[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Hanover 9-28-1971 by Ord. No. 71-5. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation or any
entity of any nature whatsoever.
The Township of Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Any waste paper, ashes, grass, grass clippings, trimmings, advertising
circulars, samples, fruit peelings, cans, dirt, rubbish, waste, garbage or
refuse.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw, discharge,
dump, deposit, place or leave or cause to be thrown, discharged, dumped, deposited,
placed or left on any of the streets, roadways, thoroughfares, alleys, sidewalks,
footpaths, vacant lots, front yards or porches, in or on the ground of public
parks, playgrounds, recreation areas, public buildings, streams or banks of
such streams, any trash.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day
or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that
is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
