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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3817/70THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 3 Yl714) Being a By-law to regulate the handling and collection of garbage, rubbish, ashes and other waste material in the Township of Pickering. WHEREAS The Corporation of the Township of Pickering has pursuant to The Municipal Act, Section 379 (1), paragraphs 75 and 77 authority to enact this by-law. NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Township of Pickering hereby enacts as follows: 1. No person shall sweep, throw, drop or place, or ce:lse to be swept, thrown, dropped or placed, any ashes, garbage, offal, paper, dirt, lawn rakings, glassware, cans, animal carcasses or rubbish of any kind whatsoever on say lane, street, creek, roadway or public property in the Township of Pickering except for collection as hereinafter provided. 2. No person shall permit garbage, rubbish, ashes orother waste material including paper of any description to be blown or dropped from the premises occupied by him or from a vehicle owned or operated by him onto any lane, street, creek, roadway or other public property in the Township of Pickering. 3. Collection by and in the Township of Pickering of garbage, rubbish, ashes and other waste material shall be made only in areas which may from time to time be designated by by-law. 4. Receptacles used to contain garbage, rubbish, ashes or other waste materials to be collected by the Township of Pickering shall be covered, water-tight containers not more than 30 inches high or 18 inches wide and shall not weigh more than 50 pounds when full. Receptacles which are smaller at the top than at the bottom, such as five fallon paint cans, shall not be used. 5. All garbage, rubbish, ashes, or other waster material to be collected by the Township of Pickering must be placed in receptacles in accordance with Clause Number 4 herein, or in the case of certain materials, in bundles, in accordance with' Clause Number 7 herein. 6. Garbage must be drained of all liquid and securely wrapped in paper before being placed in receptacles. 7. Such articles ns crates, newspapers, packing materials, brush, bedding, old furniture and material of like nature may be collected in like manner as garbage and ashes, but mist be securely tied into compact bundles or parcels not exceeding 2 k feet in any dimension or weighing over 50 pounds or placed in sufficient receptacles as specified in Clause Number 4 herein so that they will not be scattered. 8. Not more than six "Lots" of garbage, rubbish, ashes, or other waste material shall be placed out for each collection for any residence, commercial establishment or industrial establishment. A "lot" of garbage shall mean either receptacle, or bundle, in accordance with Clauses Numbers 4 and 7 herein respectively. Continued ...... 2 - 2 - 9. Owners and occupiers of premises located in areas commonly known as Shopping Centres shall house the receptacles or bundles as herein specified in enclosed and fireproof compartments, equipped with doors, by means of which the collector may gain access provided that such compartments shall be located so as not to interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or at whatever precise point may be designated by the Council. For the purpose of this by-law a Shopping Centre includes any lands on which are situate three or more retain stores, shops or restaurants immediately adjacent one to the other, and having appurtenant thereto for the use of the patrons of such stores a common parking area not being a part of the public highway. 10. The following shall not be collected by the Township of Pickering; (a) Swill or other organic matter not properly drained or wrapped. (b) Liquid waste (c) Hay, straw or manure (d) Night soil (e) Any material which has become frozen to the receptacle and cannot be removed by shaking. (f) Industrial waste which shall include among other things, any packing material or cartons used in the transportation of goods to or from the place of business. (g) Any material in receptacles or bundles which do not conform to Clauses Numbers 4 and 7 herein. (h) Hot ashes or any other material capable of starting fire. (i) Sod, earth, brick, stone, building material or building rubbish. 11. Material for collection shall not be placed on a highway or other public property before 6.00 p.m. on the day preceding collection. 12. Material for collection shall be placed at the prescribed location for collection not later than 7.30 a.m. on the collection day. 13. Empty receptacles and all material which the collector refuses must be removed from the highway or from public property by the occupant of the premises from which it was taken, before 8.00 p.m, on the same day that the garbage is collected or the material refused. 14. Material set out for collection shall normally be placed as close as possible to the edge of the roadway without obstructing the roadway, sidewalk or foot path. In any case, the Council shall have the power to designate the precise point at which the material shall be placed for collection. 15. Except by order of the Council, no garbage collection vehicle owned or rented by the Township of Pickering shall enter a privately owned driveway or roadway or land or other private property for the purpose of collecting garbage, ashes, rubbish or other waste material. 16. No Township garbage collector shall be required to enter any house, apartment house or other building, or ascend or descend any stairway or enter any elevator or hoist or a loading platform for the purpose of collecting garbage, ashes rubbish or other waste material. Continued ...... 3 - 3 - 17. No person shall offer to, or give any Township Garbage Collector any fee or gratuity in addition to his wages for services rendered. 18. No person shall pick over, interfere with, disturb, remove or scatter any material placed out for collection other than the person who placed the material out for collection except and until the material is collected by the Township of Pickering as herein provided. 19. No person or persons shall keep a garbage dump or receptacle or repository for waste material on his premises in such a condition or in such a location that the same is a nuisance or emits foul or offensive odours or harbours or attracts rats or other vermin or insects and the body of any dead animal must be promptly disposed of by the owner thereof, so that the same shall not become a nuisance. 20. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for each offence, exclusive of costs, recoverable under the provisions of the Ontario Summary Convictions Act, and in default of payment to imprisonment in the common gaol for a period not exceeding ten days, unless such fine and costs are sooner paid. 21. The provisions of this by-law shall not relieve any person from compliance with any provision of the Public Health Act or regulation prescribed by the Medical Officer of Health. 22. By-law Number 2350 is hereby rescinded. BY-LAW read a First and Second time this day of ur Q 19 7C BY-LAW read a Third time and PASSED this day of ? ? 1976, Reeve -------------- Clerk -