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* Letter To Editor x
Dear Rainbolts,
Sure look forward to the
Bulletin every week —
makes me feel I'm still part
of Mount Joy, which I love
and miss very much. We
have been enjoying our stay
here and have made some
lovely friends, among which
is a Greek family who in-
vited us to celebrate Greek
Easter with them.
They celebrate outdoors,
when the weather permits,
which it did this year, as we
had an ideal spring day.
They barbecued a whole
lamb over an open pit and it
was accompanied by suc-
culent Greek foods too
numerous {to mention. It was
really a delightful ex-
perience.
We spent two weeks over
the Christmas season in
Southern California with
Charles’ youngest brother
and family, whom we hadn’t
seen for 11 years. Made a
side trip to Mexico, visited
the fabulous San Diego Zoo
and Sea World. All in all, it
was a wonderful holiday,
though so very different
from our usual observance of
the Holiday Season.
We hope to be home
sometime in June ...
Elizabeth Chunko
P.O. Box 400
Price, Utah
* ENGAGEMENTS
THOME - FLOWERS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.
Flowers, 24 S. Poplar St.,
Elizabethtown, announce the
engagement of their
daughter, Miss Linda A.
Flowers, to Kenneth R.
Thome.
The bride-elect was
graduated from
Elizabethtown high school.
She is employed by the
Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center as a secretary.
Mr. Thome is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S.
Thome of Mount Joy R2.
He was graduated from
Donegal high school and
served in the U.S. Marine
Corps. He is employed by
Armstrong Cork Co.
Marietta ceiling plant.
Completes Practices
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Miss Betty Martin, Mount
Joy, R2, has completed her
practice teaching in home
economics at Dover.
She is a senior, majoring in
home economics, at Messiah
College, located eleven miles
southwest of Harrisburg.
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO HEALTH
AND SANITATION AND
REGULATING THE AC-
CUMULATION OF
REFUSE IN THE
BOROUGH OF "MOUNT
JOY; PRESCRIBING
REGULATIONS FOR THE
STORAGE, TRANSPOR-
TATION, PREPARATION
OF REFUSE, AND THE
COLLECTION OF REFUSE
BY PRIVATE CON-
May 15, 1974
TRACTORS OR BY THE
BOROUGH OF MOUNT
JOY; PROVIDING FOR
ASSESSMENT AND
BILLING OF FEES AND
SERVICE CHARGES; AND
PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED AND
ENACTED by the Borough
Council of the Borough of
Mount Joy, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, and it
is hereby ordained and
enacted as follows:
SECTION 1. TITLE. This
Ordinance shall be known as
the Borough of Mount Joy
Refuse Ordinance.
SECTION 2.
DEFINITIONS. For the
purposes of this Ordinance
the following words shall
have the meaning as herein
defined:
(a) Bulk container: A
container not intended to be
moved or, if moved, tran-
sported by vehicle for
purposes of disposal.
(b) Commercial establish-
ment: Businesses such as
offices, stores, markets,
theaters, hospitals and other
institutional buildings, and
industries.
(¢c) Garbage: All table
refuse, animal and vegetable
matter, offal from meat, fish
and fowl, fruits, vegetables
and parts thereof, and all
other articles and materials
ordinarily used for food
which have become unfit for
such use or which are for any
reason discarded.
(d) Person: Every natural
person, firm, corporation,
partnership, association, or
institution.
(e) Private Collector: Any
person, partnership or
corporation engaged in the
business of the collection of
refuse in the Borough of
Mount Joy.
(f) Refuse: A general term
which shall mean all matter
and materials which are
discarded or rejected by the
owners or producers thereof
as offensive or useless, or
which by their presence or
accumulation may in-
juriously affect the health,
comfort and safety of the
citizens of the Borough of
Mount Joy; it shall include
ashes, garbage, rubbish and
other refuse materials, but
exclude human body waste;
Provided, that the definition
of refuse shall specifically
exclude the debris from
household renovations,
whether interior or exterior,
dirt, rock, lead pipes or the
limbs or trunks of trees
greater than three (3) inches
in diameter.
(g) Rubbish: Leaves,
branches, trees, saw dust,
chips, shavings, wood,
woodenware, paper, printed
matter, boxes, leather, rags,
grass, straw, manure and all
solid combustible matters
not included in this Section
under the term ‘‘garbage.”
(h) Dwelling unit: Each
residence used or intended
for use as the residence of
any person or persons. Each
apartment shall be con-
sidered as a separate
dwelling unit.
(i) Truck: A vehicle used
for the collection of refuse
which has mounted thereon
an approved type, water
tight sanitary body or which
has a standard truck body
made water tight and.
equipped with means of
covering to prevent loss of
material by wind.
SECTION 3. STORAGE
PRACTICES. The storage of
all refuse shall be practiced
so as to prevent the at-
traction, harborage or
breeding of insects or
rodents and to eliminate
conditions harmful to public
health or which create safety
hazards, odors, unsightliness
and public nuisances. All
storage practices shall
conform to the rules and
regulations promulgated
under the Pennsylvania
Solid Waste Management
Act, Act of July 31, 1968, P.L.
