As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, leaflet, pamphlet or any other printed
or otherwise reproduced literature which advertises for sale any merchandise,
product, commodity or thing or which directs attention to any business or
mercantile establishment or which directs attention to or advertises any meeting,
theatrical performance or an event of any kind for which an admission fee
is charged.
LITTER
Any putrescible animal and vegetable waste, commonly known as "garbage,"
and any putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including rubbish and
refuse, such as ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles
and solid market and industrial waste, paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, trash and
similar materials.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, circular, leaflet, pamphlet or any
other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of
literature not included in the above definition of a "commercial handbill."
No person, association, firm or corporation shall do or permit to be
done any of the following acts:
A. Sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other public
place within the township any accumulation of litter from any building or
lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or
occupying property, including residences and places of business, shall keep
the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
B. Throw or deposit, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle,
litter upon any street or other public place within the township or upon private
property.
C. Drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the township
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.
D. Deposit dirt on any public street from the wheels of
vehicles leaving construction sites, unless such dirt is removed by 5:00 p.m.
of the day on which the dirt was deposited.
E. Throw or deposit commercial or noncommercial handbills
in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place, or hand out, distribute
or sell any commercial handbills or place the same in or upon any vehicle
in any public place, provided that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk,
street or other public place to distribute, without charge, any noncommercial
handbill to any person willing to accept it.
F. Throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing
or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other
person then present in or upon such private premises.
G. Post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device
calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamppost, public
utility pole or tree or upon any public structure or building, except as may
be authorized or required by law.
H. Throw, deposit or permit the accumulation of litter on
private premises, both business and residential, within the township, whether
owned by such person or not. The owner or person in control of the private
premises may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such
a manner that litter would be prevented from being carried or deposited by
the elements on any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private
property. The owners of shopping centers are hereby required to install and
maintain trash receptacles on the pedestrian walkways within said shopping
center. These receptacles shall be placed at a maximum of thirty (30) feet
apart, unless the Board of Commissioners or its designee determines this distance
is not practicable. The receptacles shall be clearly designated as trash receptacles,
and the Board of Commissioners or its designee shall have the authority to
determine the adequacy of such receptacles in terms of their type and number.
I. Throw or deposit litter upon any open or vacant private
premises or any inhabited premises, whether owned by such person or not.
Any person, firm, association or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter or fails to correct within the time hereinabove set forth the conditions for which complaint is made by the township shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) plus costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, and each day's failure to comply with any such provision shall constitute a separate violation. It shall not be necessary for the township to give notice pursuant to the provisions of §
120-3 above in order to obtain a conviction for any of the prohibited acts in §
120-2 above.