[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Bridgeport 2-3-1970 by Ord. No. 318, approved 2-3-1970 (Ch. 68 of
the 1975 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, association, firm or corporation
shall keep or suffer to remain upon his, her or its premises or on
any private property any garbage, refuse, rubbish, offal, carcass,
putrid matter or other offensive or unwholesome matter, or cast the
same upon any lot or piece of ground within the Borough or upon the
shores or margin of any stream or body of water or into any sewer
inlet or upon any sidewalk in the Borough.
No person, firm or corporation may use or permit
to be used any spot or place within the Borough as a public or private
dump for garbage, refuse, rubbish, offal, carcass, putrid matter or
any other offensive or unwholesome matter.
[Added 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved
8-15-1975]
Further, and in no limitation of the duties,
fines or responsibilities hereinbefore set forth, the Borough Council
of the Borough of Bridgeport, whenever the existence on any premises
of any garbage, refuse, rubbish, offal, carcass, putrid matter or
any other offensive or unwholesome matter shall be brought to its
attention, may notify the owner or occupant of the tract of land or
premises upon which the same are growing, requiring such owner or
occupant to abate the said nuisance within five days from the service
thereof. The service of such notice shall be upon the owner or occupant
aforesaid, either by depositing the same with the United States postal
authorities, addressed to the occupant of the premises or the owner,
as shown on the tax assessment books, or by delivering the same and
leaving it with any adult person in charge of the premises or tract
of land, or in case no such person is found upon said land or premises,
by affixing said notice in a conspicuous position upon said land or
premises.
[Added 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved
8-15-1975]
If the owner or occupant of a tract of land
or premises, as aforesaid, to whom such notice has been given fails,
neglects or refuses to comply with said notice or order for the abatement
or removal of the said growth, in accordance with the notice, the
Borough Council of the Borough of Bridgeport or its agents or employees
may enter upon the tract of land or premises to which said order relates
and abate or remove such nuisance.
[Added 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved
8-15-1975]
The expense incident to such abatement or removal
to which the Borough is put shall be paid by the owner or occupant
of such tract of land or premises and may be billed by the Borough
Council of the Borough of Bridgeport to such owner or occupant, as
aforesaid, together with an additional 10% thereof to be added thereto
to cover expenses incidental to the enforcement hereof, and in default
of payment of such bill, a lien may be filed by the said Council in
the name of the Borough of Bridgeport in the Court of Common Pleas
of Montgomery County within 30 days of the date of completion of the
work of abatement or removal, subject to the same proceedings and
rights for entry and revival of judgment and execution as are provided
by law for other municipal liens.
[Added 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved
8-15-1975]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Bridgeport
ordains and enacts this chapter to promote and preserve the health
and welfare of the residents of the Borough pursuant to the powers
granted to it by the Borough Code. For the purpose of enforcing the
civil provisions of this chapter, the Borough Council shall undertake
to accomplish the same on its own motion and/or resolution as the
occasion warrants. So far as the enforcement of the noncivil remedy
afforded by this chapter, the Borough Council of the Borough of Bridgeport
hereby designates the members of the Borough Board of Health or the
Health Officer of the Borough or the Borough Building Inspector as
the proper party or parties empowered to initiate proceedings for
the enforcement hereof before any Magisterial District Judge of the
Borough.
[Added 8-12-1975 by Ord. No. 419, approved
8-15-1975; amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 507, approved 3-14-1989]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter before any Magisterial District
Judge shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 and costs
of prosecution or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not
to exceed 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for such separate
offense.
