For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY. The open space on the premises.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Waste as defined in 25 Pa. Code § 271.1, disposal of which is subject to the regulations under the State Solid Waste Management Act, being 35 P.S. § 6018.101 and the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
LICENSED HAULER. Any owner of a waste transportation vehicle licensed under State Act 90, being 27 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6201 et seq.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE or MUNICIPAL WASTE. As defined under 25 Pa. Code § 271.1: any garbage, refuse, industrial lunchroom, or office waste, and any other material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from the operation of residential, municipal, commercial, farm, industrial, or institutional establishments and from community activities; and sludge not meeting the definition of residual or hazardous waste in the Solid Waste Management Act from a municipal, commercial, farm, industrial, or institutional water supply treatment plant, waste water treatment plant, or air pollution control facility. Excluded is any material meeting the definition of residual waste or hazardous waste and any source-separated recyclable material.
OCCUPANT. A person, corporation, partnership, or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
OWNER. Any person, agent, operator, firm, or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in real estate in the township 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.
PREMISES. A lot, plot, or parcel of land, including any structures thereon.
REFUSE.
(1) All municipal solid waste according to the definition above that is accepted for disposal by the Lycoming County landfill. Items not accepted for disposal or not accepted for disposal without prior approval include, but are not limited to:
(a) Hazardous waste;
(b) Residual waste;
(c) Source-separated recyclables;
(d) Friable asbestos waste;
(e) Liquid wastes in containers greater than one gallon (paint cans shall be opened and the paint allowed to dry or absorbed by kitty litter and then disposed of); and
(f) Car batteries and rechargeable batteries.
(2) For the purposes of this subchapter, REFUSE is the municipal solid waste that may be removed from premises within the township by being collected by a licensed hauler or otherwise transported to a licensed disposal facility.
RESIDUAL WASTE. As defined under 25 Pa. Code § 271.1 and pertinent to this subchapter. Garbage, refuse, other discarded material or other waste, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, mining, and agricultural operations, and sludge from an industrial, mining, or agricultural water supply treatment facility, waste water treatment facility, or air pollution control facility, if it is not hazardous.
TOWNSHIP. The governmental jurisdiction and legal entity of the Township of Monroe, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
(Ord. 2008-6, passed 11-18-2008) Penalty, see § 50.99