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§ 93-2 Operation by licensed collectors and transporters.
§ 93-3 Disposal of municipal waste.
§ 93-6 Prohibitions; construal of provisions.
§ 93-7 Creation of Authority.
§ 93-8 Unlawful activities; nuisance.
§ 93-9 Violations and penalties.
§ 93-10 Revocation of license.
§ 93-11 Injunctions; concurrent remedies.
§ 93-14 Compliance with IMA.
§ 93-24 Authority of Borough Council.
§ 93-25 Establishment of program.
§ 93-26 Establishment of collection guidelines.
§ 93-27 Separation and collection.
§ 93-28 Ownership of recyclables, yard waste and leaf waste.
§ 93-30 Other means of disposal.
§ 93-31 Ownership and maintenance of recycling collection containers.
§ 93-32 Violations and penalties; enforcement.
Grass, weeds and other vegetation — See Ch. 54.
Junkyards and littering — See Ch. 60.
Municipal waste which is not unacceptable or nonprocessible waste.
The County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
An ordinance enacted by the county creating the Western County System in the Western District, providing for the licensure of various persons, regulating waste flow and setting forth certain related provisions.
That date on which the Western County System shall be declared by the county to be ready to commence the disposal of acceptable waste on a sustained basis.
Any material or substance which, by reason of its composition or characteristics, is toxic or hazardous waste as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., as defined in Section 6(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2605(e), under Act 97 or under any other applicable law of similar purpose or effect, including but not limited to, with respect to each of such items in this subsection, any replacement, amendment, expansion or supplement thereto and any rules, regulations or policies thereunder; or special nuclear or by-product materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., and any replacement amendment, expansion or supplement thereto and any rules, regulations or policies thereunder.
Any other material that any governmental agency or unit having appropriate jurisdiction shall determine, from time to time, as harmful, toxic or dangerous or otherwise ineligible for disposal in the landfill.
A landfill with which the Waste Authority has contracted to dispose of acceptable waste.
The Borough of Pennsburg, located within the County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Municipal waste, as defined in Section 103 of Act 97 and Section 103 of Act 101 and any rules, regulations or policies promulgated thereunder.
Noncombustible items, stumps, logs, brush and other waste which either weighs in excess of 25 pounds or exceeds one of the following dimensions: four feet in length, four inches in diameter or four inches in thickness.
Leaf waste beyond that permitted by Act 101.
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, institution, cooperative enterprise, trust, municipal authority, federal institution or agency, state institution or agency, municipality, other governmental agency or any other legal entity or any group of such persons"whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this article prescribing a fine, penalty, imprisonment or denial or grant of any license, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers and directors.
The county-wide Municipal Waste Management Plan developed by the county and approved by the Department of Environmental Resources, as such has been and may hereafter be amended or revised in compliance with law.
The revision, dated June 1990, to the County Municipal Waste Management Plan developed by the county to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Resources and approved by a majority of the affected municipalities within the county representing a majority of the county's population.
Any delivery point within the Western County System designated by the Waste Authority for delivery of acceptable waste.
That portion of acceptable waste which is not nonprocessible waste.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of metals, glass, paper, leaf waste, plastics and other materials which would otherwise be disposed or processed as municipal waste or the mechanized separation and treatment of municipal waste, other than through combustion, and the creation and recovery of reusable materials other than a fuel for the operation of energy.
The segregation and collection, prior to the point of entry into the Western County System, for the purpose of recycling of individual components of acceptable waste, such as, without limitation, bottles, cans and other materials in accordance with Act 101.
Any material that by reason of its composition, characteristics or quantity is ineligible for disposal at the landfill pursuant to the provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. and the regulations thereunder or, except for trace amounts normally found in household or commercial solid waste, any other similarly applicable law, including but not limited to the following laws and the regulations, if any, promulgated under each: the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; Act 97; the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, Act 108, enacted October 18, 1988; and any similar or substituted legislation or regulations or amendments to the foregoing, as well as any other laws coextensive with the foregoing.