788, _No.- 241, or this
Ordinance, whichever is
more strict.
(a) Individual containers
utilized for the storage of
refuse at dwelling units and
other premises shall have
the following physical
characteristics:
1. Constructed of durable,
water tight, rust resistant
material having a close-
fitting lid.
2. Containers for dwelling
units shall be of a capacity of
not more than twenty: (20)
gallons or forty (40) pounds
in weight and shall be
equipped with two or more
handles and be maintained
in a clean and sanitary
manner and be safe to
handle by collection per-
sonnel.
3. Containers shall not be
filled so that the lid cannot fit
properly and the area
around the container shall be
kept clean (including bulk
containers).
4. Bulk containers shall
conform to all requirements
for individual containers
except size.
(b) Disposable containers
such as paper and
Polyethylene bags shall be
acceptable for storage or
refuse provided the following
conditions are met:
1. Only those bags
specifically designed for
storage and collection shall
be used.
2. Bags shall be protected
against precipitation,
animal damage and
overloading to prevent lit-
tering or attraction of insects
or rodents.
3. Bags shall have a
holding strength capable of
withstanding stresses until
they are collected.
4. The bag opening shall be
securely closed prior to
setting out for collection.
_(e) All refuse shall be
drained free of liquids before
storage.
2. Garbage shall be
wrapped in paper or similar
material.
3. All cans, bottles or other
food containers shall be
rinsed free of food particles
and drained before storage.
4. Rubbish shall be placed
in approved containers or
cut and baled, tied in bun-
dles, stacked or packaged so
as not to exceed forty-eight
(48) inches in length and
sixty (60) pounds in weight,
where possible.
(d) All containers of
garbage, refuse and rubbish
to be collected from any
property shall be placed
along or immediately ad-
jacent to the street or alley
where garbage collection is
established, but in such
manner as not to obstruct
traffic or the use. of
sidewalks. Containers may
be so placed no earlier than
5:00 P.M. of the evening
preceding the established
day for collection, and shall
be promptly removed from
the street or alley after the
collection has been made.
SECTION 4. AC-
CUMULATION OF
REFUSE. All persons
residing or doing business
within the limits of the
Borough of Mount Joy shall
provide for the removal of all
accumulated refuse at least
once each week in either one
of the methods herein
provided.
(a) No person shall permit
refuse to accumulate on the
surface of the ground or
cause or permit refuse to be
deposited on any street,
highway, alley, vacant lot, in
any storm sewer, or in any
stream or body of water
within the limits of the
Borough of Mount Joy.
(b) Commercial establish-
ments where large quan-
tities of refuse are produced
should provide for the
removal of such refuse as
often as may be necessary in
order to maintain a sanitary
“and healthful condition.
SECTION 5. Any person
residing or doing business
within the limits of the
Borough of Mount Joy may
contract with any private
collector duly licensed by the
Board of Health to remove
and collect refuse in ac-
cordance with the provisions
of this Ordinance. Upon
satisfactory evidence of said
contract, the assessment of
fees and services as
provided herein for Borough
collection shall not apply.
SECTION 6. PRIVATE
COLLECTOR PERMIT. No
private collector shall
engage in the collection and
removal of refuse or haul
any refuse through or upon
any of the streets or alleys of
the Borough of Mount Joy
without first having obtained
an annual permit from the
Board of Health. Such
permit shall be granted by
the Board of Health for the
calendar year at a cost of
Fifteen ($15.00) dollars. Said
permit shall entitle the
private collector to operate
one truck for the collection
and removal of refuse in the
Borough. For each ad-
ditional truck which shall be
operated for collection and
removal of refuse in the
Borough, there shall be an
additional annual fee of Five
($5.00) dollars per truck:
Provided, however, that no
permit shall be issued until
the truck or trucks to be
operated in the Borough
have been inspected and
declared satisfactory for the
collection of refuse and as
being in conformity with the
provisions of this Ordinance
by the Board of Health
Officer for the Board of
Health.
(a) It
shall not be
necessary for a private
collector duly licensed under
this Ordinance to obtain a
permit for a truck used for
emergency purposes for the
collection and removal of
refuse.
(b) The permit issued to
any private collector may be
revoked by the Board of
Health when the collection
and removal of refuse is not
in conformity with this
Ordinance or when, in its
opinion, the best interest of
the public so demands.
(c) Each truck or similar
vehicle .must carry said
permit when operating in the
Borough of Mount Joy.
SECTION 7. BOROUGH
COLLECTOR. The Borough
of Mount Joy is hereby
authorized to collect refuse
with its equipment and
personnel or it may by
contract delegate all or a
part of said work to a private
contractor who shall per-
form such work in con-
formity with this Ordinance.
The private contractor shall
be a private collector as
herein described under this
Ordinance and shall be
decided by advertising for
bids and Borough Council
shall award such a contract
to the lowest responsible
bidder.
SECTION 8. BOROUGH
COLLECTION. All refuse
collection shall be provided
by the Borough of Mount Joy
through use of its equipment
and personnel or by contract
to a private collector as
herein provided, unless any
person has contracted with a
private collector.
(a) Borough collection and
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