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.

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.

SWEEP Operations

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

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

SWEEP Enforcement

• Code Violation Notices (CVN).

• 80,000 to 90,000 citations and warnings each year.

• $1.2 million dollars in fines from violators.

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.

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.

Code Violation Notices

• Multiple Ticket Books

• Must be Arranged in Sequential Order.

• Unproductive and Inefficient.

• Sorting & Batching est. $ 275,000

• Travel Time $ 25,000

City Challenges

• Illegal Dumping• Neglected Properties

• Litter

Illegal Dumping

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.

Short Dumping

Tires

Contractor Illegal Dumping

Operation Clean Sweep

Neglected Properties

Early & Illegal Set Out

Early Set Outs Violations

High Weeds

High Weeds Citations

Recycling Violations

Litter

Litter

Litter

Litter

Litter Fines

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.