(A) Refuse containers shall, for the purpose of collection, be placed at ground level and be made readily accessible to the collector.
(B) Notwithstanding § 50.06(A)(1), householders, commercial establishments or other persons may, by contract with collectors, be permitted to place containers at agreed places upon their premises.
(C) Collections shall be made from all properties throughout the township, including all streets, accepted or otherwise, and including those streets that are temporarily closed for repairs or construction. In the latter case, special collection points shall be designated by the Board or its designee if the condition of the street would prevent access thereto by the collector’s truck.
(D) All licensed collectors or licensed waste haulers shall offer to their residential customers commingled recyclables collection service as a part of the normal collection fee for residential trash collection. Recyclables collection shall include, at a minimum, the following: cardboard; aluminum; bi-metal; steel; corrugated paper; newsprint; plastics; colored glass; and clear glass. Recyclables shall be collected from each residential customer at a minimum of bi-weekly. All licensed collectors or haulers shall provide collection of those recyclables designated in § 50.06(A)(3) from commercial, institutional and municipal establishments and community activities. All recyclables shall be delivered to a recycling facility as defined in Act 101 or shall be marketed by the hauler.
(E) Each licensed collector or waste hauler operating in the township shall provide for at least one collection of leaves, garden residue and similar vegetative materials monthly.
(F) Each licensed collector or waste hauler operating in the township shall provide for at least one collection of shrubbery, tree trimmings and similar vegetative materials monthly.
(G) Each licensed collector or waste hauler operating in the township shall provide for at least one collection of Christmas trees between January 7 and January 31 of each year.
(H) The licensed collector or waste hauler shall collect garbage, paper, ashes, trash, rubbish, recyclables, leaf waste, shrubbery, Christmas trees, tree trimmings and similar vegetative materials throughout the township on routes and according to schedules approved by the Board or its designee.
(I) Collections shall not be made on the following holidays: New Year’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; or Christmas Day.
(J) Collections shall be made at those hours mutually agreed upon between the authorized collector and the Board or its designee. Hours agreed upon shall be so indicated within the collection contracts.
(K) All routes, schedules and traffic of collection trucks upon streets and highways shall be subject to the approval of the Board or its designee. No change in the service area or schedules shall be made unless the Board or its designee and all affected customers receive at least two weeks’ written notice.
(L) The licensed collector or waste hauler shall, on scheduled routes, cooperate with special cleanup drives or weeks as may be promulgated by the township, which shall not exceed two in number in any one year. In addition thereto, upon request, the authorized collector shall provide a separate and special collection on a day or days as may be required in order to collect abandoned Christmas trees.
(M) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any refuse or other waste material at the roadside for collection more that 24 hours prior to the time prescribed by collectors or to leave any refuse containers at the roadside for more than 24 hours after collection of such refuse or other waste material.
(N) Notwithstanding the collection requirements for vegetative materials set forth in § 50.06(A)(4) above, if the township maintains, now or in the future, a drop-off location in or near the municipality where residents and commercial, industrial, and municipal establishments are provided the opportunity, at least weekly, to drop off leaf waste, the collections mandated by divisions (E) and (F) above may be reduced as allowed by Act 140.
(Ord. 185, passed 8-8-2007) Penalty, see § 50.99