If the owner of grounds on which the nuisance,
public nuisance, hazard, machinery, equipment and/or materials are
stored does not comply with the notice to abate the conditions, within
the time limit prescribed, the Borough of Crafton shall have the authority
to take measures to correct the conditions and collect the costs of
such corrections plus 10% of all costs. The Borough of Crafton, in
such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police
powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending
premises to accomplish the foregoing.
In addition to the foregoing provisions, the
following specific acts shall be defined as and held to be disorderly
conduct, and punishable as such:
A. Loud playing of radios, television sets, amplifiers
and sound devices so as to be heard beyond the premises.
B. Operation of motor vehicles, construction equipment,
motorcycles, motorbikes, scooters, go-karts or similar vehicles which
are not adequately and properly equipped with mufflers in operating
condition, or to operate same so as to cause unnecessary noise, or
operate same in a reckless and dangerous manner. No gasoline-powered
lawn mower or gasoline-powered chain saw or other similar equipment
shall be operated on any day before 7:00 a.m. nor after 9:00 p.m.
C. Operating an unlicensed vehicle, including go-karts,
or operating model airplanes equipped with gasoline engines on a public
street or on public or school grounds.
D. The conduct of gambling or the permission by the owner
or occupant of premises for others to conduct gambling on the premises,
or permitting gambling devices and slot machines on the premises,
or any person found in a place where gambling is conducted.
E. Throwing trash or rubbish upon or littering the streets
or public or private property adjacent thereto.
F. Posting bills, notices, advertisements or signs on telephone or utility poles or elsewhere along streets, or on public or private property, other than signs permitted under the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
225].
G. The keeping or harboring of any dog or other animal
or fowl which by frequent howling or barking or other noise or odor
shall annoy or disturb the neighborhood or a number of persons, or
the keeping of a vicious dog not adequately leashed or secured.
H. The distribution, sale or exhibition of obscene, indecent or immoral pictures, films, literature or pamphlets, or engaging in any obscene, indecent or immoral act or show, in violation of the Adult-Oriented Business Ordinance [Chapter
60].
I. To be in violation of any curfew or legal restriction
on public assembly hereinafter established by Borough Council.
J. Begging, soliciting alms or vagrancy.
No person shall place, throw or deposit garbage,
refuse, waste, rubbish, papers or decaying plant, animal or vegetable
matter of any kind, including tree or plant cuttings, upon or along
any street or highway or upon public property or along the bank of
any stream or watercourse within the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain
or permit any of the following conditions or structures or premises
to be in the Borough of Crafton:
B. Open excavations where construction or excavating
is not currently proceeding.
C. Unfinished buildings, foundations or other structures
where construction is not currently proceeding.
D. Buildings or structures damaged or partially destroyed or in a state of disrepair or dangerous so as to be in violation of §
90-1, Building Code, or §
90-3, Property Maintenance Code, of Chapter
90, Code Enforcement.
E. Dangerous placement of materials or equipment; abandoned
refrigerators.
F. Lakes, ponds or swimming pools not properly safeguarded.
Stagnant water or pools in which mosquitoes, flies or insects multiply.
G. Premises in any recorded plan of lots or highly developed
neighborhood which are not landscaped and maintained free of weeds,
unhealthful growth, noxious matter, junk or debris.
The use of any property or any activity within the Borough shall be in compliance with all the environmental performance standards contained in the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
225].
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement
of this chapter, or any remedy provided by law, shall not be deemed
mutually exclusive; rather they may be employed simultaneously or
consecutively, at the option of the inspecting official.