Any other materials that any governmental body or unit having or claiming appropriate jurisdiction shall determine from time to time to be harmful, toxic, dangerous or otherwise ineligible for disposal at the landfill.
Any waste that a landfill or other applicable facility is precluded from accepting pursuant to any permit or governmental plan governing such landfill or other applicable facility.
Residual waste, as defined in Act 101, except as otherwise provided in any landfill agreement to which the Waste Authority is a party.
Special nuclear or by-product materials within the meaning of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., and any similar or substituted legislation or regulation or amendments to the foregoing, including but not limited to any other laws coextensive with the foregoing.
Asbestos, sludge, infectious waste, chemotherapeutic waste and incinerator ash, except as otherwise provided in any landfill agreement to which the Waste Authority is a party.
White goods in quantity and/or automobile tires in quantity.
Any other material that the Waste Authority reasonably concludes would require special handling or present an endangerment to a disposal facility, the public health or safety or the environment.
The Waste System Authority of Western Montgomery County created by the county for purposes relating to municipal waste disposal and/or the intermunicipal agreement (IMA) and the County Waste Flow Ordinance.
The Solid Waste Management and Disposal System created by the county for the Western District, and every aspect thereof, including but not limited to equipment, transfer stations and resource recovery facilities, residue disposal sites, contractual arrangements or other rights owned, acquired, leased, placed under contract, constructed or assumed, operated or to be owned, acquired, leased, placed under contract, constructed, operated or assumed by the Waste Authority, the county or any agent, designee or contractor of either in connection with the plan or the plan revision.
Refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, window air conditioners, hot-water heaters and other major home appliances.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.103 and 53 P.S. § 4000.103.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6020.101 et seq.
All other words and phrases defined by Act 97 or Act 101 shall have the same meanings as set forth in Act 97 or Act 101, as they may hereinafter be amended or supplemented by legislation regarding municipal waste management or planning, or as set forth in the IMA. To the extent that any definition herein varies from the definition in the IMA, the definition in the IMA shall control.
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 6018.101 et seq. and 53 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq., respectively.
Licensing. No person who is not duly licensed or deemed to be licensed by the Waste Authority may collect or transport municipal waste located or generated within the municipality. This waste collection or transportation license shall be a county license issued by the Waste Authority.
Compliance with rules, regulations and ordinances. In carrying on activities related to solid waste collection or transportation within this municipality, all municipal waste collectors and all municipal waste transporters shall comply with the county ordinance, this article and the other municipal waste flow ordinances and all rules and regulations pertaining to the collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste as may be hereafter promulgated by the Waste Authority. Delivery by such collectors or transporters to the Western County System of unacceptable waste, nonprocessible waste, except for white goods, and waste from unapproved sources is prohibited.
Administration. Licenses hereunder shall be issued and revoked by the Waste Authority and administered by it. Any collectors or transporters who fail to comply with the provisions of this article shall be subject to any applicable sanctions in addition to the revocation of their licenses.
Delivery to Western County System. Except as provided in Subsections B and C below, all acceptable waste generated within this municipality shall be delivered to the Western County System, and all acceptable waste collectors and transporters shall deliver and dispose of all acceptable waste collected or generated within municipality to solid waste facilities designated in the plan or plan revision at one or more points of entry into the Western County System as designated from time to time by the Waste Authority.
Disposal at other sites. Disposal of municipal waste collected or generated within the municipality may occur at other sites only as permitted by rule, regulation, ordinance or order duly issued by the Waste Authority or by the written agreement of the Waste Authority.
Recycling. Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit source separation or recycling or to affect any sites at which source separation or recycling may take place.
Compliance with Waste Authority regulations. The collection, transportation, processing and disposal of municipal waste present or generated within the municipality shall be subject to such further reasonable rules and regulations as may from time to time be promulgated by the Waste Authority, including, without limitation, regulations related to the operation, management and administration of the Western County System; applications and standards for licensing requirements for payment bonds or other payment security, including but not limited to meeting liability insurance requirements; fees to be charged for such licensing; the terms of licenses; procedures; recordkeeping; transportation routes; payment for services; billing for shortfalls; sanctions for nonpayment, and other matters.
