As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
BONFIRE
An outdoor fire utilized for ceremonial purposes.
[Added 7-25-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-5]
FURNACE
Any enclosed device specifically designed for burning any material
for the production of heat.
GARBAGE
All putrescible animal and vegetable matter resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
INCINERATOR
Any device specifically designed for the destruction by burning of
refuse, sewage sludge or any other combustible material.
OPEN FIRE
A fire in which any material is burned in the open or in a receptacle
other than a furnace or incinerator.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, department,
bureau, agency or other legal entity.
REFUSE
Garbage, rubbish and trade waste.
RUBBISH
Solids not considered to be highly flammable or explosive, including
but not limited to rags, old clothes, leather, rubber, carpets, wood, excelsior,
paper, ashes, tree branches, tree leaves, yard trimmings, furniture, tin cans,
glass, crockery, masonry and other similar materials.
SALVAGE OPERATION
Any business, trade or industry engaged in whole or in part in salvaging
or reclaiming any product or material, including but not limited to metals,
chemicals, shipping containers or drums.
TRADE WASTE
All solid or liquid material or rubbish resulting from construction,
building operations or the prosecution of any business, trade or industry,
including but not limited to plastic products, cartons, paint, grease, oil
and other petroleum products, chemicals, cinders and other forms of solid
or liquid waste materials, provided that trade waste shall not include any
coal refuse associated with the mining or preparation of coal.
The Board of Supervisors of Washington Township shall have the power
and duty to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 7-11-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-4; 6-12-1997
by Ord. No. 1997-3]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in
default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.
Each day that a violation of this code continues shall constitute a separate
offense. Enforcement shall be by action brought before a District Justice
in the same manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.