[Adopted 2-8-1960 by Ord. No. 300]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation, or any agents thereof to do, authorize, aid or abet in
the doing of any of the following things which are hereby declared
to be prejudicial to public health and safety:
A.
To place, or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained
in or near any of the highways of the Township or upon any public
or private grounds any liquid or solid vegetable or animal matter
that will decay or become offensive or will render offensive any of
the drains, streams or sewers within the Township.
B.
To place, or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained
in or near any of the highways of the Township or upon any public
or private property, any garbage or rubbish as hereinafter defined.
Garbage or rubbish permitted to remain on any private property, except
for the purposes of prompt collection and removal therefrom by the
next regularly scheduled collection by rubbish or garbage removal
services of or authorized by the Township of Tinicum, for more than
48 hours shall be considered as unlawfully accumulated in violation
of this article.
C.
To use garbage or rubbish as hereinafter defined for purposes of fill or for the construction
of any lane, driveway or right-of-way, and said use of garbage or rubbish shall be
construed to be an unlawful accumulation in violation hereof.
D.
To permit thistles, chickweed, chicory, succory, blue
daisy or other weeds or similar vegetation not edible or planted for
some useful or ornamental purpose to grow or remain upon the premises
owned or occupied by them in the Township or upon the sidewalk, curb
or adjoining gutter. Said vegetation shall be cut and destroyed so
as to prevent it from going to seed, and prevent said seed from ripening.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Shall be held to include offal, refuse or animal or vegetable
matter from a kitchen, market, home or store.
For the purposes of this article, includes waste or rejected
matter, anything worthless or valueless, trash, debris, fragments
of building materials or ruined buildings.
[Amended 4-11-1960 by Ord. No. 302]
A.
This article shall not be construed to prohibit the
accumulation of debris or rubbish, as herein defined, upon the premises
of any industrial establishment, provided that such debris or rubbish
is generated on said premises by manufacturing operations and does
not otherwise constitute a public nuisance.
B.
This article shall not be construed to prohibit the
accumulation or deposit of concrete, building blocks, tile or other
noncombustible building materials, provided that such matter is not
likely to give off offensive odors and provided further that such
noncombustible building material is deposited at least 100 feet from
any public street or highway with the primary purpose of filling land
which is not usable because of grade or drainage.
C.
This article shall not be construed to prohibit the
accumulation or deposit of debris or rubbish on the dump operated
by the Township, provided that such accumulation or deposit is accomplished
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Township for the
use of said Township dump.
Any owner or occupier of any property or land
within the limits of said Township who shall permit the existence
or accumulation of any prejudicial thing as above defined and who
shall fail to remove the same after having been given 10 days' notice
to abate it shall be subject to a fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution,
to be collected in the name of the Township of Tinicum in a summary
proceeding before a Magisterial District Judge, and, in default of
payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days. The continuance of such prejudicial
thing for a period of 24 hours subsequent to the expiration of the
time mentioned in said notice shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
In addition to the penalties provided in § 299-4, the Commissioners of the Township of Tinicum shall have the power, in default of removal of said prejudicial thing by the owner or occupier of such property or land, after proper notice as aforesaid, to cause said work to be done and collect the cost thereof from said owner or occupier of said property or land, together with a penalty of 20% of such cost, in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal claims or by action of assumpsit.
Any person, firm or corporation which shall place rubbish or garbage upon any public or private property in or near any of the highways of the Township in violation of this article shall be subject to a fine of $1,000 for each offense, plus costs of prosecution, to be collected in the name of the Township of Tinicum in a summary proceeding before any Magisterial District Judge, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days. Prosecution under this section shall not bar prosecution under § 299-4 hereof.
