[Adopted 6-8-1989 by Ord. No. 1659]
In order to provide for the protection of the health and welfare of the public and to further protect such public from any unsafe or unsanitary collection, removal and disposal of garbage, refuse acceptable for collection from commercial and institutional establishment within the Township of Abington generating less than two tons of garbage, rubbish and refuse a year in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
The Department shall collect all refuse acceptable for collection from commercial and institutional establishments generating less than two tons of refuse a year.
A. 
A commercial or institutional establishment may choose not to accept the services of the Department and to be responsible for collection and disposal of its own refuse, provided that such establishment shall submit written documentation to the Department that its refuse is presently being collected and disposed of by a commercial hauler authorized to collect refuse in the Township of Abington as provided in Article II, § 92-11, herein.
B. 
Any home business that currently operates in Abington Township, utilizes the Township's trash service and pays the commercial trash fee will not be obligated to pay the residential trash fee.
[Added 1-11-1990 by Ord. No. 1668]
A. 
Each commercial and institutional establishment generating less than two tons of refuse a year shall pay a fee to the Township of Abington for the collection, removal and disposal of garbage, rubbish and refuse; such fee shall be set at a rate established by the Board of Commissioners in a resolution.
B. 
All refuse fee bills shall be mailed to the owner of record of the premises and the owner of the commercial or institutional establishment, and the refuse fee will be collected by the Township Treasurer from the owner of the commercial or institutional establishment. The Township Treasurer will be compensated for said collection as set in resolution by the Board of Commissioners.
C. 
Each refuse bill fee shall be due and payable on the first day of the first month of each quarter, namely January, April, July and October. If said bill is not paid on or before the 10th day of the first month of the quarter, a penalty of 0.8% per month shall be imposed. Said penalty shall be for the full month with no allowances for any fractional part of a month. Fees which remain due and outstanding at the end of the calendar year may be collected by the Township of Abington as provided by law for the recovery of municipal claims.
For each and every violation of this article the owner of record of the premises where the violation exists and the owner of the commercial or institutional establishment shall be liable in an enforcement proceeding before the District Justice for a civil judgment, including court costs.