler, as a precondition to being licensed to do business
with the Township, shall be required to provide to its residential,
multifamily, commercial, municipal and institutional establishments
and properties at the curbside or an appropriate location on the premises.
Any such recyclables so removed by licensed haulers shall be kept
separate from municipal waste, and shall be taken to a recycling facility
for the purpose of recycling.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 19]
The Township reserves the right by resolution to direct recyclables
to a designated facility.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 20]
No licensed hauler shall accept, pick up or remove any bag or
other container of municipal waste which the hauler knows or has reason
to believe, contains recyclables, combined with municipal waste. Upon
discovery of such recyclables combined with municipal waste placed
at curbside or otherwise placed for pick up, the hauler shall affix
a tag or sticker to the container containing the recyclables.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 21]
In the event of any missed pick up, the collector shall collect
from the missed location within 24 hours of the notification from
the missed resident, provided the resident has abided by the terms
of their contract with the hauler.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 22]
All complaints regarding collection of recyclables or municipal
waste shall initially reported to the collector. Any complaint which
the collector fails to resolve shall be reported in writing to the
Township.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003, § 23]
Nothing contained herein shall impair or prohibit any recognized
civic, fraternal, charitable or benevolent organization, association
or society from undertaking or sponsoring voluntary programs or projects
involving the collection of recyclables from the public. Any such
collection activity can only occur prior to the recyclable materials
being placed at curbside or similar location for collection by an
authorized collector. Prior to initiating such activity the organization
shall obtain authorization from the Township.
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003; as added by Ord. 2014-10, 9/10/2014,
Art. III]
[Ord. 2003-1, 4/8/2003; as added by Ord. 2014-10, 9/10/2014,
Art. III]
By resolution the Township Board of Supervisors may establish
the hours when the Township recycling dropoff center will be open
to the public and may prescribe rules and regulations for using same.
In addition to recyclable separated bins or containers, the Township
shall also have a container for leaf waste to be deposited. The dropoff
center shall be open and available for use by all Township residents.
