[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Worcester 10-12-1981 by Ord. No. 87. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Disorderly practices within the limits of the
Township of Worcester shall be and are hereby defined as any act,
work or conduct causing or tending to cause a disturbance of the peace
and good order of the Township or causing or tending to cause any
danger, discomfort or annoyance to the inhabitants of the Township
or users of the Township thoroughfares, and shall include but not
be limited to the following:
A.
Loafing, fighting, drunkenness, the making of unnecessary
noises, profanity or indecent language or acting in an unseemly manner.
B.
The unnecessary sounding of automobile horns, sirens,
bells, whistles or other warning devices.
C.
The keeping of dogs, chickens or other animals in
such a manner that they disturb the peace and quiet of the immediate
neighborhood.
D.
The operation of radios, phonographs, musical instruments
and sound-amplifying devices in a loud manner such as to disturb the
peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
E.
The loading, unloading or delivery of coal or other
materials in such a manner or at such a time of the day or night as
to disturb the peace and quiet of the immediate neighborhood.
G.
Maintaining lights of such intensity, prominence,
color or blinking thereof at such time of night as to interfere unnecessarily
with the safe operation of motor vehicles or the reasonable enjoyment
and use of nearby homes without annoyance thereto.
H.
The affixing or causing to be affixed of any show
bill, placard poster or other advertising device upon any pole, tree
or structure within the Township without first obtaining the consent
of the owner thereof, excepting that done by a public officer legally
thereunder authorized, excepting no hunting or "no trespassing" signs.
I.
Defacing, disfiguring, writing upon or in any manner
causing to be placed upon any house or wall or building or structure
of any kind whatsoever or any part thereof or upon fences or road
signs or road surfaces any marks, lines, figures, letters or caricatures
of any kind.
J.
Causing offensive noise or odor to the discomfort
and/or annoyance to the immediate neighborhood, other than normal
agricultural uses or practices.
K.
Operating any vehicle or device in a loud manner,
whether licensed or not, on public or private property, in such a
manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of the immediate neighborhood.
L.
Driving any vehicle of any kind whatsoever across
any bridge or on any part of the streets and roads of the Township,
in violation of a sign placed at or adjacent to said bridge or part
of said street or road, limiting the weight of any vehicle permitted
to use the same.
M.
The throwing, depositing or dumping or causing of
throwing, depositing or dumping of papers, trash, rubbish, ashes,
junk, waste, garbage or discarded material of any kind in or on any
private or public property, vacant or occupied, within the Township
of Worcester or maintaining any accumulation of such materials, except
as may be customary and incidental to the use and enjoyment of any
farm residence or place of business.
N.
Displaying a house number or property number other
than one assigned to the house or property by the Township Board of
Supervisors.
O.
Maintaining an overflowing or malfunctioning on-lot
sewage disposal system.
P.
The unauthorized taking of water from a public fire
hydrant or tampering with an officially installed fire hydrant.
Q.
Keeping, whether confined, fastened or loose, reptiles
and/or undomesticated animals such as wolves or lions, whether or
not they appear tame.
[Amended 7-16-2008 by Ord. No. 223]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this chapter, or causing or helping others violate the same, shall
be guilty of the offense of disorderly practices and, upon conviction
thereof in summary proceedings, shall be sentenced to pay the cost
of prosecution and a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each offense. Where
the circumstances of the offense are continuous, a new and separate
offense shall be deemed committed for each day that such violation
exists.