Adoption of regulations. Rules and regulations adopted by the Waste Authority for the Western County System shall be deemed rules and regulations adopted under this article.
Consistency of regulations with this article and other laws. No rules or regulations adopted by the municipality pursuant to this article shall be in violation of or inconsistent with the provisions of this article, the other municipal waste flow ordinances, the County Waste Flow Ordinance, the plan, the plan revision, the provisions and purposes of Act 97, Act 101 or regulations adopted thereunder or such other laws, regulations or requirements as may be enacted by the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources or the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board governing municipal waste planning, collection, storage, transportation, processing or disposal.
Enforcement of waste flow control. Enforcement of waste flow control and the terms of and any duties established pursuant to the County Waste Flow Ordinance, the other municipal waste flow ordinances and this article will be the responsibility of the county or the Waste Authority and, if requested by the county or the Waste Authority, with the cooperation of the municipalities.
All generators of municipal waste and all municipal waste collectors and municipal waste transporters, and landfill operators, any transfer station operators or any other parties involved in the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of municipal waste of the municipality shall cooperate in the taking and preparation of an annual survey to be conducted by an engineering consultant designated by the Waste Authority.
No person shall enter into any contract or conduct any other activity concerning the collection, transportation, processing or disposal of municipal waste in municipality in contravention of the terms of the County Waste Flow Ordinance, this article or any rules and regulations issued hereunder.
Recycling. Nothing contained in this article shall interfere with the operation of any program for recycling.
this article shall be construed consistently with Act 97 and Act 101.
The county has created the Waste Authority to administer the terms of the County Waste Flow Ordinance and to operate and administer the Western County System.
Violate, cause or assist in the violation of any provision of this article, any rule, regulation or order promulgated hereunder or any rule, regulation or order promulgated by the Waste Authority or the county consistent with this article.
Transport, process, treat, transfer or dispose of, or cause to be processed, treated, transferred or disposed of, municipal waste generated within the municipality, except as provided for in this article.
Collect or transport municipal waste present or generated within the municipality without a valid license for collection or transportation issued by the Waste Authority.
Hinder, obstruct, prevent or interfere with the municipality, the Waste Authority or the county, or their personnel, in the performance of any duty under this article or in the enforcement of this article.
Act in a manner that is contrary to Act 97 or Act 101, regulations promulgated thereunder, the plan, the plan revision, this article, the county ordinance, rules or regulations promulgated under this article or the county ordinance or the terms of licenses issued thereunder.
Public nuisance. Any unlawful conduct set forth in Subsection A hereof shall constitute a public nuisance.
Any person who engages in unlawful conduct, as defined in this article, shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 and not less than $500 for each offense and, in default of payment thereof, shall be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Each day that there is a violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
Upon finding that any person has engaged in unlawful conduct, as defined in this article, the Waste Authority may revoke any license issued to that person in accordance with § 93-2 of this article, and the Waste Authority may deny any subsequent application by that person for a license pursuant to § 93-2 hereof.
Restraining violations. In addition to any other remedy provided in this article, the Waste Authority or the county may institute a suit in equity where unlawful conduct or a public nuisance exists, as defined in this article, for an injunction to restrain a violation of this article or rules, regulations, orders or the terms of license promulgated or issued pursuant to this article. In addition to an injunction, the court may impose penalties as authorized by § 93-9 hereof.
Concurrent remedies. The penalties and remedies prescribed by this article shall be deemed concurrent. The existence or exercise of any remedy shall not prevent the Waste Authority or the county from exercising any other remedy provided by this article or otherwise provided at law or equity.
