[Ord. No. 629, § 1(b), (f), (e), 8-9-1971]
For the purpose of this article the following words shall have the following meanings:
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined in this chapter, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
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Editor's Note: See also § 1-3, Rules of construction and definitions.
[Ord. No. 629, § 2, 8-9-1971]
No person shall store, sweep, throw or deposit litter in or upon any occupied, open or vacant property, whether owned by such person or not, in or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place, or any pond, lake, stream or other body of water within the Township, except in public receptacles or authorized private receptacles for collection, or in official Township dumps. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place, or upon private property. No person shall use a public litter receptacle or the private litter receptacle of another to dispose of their domestic or business generated litter or litter of a type or quantity normally associated with business or domestic origin.
[Ord. No. 629, § 3, 8-9-1971]
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Township the accumulation of litter from any building or lot, or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalks in front of their premises free of litter.
[Ord. No. 629, § 4, 8-9-1971]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the Township, or upon private property.
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Editor's Note: See also motor vehicles and traffic, Ch. 13.
[Ord. No. 629, § 5, 8-9-1971; Ord. No. 698, § 4, 4-8-1974]
No person shall drive any truck or other vehicle within the Township unless the 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; nor shall any person drive any vehicle or truck within the Township, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
[Ord. No. 629, § 6, 8-9-1971]
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any litter from outside the Township, or into the Township, for the purpose of dumping or disposing of it unless authorized to do so by the Township.
[Ord. No. 629, § 8, 8-9-1971]
The Township council, or its agents or employees, are authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property within the Township, or the agent of the owner, to properly dispose of litter located on the owner's property which is dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. The notice shall be by registered mail, addressed to the owner at his last known address, and shall state the acts to be performed by the owner or tenant, as well as the penalty for failure to comply with the notice.
[Ord. No. 629, § 9, 8-9-1971]
If the owner or tenant to which notice is sent pursuant to section 8-41 neglects or refuses to comply with the notice within ten (10) days of receipt of the same, the enforcing authority shall arrange to perform the acts required by the notice at the cost of the Township council. The expense of removal shall be paid by the owner or occupant and shall be a lien upon the land for which a lien may be filed by the Township council, in the name of the Township, in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, within six (6) months from the date of completion of the work of abatement, subject to the same proceedings for entry and revival of judgment and execution as are provided by law for other municipal liens. The council may also maintain an action against such owner or occupant in the name of the Township, to recover the amount of such expense in the same way as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, and the same when recovered either by enforcement of lien or by personal action shall be paid to the Township treasurer to be held and used for Township purposes.
[Ord. No. 629, § 11, 8-9-1971]
Whenever a violator of any provision of this article has been notified by any of the duly authorized and constituted representatives of the Township, or by service of summons or prosecution, or in any other way that such violator has committed a violation, each day that the violator shall continue in such violation shall constitute a separate offense punishable as provided in section 1-9 of this Code.