[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Riverside as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-2-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-01]
Definitions as used herein shall have the meanings
as set forth below:
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food, excluding agricultural
waste and by-products.
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a
legal or equitable interest in real estate in the Borough of Riverside
or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian
of an estate of such person and the executor or administrator of the
estate of such person.
An individual, corporation, partnership or other group acting
as a unit.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including any structures thereon.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage;
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches and yard trimmings,
tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other
similar materials, excluding agricultural waste and by-products.
A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not
the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof
as a unit.
An open space on the same lot with a structure.
All exterior property and premises and the interior
of every structure shall be free from any accumulation of rubbish
or garbage.
The occupants of a structure shall dispose of
all rubbish and garbage in a clean and sanitary manner by placing
such rubbish and garbage in approved containers.
The owner of every dwelling shall supply approved
leakproof, covered, outside garbage containers of sufficient number
so that all garbage and refuse of all of the occupants of the premises
can dispose of their garbage and refuse in a garbage container and
so that no garbage and/or refuse is stored by any occupant of the
premises outside of a garbage container at any time.
The owner of any premises shall provide at all
times approved leakproof containers with close-fitting covers for
the storage of garbage and refuse until such time as the garbage and/or
refuse is removed from the premises for disposal.
Containers shall not be placed at the collection point prior
to 6:00 p.m. on the day before collection, and empty containers shall
be removed to the premises from the collection point by 8:00 p.m.
of the day of collection. Containers shall not be kept at the curb
or roadside between scheduled collections, and they shall be stored
on the premises at such locations to be unseen from the public streets
or roads or from the front yards of immediate neighboring property.
Every owner in the Borough of Riverside shall
contract with an individual, entity or firm which is a licensed hauler
by the Borough of Riverside to have all the garbage and rubbish generated
on the premises by any of the occupants of the premises removed and
deposited in a licensed landfill on a weekly basis or more often.
Whenever requested by the Borough of Riverside
Council, the owner of any real estate within the Borough of Riverside
shall present proof, adequate in the judgment of the Borough Council
or its designee, that the owner of said real estate has a current
contract with a licensed garbage hauler to dispose of garbage and
rubbish generated on the premises on a weekly basis or more often.
The owner of the premises shall have 72 hours to provide proof to
the Council or their designee that he has a current contract with
a garbage or refuse hauler licensed by the Borough of Riverside to
provide sufficient service to satisfy the terms and conditions of
this article.
Any hauler picking up garbage or refuse in the
Borough of Riverside shall be required to advise the Borough Council
of the Borough of Riverside, in writing, within 72 hours after request
from the Borough Council, as to whether an owner has a current contract
for garbage and refuse disposal from his premises within the Borough
of Riverside. Furthermore, all licensed haulers shall cooperate with
the Borough of Riverside's Code Enforcement Officer or designee in
providing information in the event that an action is instituted to
enforce the terms and conditions of this article.
Any person who shall violate the terms or conditions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
maximum fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
30 days. Each day that a violation continues after notice of the violation
has been served shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
A.
Notwithstanding the terms of this article, compost
piles kept by occupants or tenants of a structure shall not violate
the terms and conditions of this article, provided that the materials
in the compost piles do not generate any offensive odors.
B.
Notwithstanding the terms of this article, agriculture
waste disposal by the occupants, tenants or employees of an agricultural
operation and the disposal of the by-products thereof created by and
through the performance of agriculture shall not violate the terms
and conditions of this article.
C.
Notwithstanding the terms of this article, recycling
of rubbish by occupants or tenants of a structure shall not violate
the terms and conditions of this article, provided that the materials
being recycled are the certain materials intended for recycling as
set forth in the Solid Waste Management Act of Pennsylvania.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
