It is hereby declared to be a common nuisance and in said Township abatable and punishable as such:
A. 
Merchandise and advertising matter. For any person to distribute or throw upon doorsteps, into doorways, vestibules, yards, enclosures or anywhere within the Township, samples of merchandise of any character whatsoever; or for any person to distribute, throw upon doorsteps, into doorways or vestibules, place upon doorknobs or fences, cast into yards or anywhere else, handbills, advertising and printed matter of any nature whatsoever without prior authorization by the Township Board of Supervisors and/or the Code Enforcement Officer.
B. 
Signs. For any person to erect signs projecting across walks or in places dangerous to life and limb.
C. 
Cesspools. For any person to permit and maintain open vaults, drains, failed cesspools and failed septic systems prejudicial to public health.
D. 
Lights. No lights, incandescent, strobe, sodium or mercury vapor, shall spot, flood, or otherwise shine so as to impede the safe movement of traffic upon the streets, highways or trafficways within Bear Creek Township. No lights, incandescent, strobe, sodium or mercury vapor, shall spot, flood, or otherwise shine upon the private property of another so as to annoy, disturb or otherwise prevent another person from enjoying the privacy of their own property. No residence, business, industry or other person shall illuminate any sign adjacent to any street, highway or trafficway within Bear Creek Township, with flashing, rotating, sequential, strobe, or otherwise moving lights, so as to interfere with the movement of traffic upon said streets, highways or trafficways within Bear Creek Township. No residence, business, industry or other person shall utilize any form or configuration of lights so as to resemble a traffic signal, railroad signal, or any other form of simulated signal, visible to the motoring public upon any street, highway or trafficway within Bear Creek Township.
E. 
For any person to engage in the business of manufacture or sale of any explicitly pornographic, obnoxious or obscene material or to provide entertainment which is considered offensive in nature within the Township, except as permitted through the proper Township zoning procedures.
F. 
Obstructing streets, etc. For any person to permit any mud, dirt, coal, wood, brick, stone, gravel, clay, sand, rubbish or any other matter to remain upon the streets or in the gutter in front of his premises more than 24 hours after it has been deposited there, except by special permission of the Township Board of Supervisors and/or the Code Enforcement Officer.
G. 
Depositing in streets, streams, etc. For any person to throw, spread or deposit on any of the streets, roads, lanes, alleys, courts or any watercourse or gutter within the Township limits, and permit it to remain there, any animal carcass, fish, shellfish, ashes, paper, glass, tires, cans, rubbish or offal of any kind or any other refuse or offensive matter whatsoever.
H. 
Nauseous draining, etc. For any person to run foul or nauseous liquids, washings or drainings from any manufacturing establishments, stores, stables, private residences or shops into any of the gutters or along any of the sidewalks, streets, roads, lanes, alleys or courts of the Township, or to keep, collect or use any garbage or filth or any stale, putrid, stinking fat, grease or other matter in or near any establishment or residence within the Township limits.
I. 
Loud music or noise, etc. For any person, except by permission of Township Board of Supervisors to play, amplify or listen to music by any manner, including home stereos, vehicular sound systems, outdoor sound systems, portable "boom boxes" and any amplifier which creates noise, to beat any drum or drums, blow any horn or horns, or otherwise make any unusual noise, disturbing the peace after 11:00 p.m. which can be heard a distance of 100 feet from its source or such person's property line or; for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any unnecessary or unusually loud noise which annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort health, safety or peace of others within and which can be heard a distance of 100 feet from its source or such person's property line between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Further, any such amplification of music or noise at any time during the day, which includes profanity or inappropriate lyrics, and/or which can be heard 100 feet from its source or such person's property shall be considered a violation of this subsection.
[Amended 4-4-2022 by Ord. No. 2-2022]
J. 
Posting advertisements. For any person to post, paste or fasten any printed, painted or written signs, show bill, placard, circular or advertisement of any description whatsoever upon any tree, telephone or electric light pole within the Township limits unless authorized by the Township Board of Supervisors and/or the Code Enforcement Officer.
K. 
Glass, etc., on streets, etc. For any person to place, throw or put on any street, road, lane or alley of the Township any tacks, nails, sharp pieces of iron, glass bottles, briers, thorns or other dangerous and similar substances which may injure an animal or puncture a rubber tire.
L. 
Odor. For any person to permit or cause the emission of any offensive or foul odor, scent, effluvium, emanation or fume within the Township limits, except as normal and customary in farming activities.
M. 
Obstructing streets. For anyone placing a vehicle or other obstruction on or along any street of the Township so as to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic, unless it should become necessary to drive or place the vehicle in such position to load or unload merchandise or furniture, and then such vehicle shall only be permitted to remain for such lengths of time as is necessary to load or unload the same.
N. 
No person shall own, occupy or keep grounds or other premises in such a condition to be offensive and a nuisance to the neighborhood, or to create a health or safety risk to the children and citizens of the Township.
O. 
Littering is prohibited in Bear Creek Township.
P. 
Junk. No junk should be kept or stored on any premises or property within the Township unless the keeping or storage of same is specifically authorized by the Township Board of Supervisors or the Code Enforcement Officer within the standards and regulations provided for by Pennsylvania law and Bear Creek Township.
Q. 
Junked motor vehicles. For any person to own or have stored upon their property any motor vehicle which is no longer in actual use for transportation or which is wholly unfit to be operated or has been discarded or otherwise abandoned. Failure of a motor vehicle to display a current valid registration plate and certificate of inspection as required by the Vehicle Code[1] of Pennsylvania should constitute prima facie of proof that such vehicle is no longer in actual use for transportation purposes.
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Editor's Note: See 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
R. 
Nuisances, generally. Any person committing or maintaining a "nuisance" as defined in and prohibited by Chapter 65 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes shall be punishable as provided therein.
For any violation of any provision of this article by permitting, creating, maintaining, or being guilty of any of the nuisances herein specified and upon failure to abate such after notice to do so, be guilty of a summary offense and upon conviction thereof be liable to pay a fine not less than $150 and not more than $300, unless a fine is otherwise provided for by Pennsylvania law or other Bear Creek Township ordinance.