[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Stone Harbor as Sec. 4-1 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
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.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleaning, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
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.
VEHICLE
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, deposit or dump 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 or stream or other body of water within the Borough, except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a 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.
Storing, keeping or maintaining debris from construction on the streets and sidewalks of the Borough is prohibited, except in permitted dumpsters.
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 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, 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. No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has been transported into the Borough shall be parked or allowed to remain standing on any street in the Borough or on any public property for a period in excess of two hours.
No person shall cast or place or cause to be cast or placed any advertisement, handbill, circular or paper on any public street, on sidewalks, into any vestibules or yards, upon porches of any dwelling house or other buildings, or on or into any vehicle while on the public highways or on private property within the Borough, except that this section shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes delivered to subscribers and addresses. Advertisements, handbills, circulars and paper may be distributed in the Borough, provided they are securely placed at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the wind.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Sec. 4-1.9, Maintaining sidewalk access to the public, which previously followed this section, has been moved to Ch. 178, Building Construction, Art. VII.
Any person who supplies the Borough of Stone Harbor with proofs sufficient to obtain a conviction for littering under this chapter, shall, after the conviction and sentencing, be entitled to a reward from the Borough in an amount equal to 10% of the fine received by the Borough in connection with said conviction.
[Amended 3-7-2006 by Ord. No. 1251; 6-20-2023 by Ord. No. 1642; 7-18-2023 by Ord. No. 1648]
Any person or association of persons violating any provision of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than the penalties set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, Penalty, of the Borough of Stone Harbor Code, together with the necessary costs of cleanup, if any. A violation of this section, in combination with conduct by the offender that either causes terror and/or alarm to others, incites violence, hinders or obstructs any Borough employee in performance of its duties, is unreasonably loud and/or boisterous, offends the sensibilities of the public given the time and place of the conduct, and/or otherwise has a deleterious impact on public order, shall constitute a breach of the peace.