[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Newfield 9-11-1951 (§§ 131-9 and 131-13 of the 1991 Code)]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 81.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 200.
A. 
No person shall intentionally or otherwise, within the limits of said Borough, discard, deposit, throw or leave any wastepaper, trash, dirt, stone or any other material upon the public streets, roads, avenues, parks or other public places, or upon any lot or other premises, except in containers for that purpose or so placed as to be collected by the proper authorities.
B. 
Throwing, casting or placing any garbage, waste, papers, ashes, sewage, refuse, junk, rubbish, circulars, glasses, bottles, cans, dead animals or any other type of waste matter on any property, public or private, except in such areas as may be officially designated and licensed for dumping by the Borough of Newfield.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
C. 
Throwing or depositing litter in or upon any private property or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or property within the Borough, except in public receptacles or any authorized private receptacles for collection or in official Borough dumps.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
D. 
"Litter" shall include but not be limited to such items as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, leaves, wood, glass, crockery, bottles and similar materials.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Any person convicted by the Municipal Court Judge of the Borough of Newfield of the violation of any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the said Municipal Court Judge.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).