It is hereby declared and found that litter carelessly deposited
in the Township is a cause of civic disgrace; that litter is a health,
fire and safety hazard and pollutant; that an all-out litter-control
campaign can result in substantial savings to taxpayers of the Township;
that litter is a matter affecting the public interest and consequently
should be subject to supervision and administrative control for the
purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety and general welfare
of the people of the Township.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
COMMERCIAL PLACE
Any store or building or group thereof, including shopping
centers, shopping plazas and other similar places, wherein mercantile
activities and services are offered to the public, and includes all
parking areas thereat.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare or creates
unsightliness.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the Township owned or used by the Township
and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and includes any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule
or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building
or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings owned and/or operated by any public agency.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The Township Manager and/or his designated agent is hereby authorized
and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property
or commercial place within the Township, or the agent of such owner,
to properly dispose of litter located on such owner's property
which is a nuisance or dangerous to public health, safety or welfare.
Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to said owner at
his last known address.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $300 and, in default of payment, to imprisonment of not
to exceed 30 days.