Entry into intermunicipal agreement (IMA). In order to implement the intent and terms of this article, the municipality, pursuant to the authority of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Act of July 12, 1972, No. 180, codified at 53 P.S. §§ 481 to 490 (Purdon's 1974 and Purdon's Supplement 1990), and Article IX, Section 5, of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has determined to enter into the IMA between the municipality, the county, the Waste Authority and other municipalities within the Western District, together with such changes consistent with this article, if any, as may be approved by the officials of the parties executing the same, such execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval.
Editor's Note: See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
Editor's Note: See Const. art. 9, § 5.
The Waste Authority agrees to arrange through the Western County System for the provision of municipal waste disposal facilities for the economical and environmentally sound disposal of acceptable waste generated within the municipalities.
The municipalities state that they have enacted a municipal waste flow ordinance, in a form substantially similar to this article, which requires that all acceptable waste be delivered to the Western County System.
The county and the Waste Authority agree to enact or cause to be enacted rules and regulations and to enforce or cause to be enforced this article and the County Waste Flow Ordinance and the parallel municipal waste flow ordinances.
The municipalities agree to cooperate with the Waste Authority in the enforcement of the IMA and all ordinances enacted pursuant to the IMA; provided, however, that to the extent the enforcement of such ordinances can properly be delegated to it, the Waste Authority shall undertake the primary responsibility for such enforcement, and the municipalities thereby agree, cooperatively, to exercise their powers to accomplish the objectives of the IMA.
Duration of term of the IMA. The term of the IMA shall commence on the date thereof and shall terminate on the 10th anniversary of the date the Western County System becomes operational.
Purpose and objectives of the IMA. The purpose of the IMA is to provide a mechanism to implement and operate the Western County System.
Financial obligations under the IMA. During the term of the IMA, municipalities (to the extent that they engage in the collection or transportation of municipal waste or contract with other persons for the collection or disposal of municipal waste) and other persons using the Western County System shall pay to the Waste Authority, on a monthly basis, the appropriate per-ton tipping fees, plus any other charges payable, as specified by the Waste Authority, for all tonnage delivered or caused to be delivered to the Western County System in accordance with Article III of the IMA. Municipalities shall provide certain moneys for operating expenses of the Authority to the extent not paid for through tipping fees on the basis of adjusted population data.
Execution. Appropriate officers of this municipality are authorized and directed to execute the IMA on behalf of this municipality.
The conditions of this agreement are set forth in the IMA.
The duration of the terms of this agreement are set forth in Section 801 of the IMA.
The purpose of the IMA is to cooperate with the county or Waste Authority and other municipalities in implementing the plan and the plan revision.
The agreement will be financed through tipping fees imposed on users of the Western County System and through the budgeting and appropriation of funds by the municipality, as necessary to meet the expenses of the Waste Authority.
The organizational structure necessary to implement the agreement is set forth in the IMA, with which the current officers of municipality shall cooperate.
The manner in which property, real or personal, shall be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of is as set forth in the IMA.
The agreement contemplates cooperation with the county or Waste Authority, which entities are empowered to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social security, for their employees.
The terms and provisions of this article are to be liberally construed so as best to achieve and to effectuate the goals and purposes hereof. this article shall be construed, in pari materia with Act 97 and Act 101.
The municipality will take such actions as are necessary to comply with the terms of the IMA and to fulfill its obligations thereunder.
The reduction of the amount of municipal waste, the conservation of recyclables, and the collection and disposal of yard waste is an important public concern by reason of the growing problem of municipal waste disposal and its impact on the environment.
The collection of recyclables and yard waste from residential properties in the Borough of Pennsburg will serve the general public interest by reducing the volume of municipal waste which must be disposed of, thereby reducing storage, collection, transportation and disposal costs of said waste and preserving valuable natural resources; and may result in a financial benefit to the residents and taxpayers of the Borough of Pennsburg by reason of the income realized from the sale of these recyclables and reduced cost of disposal.
This article has been developed to implement municipal responsibilities under the provisions of Act 101 of 1988 (35 P.S. § 4000.101 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments, thereto, known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act.
The Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Pennsburg.
