[Ord. 4-2010, 4/21/2010]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any printed or written matter, leaflet, pamphlet or any other
printed or otherwise reproduced literature which advertises for sale
any merchandise, product, commodity or thing or which directs attention
to any business or mercantile establishment or which directs attention
to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance or an event of
any kind for which an admission fee is charged.
Any putrescible animal and vegetable waste, commonly known
as "garbage," and any putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste,
including rubbish and refuse, such as ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste,
paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, trash and similar materials.
Any printed or written matter, circular, leaflet, pamphlet
or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of
any matter of literature not included in the above definition of a
"commercial handbill."
[Ord. 4-2010, 4/21/2010]
1.
No person, association, firm or corporation shall do or permit to
be done any of the following acts:
A.
Sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within
the Borough any accumulation of litter from any building or lot or
from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or
occupying property, including residences and places of business, shall
keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
B.
Deposit any litter on any public property of the Borough, State,
County or Federal government, including parks, playgrounds or other
public properties.
C.
Throw or deposit, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, litter
upon any street or other public place within the Borough or upon private
property.
D.
Drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Borough unless
such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents
or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or
other public place.
E.
Deposit dirt on any public street from the wheels of vehicles leaving
construction sites, unless such dirt is removed by 5:00 p.m. of the
day on which the dirt was deposited.
F.
Throw or deposit commercial or noncommercial handbills in or upon
any sidewalk, street or other public place, or hand out, distribute
or sell any commercial handbills or place the same in or upon any
vehicle in any public place, provided that it shall not be unlawful
on any sidewalk, street or other public place to distribute, without
charge, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept
it.
G.
Throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill
in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing
or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant
or other person then present in or upon such private premises.
H.
Post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device calculated
to attract the attention of the public to any lamppost, public utility
pole or tree or upon any public structure or building, except as may
be authorized or required by law.
I.
Throw, deposit or permit the accumulation of litter on private premises,
both business and residential, within the Borough, whether owned by
such person or not. The owner or person in control of the private
premises may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection
in such a manner that litter would be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements on any street, sidewalk or other public
place or upon any private property.
J.
Throw or deposit litter upon any open or vacant private premises
or any inhabited premises, whether owned by such person or not.
[Ord. 4-2010, 4/21/2010]
1.
The Code Official is hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to the provisions contained under Chapter 5, Part 2, of the Conshohocken Borough Code, to notify the owner and/or occupant of any open or vacant private premises or any occupied or unoccupied private or business premises within the Borough, or the agent of such owner or occupant, to properly dispose of litter located on such property. Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to said owner and/or occupant at his last known address, or served personally upon such owner or occupant.
2.
Upon failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or occupant so notified to properly dispose of litter within three days after receipt of the written notice provided for in Subsection 1 above, or three days after the date of such notice in the event that the same is returned unserved, the Code Official is hereby authorized and empowered to order the correction of such violation, using Borough funds or Borough personnel to accomplish such correction, and may charge the costs thereof to the violator. Collection of such costs by the Borough may be made by lien or otherwise as authorized by law.
[Ord. 4-2010, 4/21/2010]
1.
Any person, firm, association or corporation who violates any provision
of this Part or fails to correct, within the time hereinabove set
forth, the conditions for which complaint is made by the Borough shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $300, plus
the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such fine and
costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding
30 days. Each day a violation continues after due notice shall constitute
a separate violation.
