[Adopted 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 16:14-94]
There is hereby established an ordinance prohibiting littering, illegal dumping and further requiring certain waste management practices and procedures as follows.
A. 
No person shall throw, deposit or scatter garbage or recyclable items or otherwise litter any public or private property within the Township. Further, no person shall throw, deposit or scatter any garbage or recyclable items in such a manner resulting in them being carried by the elements onto any public or private property.
B. 
No person shall throw or deposit any garbage or recyclable items into any stream or body of water within the Township.
No person shall place or dump any accumulations of garbage or recyclable items on any land owned by the Township.
All loading and unloading areas shall have refuse receptacles for loose debris, paper, packaging materials and other trash. The containers necessary for each area shall be required to be maintained in a clean, neat and sanitary manner as directed by the Township Recycling Coordinator.
A. 
Sidewalks and rights-of-way. All owners or occupants of property shall maintain their property in a clean and litter-free manner, including sidewalks, grass strips, curbs and rights-of-way up to the edge of the pavement of any public street.
B. 
Sweeping into sidewalks or streets. No person shall sweep into or deposit in any street or sidewalk the accumulation of litter, trash or recyclable items, leaves or snow.
C. 
Depositing of snow or ice on streets or public places prohibited.
[Added 3-4-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-3]
(1) 
No person shall place or cause to be placed any snow or ice upon any street, avenue, public highway or public place within the Township.
(2) 
A commercial snowplow operator or any other person clearing accumulated snow on private property shall not deposit snow on any sidewalk, public road, street, or highway, or on public lands within the Township.
(3) 
Snow shall not be shoveled or plowed from a driveway across a street, avenue, public highway or public place and piled at the opposite curb. Snow shall be plowed or shoveled back onto the property from which it was plowed or shoveled and feathered along the curb line of said property.
(4) 
The Superintendent of Public Works, his designee, any member of the Department of Public Works and any member of the Township Police Department are authorized to file municipal complaints for violations of this article and to enforce the provisions of this article.
(5) 
Any person or persons convicted of violating this article, or any section thereof, shall pay a fine not less than $100 nor more than $500.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 153, Streets and Sidewalks, Art. 4, Maintenance of Right-of-Way.
It is unlawful for any vehicle containing trash, recyclables and vegetation materials to be driven, moved, stopped or parked on any public roadway unless such vehicle is covered so as to prevent any of its load from dropping, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. Any person operating a vehicle from which any materials have fallen or escaped must immediately cause the debris to be cleaned up.
It is unlawful for any owner, agent or contractor working on a construction or demolition site to permit the accumulation of litter and/or debris before, during or immediately following completion of any construction or demolition project. It is the duty of the such owner, agent or contractor to furnish containers adequate to accommodate flyable or nonflyable debris or trash at areas convenient to construction areas, and to maintain and empty the receptacle in such a manner and with such a frequency as to prevent spillage of refuse.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also Art. 1, Construction Debris, of this chapter.
The Municipal Administrator and/or Municipal Board of Health and/or the Zoning Officer are hereby authorized and directed to enforce all provisions of this article.
[Amended 2-6-1997]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or directive promulgated pursuant thereto shall be punishable, upon conviction thereof, by one or more of the following: a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, by up to 90 days in jail or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days. Each and every day that said violation continues shall be considered a separate offense.