Large refuse items, such as appliances, furniture, machinery or equipment, heavy demolition debris, large trees which may be collected by a conventional refuse collection vehicle. Bulk waste may also include refrigerators, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers upon removal of Freon by a certified technician as a condition of scheduling collection.
Any person, persons, firms, corporations, partnership or company contracted to collect, haul or dispose of refuse and/or recyclables from any source whatsoever.
Property used solely for commercial, institutional or industrial purposes. Commercial property shall also include multiple dwelling units, or mixed-use properties in excess of six units.
Waste resulting from construction or demolition of buildings, including such items as wood, concrete, brick, metal, plastic and composite materials which require collection by dumpster or roll-off container.
Residential dwellings consisting of single-family, detached dwellings, duplex dwellings, townhomes and multifamily units/apartments (containing fewer than seven units), including mixed-use and light commercial properties.
Leaves from trees and garden residues, but not including grass clippings.
Any public facilities operated by the Borough and other governmental and quasi-governmental authorities.
Any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom or office waste and other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, resulting from the operation of residential, municipal, commercial or institutional establishments and from community activities and any sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial or institutional water supply treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or air pollution control facility. The term does not include source-separated recyclables.
Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, co-operative enterprise, municipality, municipal authority, Federal government or agency, state institution or agency (including, but not limited to, the Department of General Services and the Pennsylvania Public School Building Authority), or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. In any provisions of this article prescribing a fine, imprisonment or penalty, or any combination of the foregoing, the term "person" shall include the officers and directors of any corporation or other legal entity having officers and directors.
Clear and colored glass containers, aluminum cans, metallic cans, No. 1 through No. 7 plastic containers, cereal boxes, junk mail, cardboard, and newsprint which may change from time to time as may be determined by the Borough or state regulatory action.
The collection, separation, recovery and sale or reuse of recyclables, yard material and/or leaf waste which would otherwise be disposed of or processed as municipal waste, and creation and recovery of reusable materials other than fuel for the operation of energy.
A container issued by the Borough through its collector to each eligible property for purposes of storing and disposing of recyclables, which shall remain the property of the collector and remain with the property following any conveyance of the property to a new owner.
All approved material is stored in a single collection container for the purpose of being recycled.
All ordinary household trash and garbage, yard waste, commercial office waste, municipal waste, rubbish, bulk waste, nonrecyclable glass, metal, paper, plastic, wood and other composite materials.
Grass clippings, weed, hedge clippings, flower bed and garden waste which may include minimum quantities of leaf waste, sticks and branches one inch in caliper or less. Yard waste does not include bulk curbside leaf collection or curbside tree and brush collection for branches in excess of one inch in caliper.
This article shall apply to all territory embraced within the corporate limits of the Borough of Pennsburg and the area of police jurisdiction as now established or as may hereafter be established. All eligible properties shall be required to participate in the recycling program described in this article.
For all properties that are not eligible to participate in this program offered by the Borough (either by reason of type of use, type of waste, or amount of waste) shall be required to provide approved alternate service for collection and disposal of recyclables. The owners of such property shall provide written proof of the approved alternate service to the Borough.
The Borough Council, through its Trash and Recycling Committee, shall be authorized to prepare any rules and regulations for the efficient administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article. Such rules and regulations, when approved by resolution of the Borough, shall become and are hereby part of this article, and any person violating any one of such rules shall be punished for a violation of this article.
The Borough hereby establishes a recycling program for the mandatory separation and collection of recyclables and yard waste, from all eligible properties in the Borough for which waste collection is provided by the Borough or any other collector. Collection of the materials to be recycled shall be made periodically by the Borough, their designated agent, or any other municipal waste collector operating in the Borough.
Guidelines establishing the manner, days and time of collection of recyclables, yard waste and leaf waste, and the bundling, handling, location and time of placement of such materials for collection are attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Borough may, by resolution, modify, add to or remove from the guidelines established herein.
Each eligible property shall separate recyclables, yard waste, and leaf waste from all other municipal waste produced at their home, apartment, or other establishment, and store such material for collection and shall place such material for collection in accordance with the guidelines established hereunder.
