[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood
as Sec. 3-2 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
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.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public
ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
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.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
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.
No person shall sweep, throw or deposit litter in or upon any occupied,
open or vacant property, whether owned by such person or not, or in or upon
any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or any pond, lake, stream
or other body of water within the borough, except in public receptacles or
authorized private receptacles for collection or in official borough dumps.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles
shall do so in such manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private
property.
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of business,
shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within
the borough the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any
public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property
shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or
deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the borough or
upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
borough unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded so as to prevent any
load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley
or other public place, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck
within the borough, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in
any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter
or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any litter
from outside the borough, or into the borough, for the purpose of dumping
or disposing thereof, unless so authorized by the borough.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all
times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however, that this section
shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles
for collection.
The Construction Official is authorized and empowered to notify the
owner of any open or vacant private property within the borough, or the agent
of the owner, to properly dispose of litter located on the owner's property
which is dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. The notice shall be
by registered mail addressed to the owner at his last known address and shall
state the acts to be performed by the owner or tenant, as well as the penalty
for failure to comply with the notice.
If the owner or tenant to which notice is sent neglects or refuses to
comply with the notice within 10 days of receipt of same, the Construction
Official shall arrange to perform the acts required by the notice at the cost
of the borough. He shall certify the costs to the Mayor and Council who shall
examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the costs shown
on the certificate to be charged against the lands benefited. The costs shall
be added to the taxes next assessed and levied upon the lands benefited and
shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and be collected and enforced
by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
