This chapter may be known and cited as the "Silverdale
Nuisance Ordinance."
Certain words and phrases used in this chapter
shall have the meanings ascribed as follows:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle which has a defaced, changed, or obliterated
serial number, or any mobile vehicle which is parked or stored on
a public road or property not owned by the owner of the vehicle or
which is parked or stored on private property or a public road or
property without having a current license or a current inspection
sticker.
DANGEROUS STRUCTURE
Any building which has deteriorated to the state where it
is dangerous and unsafe for human occupancy, constitutes a fire hazard,
endangers surrounding buildings, shelters rats or other vermin, or
endangers the safety of children playing thereabout.
GARBAGE
Animal, vegetable and organic waste, from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food.
JUNKED VEHICLE
Any mobile vehicle which has been stripped, damaged, or is
in such a state of disrepair that it has no value except for junk
or salvage, or any vehicle without a current license or current inspection
sticker not stored within a garage.
PERSON
An individual, partnership or corporation.
RUBBISH
All waste and discarded materials having only a junk or salvage
value.
The following conduct is hereby declared to
be a nuisance, to be unlawful and prohibited under the provisions
of this chapter:
A. The accumulation of ashes, garbage, rubbish and other
refuse material.
B. The throwing, dumping, or depositing, or causing to
be thrown, dumped or deposited, of any glass, metal, garbage, wastepaper
or rubbish of any kind, either from a vehicle or otherwise, in, upon
or along any public road or highway within the Borough of Silverdale.
C. The throwing, dumping, or depositing, or causing to
be thrown, dumped or deposited, of any glass, metal, garbage, wastepaper
or rubbish of any kind, either from a vehicle or otherwise, in or
upon the land of another located within the Borough of Silverdale.
D. Permitting or allowing the spread or dissemination
of loose debris, by wind, water or otherwise, upon the public roads
or highways or upon the lands of another.
E. The storage of junked vehicles, except within a closed
building.
F. Owning or controlling an abandoned vehicle.
G. Owning or controlling a dangerous structure.