For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words shall have the following meanings:
ENFORCING AGENT
Any member of the Franklin Police Department or a duly designated
official on behalf of the Franklin Police Department, including but
not limited to the Zoning Officer, Health Inspector, Construction
Official and/or Road Superintendent.
[Added 12-14-1993 by Ord. No. 20-93]
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or
any top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packing or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary process of mining or other
extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
[Amended 10-10-2023 by Ord. No.
13-2023]
LITTER RECEPTACLE
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
[Added 10-10-2023 by Ord. No.
13-2023]
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Amended 10-10-2023 by Ord. No.
13-2023]
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling house, building or other structure designed
or used either wholly or in part for residential, commercial or industrial
purposes, whether inhabited, uninhabited or vacant, and shall include
any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox
belonging to or appurtenant to such dwelling house, building or other
structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, roads, sidewalks, alleys or other public
ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible solid waste, except body waste, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, dismantled
automobiles and parts thereof, scrap metal, junk, machinery and solid
market and industrial waste.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid waste, consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as papers, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding,
crockery, building materials and similar materials.
[Amended 10-10-2023 by Ord. No. 13-2023]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than in a litter receptacle, or having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
B. Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from
a vehicle or boat in violation of this chapter, the operator or owner,
or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have
violated this chapter.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in the borough.
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.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the borough unless such vehicle is so constructed or
loaded as to prevent any load or contents of litter from being blown
or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any
gutter, street or other public place within the borough an 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 and adjoining their premises free of litter.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute
any commercial or noncommercial handbill in such a manner that it
will not be prevented from being blown or drifted about sidewalks,
streets or other public or private places.
[Amended 10-22-1991 by Ord. No. 26-91]
Unless otherwise provided by law, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, General Provisions. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day on which a violation occurs or continues.