All persons must separate yard waste from other municipal waste generated at their houses, apartments or other establishments for collection, unless provision is made for composting such material. Separated yard waste shall be placed for collection in biodegradable paper bags. Yard waste placed in plastic or other bags that are not biodegradable or raked or piled in areas where municipal refuse is placed for collection or removal will not be accepted. Grass clippings will also not be accepted.
Each eligible property shall be supplied a sixty-four-gallon collection container.
The following requirements shall apply, where applicable, to commercial, industrial, and other institutional establishments.
All persons associated with the uses described above must separate high-grade office paper, aluminum, corrugated paper and yard waste generated at the property from community activities and store the material until collection. A person may be exempted from this subsection if the person submits documentation to the Borough annually indicating that designated recyclables are being recycled in an appropriate manner.
Leaf waste shall be placed in approved biodegradable paper bags or cans. Leaf waste placed in plastic or other nonapproved biodegradable bags will not be accepted.
The design of a collection system should reflect the site-specific conditions at a complex. The collection system must include suitable containers for collecting and sorting materials, easily accessible locations for the containers, and written instructions to the occupants concerning the use and availability of the collection system. Owners, landlords, and agents of owners or landlords, and condominium associations who comply with this section shall not be liable for noncompliance of occupants of their buildings.
Coordinating with local or municipal recycling programs.
Undertaking the collection, transportation, processing and marketing of materials themselves.
Entering into contracts with other persons for collection, transportation, processing and marketing of materials.
Owners, landlords, or agents of owners or landlords, condominium associations, and owners, operators, or agents of owners and operators, of all such commercial, industrial, municipal and institutional establishments, shall be required to comply with all other state rules, regulations and requirements with respect to recycling. In addition, they shall be required to submit an annual report to the Borough describing the provisions for recycling of collected materials, including the type and weight of materials recycled in the preceding year. The report shall be submitted no later than February 1 of each calendar year.
The owner, landlord, or agent of owner, in all cases, shall be responsible to provide all necessary information concerning recycling to the tenants, to ensure that all rules, guidelines and regulations set forth in this article are followed and adhered to by any occupant or tenant or of the property or establishment.
All recyclables, yard waste and leaf waste placed by a resident for collection by the Borough pursuant to this article, and regulations hereunder, shall, from time of pickup, become the property of the Borough.
It shall be a violation of this article for any person, firm or corporation, other than the municipality or one authorized by the Borough, to collect recyclables, yard waste and leaf waste placed by the resident for collection by the Borough, unless such person, firm or corporation has prior written permission to make such collection. Each unauthorized collection in violation hereof, from one or more residences on one calendar day, shall constitute a separate and distinct offense punishable as hereinafter provided.
Any resident may donate or sell recyclables, yard waste and leaf waste to any person, firm or corporation, whether operating for profit or not, provided that the receiving person, firm or corporation shall not collect such donated recyclables from the collection point of a residence without prior written permission from the Borough, or its authorized representative, to make such collection. In addition, the Borough reserves the right not to collect municipal waste containing recyclables in combination with nonrecyclables.
All recycling collection containers are to remain the property of the collector and are to be used exclusively for the purpose of the recycling program. In the event there is a change in occupancy at the location where a container was issued, the container shall be given to the new occupant to remain at the location. Lost or damaged containers will be replaced at a cost to established by the Borough. The property owner will shall be advised that the container needs to remain with the property. In the event the owner/occupant does not have a sixty-four-gallon collection container, it will be the property owner's responsibility to replace the container. The cost to replace the container shall be established and revised by resolution of Borough Council from time to time.
Except as herein otherwise provided and in addition to any penalty that may be suffered by reason of a violation of this article, or of the rules and regulations as promulgated and made effective by the Borough and approved by resolution, any person (owner, landlord, resident, tenant, occupant or agent) who shall violate or fail to comply with the provisions of this article, its supplements or amendments shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $600 plus costs of prosecution for each and every offense, provided that each day that any violation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

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