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Streets Department Sanitation Division

Streets Department Sanitation Division. Enforcement Strategies. Enforcement. The Streets Department enforces all Sanitation Rules and regulations in the City’s Sanitation Code. The Streets Department developed a Program called SWEEP to enforce the city’s rules and regulations.

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Streets Department Sanitation Division

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  1. Streets Department Sanitation Division Enforcement Strategies

  2. Enforcement • The Streets Department enforces all Sanitation Rules and regulations in the City’s Sanitation Code. • The Streets Department developed a Program called SWEEP to enforce the city’s rules and regulations.

  3. SWEEP Program • SWEEP is the acronym for Streets & Walkways Education and Enforcement Program. • The City of Philadelphia employs 36 SWEEP Officers. • Educate and enforce all Sanitation laws throughout the city. • SWEEP enforces the law against violators through intensive street patrols.

  4. SWEEP Operations • Specifically trained sanitation enforcement officers work with commercial and residential neighborhoods to address sanitation problems in their communities.

  5. SWEEP Enforcement • Some of the most commonly written violations for sanitation laws include but are not limited to: • Trash set out times • Trash limit regulations • Litter laws • Recycling violations • Dumpster Laws • Illegal dumping violations

  6. SWEEP Enforcement • Code Violation Notices (CVN). • 80,000 to 90,000 citations and warnings each year. • $1.2 million dollars in fines from violators.

  7. SWEEP Enforcement Procedures • CVN’s are cataloged in numerical order with a citation identification number. • Each CVN contains information needed to identify the violation and violator. • Information helps identify the appropriate person and/or premise for the law that has been violated.

  8. SWEEP Enforcement Procedures • Each CVN is hand written and issued to the violator or filed and mailed if the violator is not present. • Once all CVN’s are written, the violations are sent to the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication (BAA) for processing. • At BAA, violators can pay the notice or dispute the violation by requesting a hearing.

  9. Code Violation Notices • Multiple Ticket Books • Must be Arranged in Sequential Order. • Unproductive and Inefficient. • Sorting & Batching est. $ 275,000 • Travel Time $ 25,000

  10. City Challenges • Illegal Dumping • Neglected Properties • Litter

  11. Illegal Dumping

  12. Illegal Dumping Costs • 37,000 tons collected in 2006 • Costs Tax Payers more than 2.2 million dollars in disposal costs • Depreciates the quality of life in local neighborhoods.

  13. Short Dumping

  14. Tires

  15. Contractor Illegal Dumping

  16. Operation Clean Sweep

  17. Neglected Properties

  18. Early & Illegal Set Out

  19. Early Set Outs Violations

  20. High Weeds

  21. High Weeds Citations

  22. Recycling Violations

  23. Litter

  24. Litter

  25. Litter

  26. Litter

  27. Litter Fines

  28. Summary • Enforcement is a tool to implement the principles of waste management including (reduce, reuse and recycle). • These factors ensure a clean and safe environment.

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