(a) Garbage shall be wrapped in paper and placed in the same container with the trash. Unwrapped garbage shall not be collected. Wrapping facilitates the handling of the garbage and assures a more complete combustion at the incinerator plant. All refuse shall be placed in a closed container or securely packaged. Loose trash and overfilled open containers shall not be collected and the owner shall be subject to a fine for littering.
(b) Refuse shall be collected by the township from private residences only. Business establishments and other nonresidential occupants shall provide for their own refuse collection.
(c) Refuse shall be placed along the edge of a paved street.
(d) No container shall be larger than or weigh over 40 pounds gross weight. Containers in excess of this weight limitation or larger than 40 gallons shall not be collected. All refuse shall be securely packaged to prevent littering. Closed metal or plastic containers are recommended (no cardboard containers). Paper bags are permitted for recycling of newspaper only, no glass, metal, wood, sharp objects or perishables in plastic bags allowed. The Public Works Department Road Foreman has the right to refuse the collection of containers or items he or she feels would be detrimental or harmful to the Public Works Department employees
(e) Nails and other sharp objects in boards shall be removed or safely covered.
(f) No item over four feet in length shall be collected.
(g) Subject to the provisions of § 1060.04(b)(2), no earth, washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove, sofa, bed, metal pipe over four feet in length or other large item of household furniture shall be collected.
(h) No person shall place any refuse in any street, highway, alley or other public place, or upon any private property, whether owned by such person or not, within the township, unless such refuse is placed in receptacles as above described, for collection, or under an express approval granted by the Board of Township Commissioners. No person shall throw or deposit any refuse in any stream or body of water.
(i) Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premises is hereby deemed to be a nuisance and is prohibited. Failure to remove any existing accumulation of refuse within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter (Ord. 336, passed December 18, 1968) shall be deemed a violation of the provisions hereof.
(j) No person, other than the occupants of the premises upon which the refuse receptacles are stored, or the collector, shall remove the covers or any of the contents of refuse receptacles.
(k) Refuse receptacles shall be placed for collection at ground level on the property, within the right-of-way of a street, highway or alley, but not on the paved cartway, and accessible to, and not more than ten feet from, the side of the highway, street or alley from which collection is made, provided that receptacles may be placed for collection at other than ground level, and at a distance of more than ten feet, when approved by the Road Master.
(l) No trash, rubbish or garbage to be collected by the township under this chapter shall be put out at the curb for collection more than 24 hours prior to the scheduled collection and pick-up of said trash, rubbish or garbage. Refuse containers must be collected from the curb the same day as collection.
(Ord. 336, passed 12-18-1968; Ord. 652, passed 6-21-1989; Ord. 827, passed 6-15-2005; Ord. 892, passed 6-15-2011)