(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 10.99.
(B) (1) Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of §§ 50.01 through 50.07, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of §§ 50.01 through 50.07 continues or each section of §§ 50.01 through 50.07 which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
(3) The contractor collecting refuse in the refuse collection districts agrees that the refuse treasurer shall be authorized to deduct from payments due or to become due the contractor, the following amounts for each offense as a penalty:
(a) For not collecting garbage, offal, or ashes and rubbish, as agreed: $1 per can;
(b) For over-loading trucks or using leaky or filthy trucks: $5;
(c) For failure to collect on day specified: $20;
(d) For damage to disposal cans by reason of rough handling by contractor’s employees: $0.50 per can;
(e) For willfully destroying disposal cans without owner’s consent: $3 per can; and
(f) For unauthorized change in scheduled route: $10 per day.
(4) The penalties herein provided shall be withheld if any of the stated violations are proved to the satisfaction of the borough.
(2006 Code, § 20-108)
(C) If refuse charges are paid within 30 days of the beginning of each billing period, the face amount of the bill shall be payable. If charges remain unpaid after 30 days from the beginning of each billing period, a penalty of 5% of the unpaid balance will be imposed 30 days after billing date shown. Any bill unpaid after 90 days will be subject to interest at rate of 1% per month on unpaid balance.
(2006 Code, § 20-204)
(Ord. 73-03, passed 11-12-1973, § 9; Ord. 84-5, passed 12-17-1984, § 4; Ord. 88-1, passed 2-1-1988; Ord. 91-6, passed 6-10-1991; Ord. 92-3, passed 5-21-1992, § 2; Ord. 2006-3, passed 7-10-2006)