10/07/2020
HI PILARNONS! IT'S NICER IF WE ARE INFORMED OF THE ORDINANCES OF OUR MUNICIPALITY. PLEASE GIVE TIME TO READ THIS.
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Municipal Ordinance No. 010 Series of 2009: AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILAR, SURIGAO DEL NORTE AND PROVING FINES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF WITH IS OF CITATION TICKETS.
ARTICLE XI PENAL PROVISION
Section 11. Prohibited Acts. The following are prohibited:
Section 11.a Littering, throwing, dumping, of wastes matters in public places such as roads, sidewalks, canals esteros or parks, and establishments or causing or permitting the same;
Section 11.b Undertaking activities or operating, collecting or transporting toxic materials in violation of sanitation operation and other requirements or permits set forth in or established pursuant to this ordinance;
Section 11.c The open burning of solid wastes;
Section 11.d Causing or permitting the collection of nom segregated or unsorted wastes;
Section 11.e Squatting in dumpsite;
Section 11.f Open dumping, buying of biodegradable or non-biodegradable materials in rivers, creeks, lakes and flood prone areas;
Section 11.g Unauthorized removal of recyclable material with other solid waste in any vehicle, box, container or receptacle used in solid waste collection or disposal;
Section 11.h The mixing of source-separated recyclable material with other solid waste collection or disposal;
Section 11.i The manufacture, distribution or use of nom-environmentally acceptable materials;
Section 11.j Transport and dumping of collected domestic, industrial, commercial and institutional wastes on areas other than centers of facilities prescribed under this ordinance;
Section 11.k The construction of any establishment within 200 meters from controlled dump facility;
Section 11.l Construction or operation of any dumpsite or any waste disposal facility or any aquifer, groundwater reservoir or watershed area and/or any portion thereof.
Section 12. Fines and Penalties — The following fines and penalties shall be imposed 5o any person who violates specific provisions of this ordinance, in the municipal level, it shall be issued a CITATION TICKET or NOTICE OF VIOLATION which shall be formulated by the Municipal Solid Waste Management Board; in the barangay level, the barangay council may adopt similar ordinance stipulating the schedule or penalties, and issue CITATION TICKET or NOTICE OF VIOLATION as the council may deem appropriate. Fifty percent (50%) of the fines shall be declared mandatory incentive to the ESWM enforcer, the remaining Fifty percent (50%) shall accrue to the municipal/barangay/purok, whichever is the case, for the operation and maintenance of the solid waste management program.
Section 12.a Any person who violates any provisions of this ordinance shall be punished with a fine of not less than Two Hundred Pesos (P200.00) but not more than Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00), render community service for not less than one (1) day to not more than fifteen (15) days, or both at the discretion of the court.