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Refuse Resolution No. 05-07
BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG

At the regular meeting of the BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG, held on the 20th day of December, 2005, at 7:00 P.M., at the Lewisburg Borough Building, 55 North Fifth Street, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, at which meeting a quorum was present, the following Resolution was duly adopted:

WHEREAS, Subsection 1 of Section 107 of Part 1 of Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances, being part of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 914, enacted January 19, 1999, provides that Borough Council shall from time to time establish by resolution fees for the collection and disposal of refuse; and

WHEREAS, new Section 208 of Part 2 of Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances, being part of Section 8 of Ordinance No. ll l enacted December 20, 2005, provides that Borough Council shall from time to time establish by resolution fees for street excavations and degradation fees for pavement excavations.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the BOROUGH COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LEWISBURG, and it is hereby resolved by the authority of the same, as follows: That pursuant to Subsection 1 of Section 107 of Part 1 of Chapter 20 of the Code of Ordinances, being part of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 914, enacted January 19, 1999, the existing fee schedule established by Resolution Nos.00-07 and 02-08 for the collection and disposal of refuse is hereby replaced by the following new fee schedule for the collection and disposal of refuse:

"REFUSE, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF (placed at ground level)
1. From each dwelling unit, a flat fee of Forty-five ($45.00) Dollars per quarter, except with respect to rooming and boarding houses, which shall pay a flat fee of Forty-five ($45.00) Dollars per quarter for each family residing therein, and with respect to apartment houses and multi-family dwellings, which shall pay a flat fee of Forty-five ($45.00) Dollars per quarter for each dwelling unit therein, less a reduction of seventeen and five tenths (17.5%) percent in the total flat fee to be paid when there is
fifty (50) or more units.
2. From each home occupation and/or professional office, a flat fee of Forty-five ($45.00) Dollars per quarter in addition to the fee for any dwelling unit.
3. From each hotel, restaurant, school, church, institution, commercial and industrial establishment, fraternity and sorority house, etc., with a bulk container, Seven Dollars and Fifty ($7.50) Cents per pickup for each cubic yard of bulk container. Bulk containers have a capacity of two (2), three (3) and four (4) cubic yards and will be supplied by the Borough. The capacity of the bulk container to be supplied by the Borough shall be determined by the Borough Manager.
4. From each hotel, restaurant, school, church, institution, commercial and industrial establishment, fraternity and sorority house, etc., without a bulk container, a flat fee of Forty-five ($45.00) Dollars per quarter in addition to the fee for any dwelling unit.
5. Any apartment houses, multi-family dwellings, etc. with three (3) or more dwelling units which desires a bulk container shall pay a service, charge of Ten ($10.00) Dollars per month in addition to the fee set forth in subsection 1 above.
6. For temporary dumpsters for houses and commercial establishments:
a. Twenty ($20.00) Dollars shall be charged for the placement of a temporary dumpster for thirty (30) days.
b. Twenty ($20.00) Dollars shall be charged for each additional month the temporary dumpster is required.
c. A dumping fee of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars for a two (2) cubic yard container, Twenty-two Dollars and Fifty ($22.50) Cents for a three (3) cubic yard container, and Thirty ($30.00) Dollars for a four (4) cubic yard container shall be charged."
 

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