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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 496-205. Mandatory solid waste and recycling requirements.
   A.   It shall be the responsibility of the owner/operator of every property in the City of Reading to:
      (1)   Ensure its compliance with the requirements of this Part including, but not limited to, notifying any and all occupants of the requirements hereof and ensuring their compliance herewith;
      (2)   Ensure that the property is entered into a contract/agreement with a licensed hauler for the collection of solid waste and recycling or that the property's solid waste and recycling is collected through the City of Reading municipal collection program.
      (3)   Permanently post and maintain in each unit, in at least English and Spanish, up to date information covering the solid waste and recycling rules and regulations. Alternatively, owners/operators can supply this information to tenants with a lease agreement. This material is available by visiting Public Works or the Citizens Service Center, accessing the Public Works section of the City's website (www.ReadingPa.gov), or contacting the City.
   B.   Location and hours of collection.
      (1)   Residential municipal waste and designated recyclable materials collection will be restricted to occurring a certain day, within designated areas of the City, as directed by the Public Works Director, or his/her designee.
      (2)   All solid waste and designated recyclable materials shall be collected between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday; 6:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. No collection shall be permitted on Sundays.
      (3)   No licensed hauler shall collect solid waste and/or designated recyclable materials between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and again between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on the following streets:
         (a)   Schuylkill Avenue;
         (b)   Fourth Street south of Buttonwood Street;
         (c)   Fifth Street south of Buttonwood Street;
         (d)   Perkiomen Avenue;
         (e)   Buttonwood Street;
         (f)   Washington Street;
         (g)   Walnut Street;
         (h)   Penn Street;
         (i)   Franklin Street;
         (j)   Mineral Spring Road.
      (4)   The Public Works Director, or his/her designee, may temporarily alter these collection hours in response to current or predicted severe weather or other hazardous conditions such as, but not limited to, extreme heat, snow, flooding, and public health risks.
   C.   Burning. No person shall ignite, cause, feed, permit or maintain any fire for the destruction of solid waste and/or designated recyclable materials on or in any property or structure under his control without first having obtained a permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.