[Adopted 11-16-1970 by Ord. No. 651 (Ch. 10, Part 2B, of the
1987 Code of Ordinances)]
The following words, terms, and phrases shall be construed in
this article to have the following meanings except in those instances
where the context clearly indicates otherwise.
All animal and vegetable waste attending or resulting from
the handling, dealing in, storing, preparation, cooking, and consumption
of foods; all refuse of animal or vegetable matter which has been
used for food of man or which was intended to be so used, and excess
fruit from trees on residential property but not from trees in orchards
or on farms.
Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, or
corporation.
All paper, cardboard, rags, broken grass, crockery, bottles,
tin cans, wastebasket debris, grass cuttings, and small household
refuse, generally including incinerator ashes and refuse from paper
burners and ashes from heating plants and coal stoves and refuse caused
by repairs, alterations, and new constructions of buildings and sidewalks.
Any fluid or object other than garbage and rubbish which
is abandoned or of no further use to its owner.
A.Â
The right of the people to clean air, pure water, and the natural
qualities of their environment shall not be abridged.
B.Â
The Township of North Versailles shall endeavor to assure the rights guaranteed to its citizens in Subsection A.
C.Â
The Township of North Versailles shall endeavor to correct the ecological
imbalance in our dead streams by seeking in cooperation with other
local municipalities to eliminate mine acid drainage and other pollutants
in our streams with the goal and intention of providing the citizens
of the Township of North Versailles with living streams abundant in
natural wildlife.
A.Â
No person shall keep, accumulate, or suffer to remain upon his or
her premises, or upon any private or public property, any garbage,
rubbish, or trash.
B.Â
No person shall throw, place or dump any garbage, rubbish, or trash
upon the shores, margins, or surface of any sewer inlet, stream, drainage
ditch, or other body of water within said Township of North Versailles.
[Amended 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 857; 8-15-1988 by Ord. No. 867]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $1,000 and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 30 days. Every day that a violation of this article continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
The second Saturday in August is hereby declared to be an annual
Stream Work Day.
