[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Westville 12-8-1953 (Ch. 87 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
leave outside of any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to
children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator
or any other container of any kind which has an airtight door or lock
which may not be released for opening from the inside of said icebox,
refrigerator or container.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
leave outside of any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to
children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded icebox, refrigerator
or any other container of any kind which has an airtight snaplock
or other device thereon without first removing the said snaplock or
doors from said icebox, refrigerator or container.
No person shall maintain, store or display unattended, in a
place other than a permanently enclosed building, or discard in any
public or private place, including any junkyard, where it might attract
children, a container which has a compartment of more than 1 1/2
cubic feet capacity and which has not had its door removed.
[Amended 9-13-1977]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed
90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the Judge. The continuation of such violation for each successive
day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons
allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished
as provided above for each separate offense.
