No paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste or discarded materials
of any kind shall be thrown, deposited or dumped in any ravine, quarry, ditch
or gutter, on any highway, road, street, avenue, lane, alley, sidewalk or
footpath in the Township of Whitemarsh nor on any public place or private
property, vacant or occupied, within the limits of said Township.
No leaves, grass, weeds, hedges, tree trimmings or any other material
shall be burned within the boundaries of any public highway; nor shall any
fire be made which will cause damage to a highway or street paving.
It shall be unlawful for all individuals, corporations and businesses
owning or occupying property along any public highway, road, street, avenue,
lane or alley in the Township of Whitemarsh to drain or allow to flow into
or upon any highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley, by pipe or any other
channel, whether natural or artificial, any water or drainage from sinks,
bathtubs, washstands, lavatories, water closets, swimming pools, privies or
cesspools of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any other foul or offensive
water or drainage of any kind, or to allow any such water or drainage to percolate
into or upon said highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit municipal dumps
maintained by the Township of Whitemarsh or a reasonable accumulation of ashes
and rubbish on private property by the owners thereof.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit landfill operations
within the Township when the following conditions are met:
A. A permit is obtained from the Supervisors.
B. The requirements of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
are complied with.
C. The rules, regulations or conditions of the permit of
the Township are complied with.
D. Use of the landfill site by the Township of Whitemarsh
or its permittees is available.
E. There is payment of an annual fee as provided in §
48-7 hereafter.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the Township
of Whitemarsh from permitting any of the several property owners within the
Township of Whitemarsh possessing nonused or abandoned quarries to lease their
property to a municipality upon written application and the payment of an
annual license fee to the Township of Whitemarsh and the acceptance of such
terms and regulations from time to time adopted by the Township of Whitemarsh.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425]
The annual fee required by virtue of §§
48-5 and
48-6 herein shall be determined annually, adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, and shall not be less than the amount set in Chapter
A121, Fees. The fee shall be fixed by the Supervisors by taking into consideration traffic supervision of the operations and such other factors that would tend to provide for an orderly operation.
[Amended 3-18-1982 by Ord. No. 425; 12-8-1988
by Ord. No. 565]
Any person or persons, corporation, partnership or other entity whatsoever
violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed the maximum fine of $1,000, plus costs
of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such costs and prosecution,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days; provided, however, that if
the District Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial
means to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance, such
defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments and
over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be just.
[Added 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 825]