[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Milford 7-6-1970 as § 5-1
of Ch. 5 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
meanings indicated:
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches
or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
docks, grounds and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
Every device in, on or by which any person or property is
or may be transported or drawn on a highway, including devices used
exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter in or on
any occupied, open or vacant property, whether or not owned by that
person, or in or on any street, sidewalk, park or other public place
or any pond, lake or stream or other body of water within the Borough,
except in public receptacles or in private receptacles authorized
for collection. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in
authorized private receptacles shall do so in a manner which prevents
the litter from being carried or deposited by the elements on any
street, sidewalk or other public place or on private property.
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 Borough 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 sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter on any street or other public place within the Borough
or on private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Borough unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded to prevent
any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited on any
street, alley or other public place, nor shall any person drive or
move any vehicle or truck within the Borough, the wheels or tires
of which carry or deposit mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or
foreign matter of any kind onto any street, alley or other public
place.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect litter
from outside the Borough and bring it into the Borough for the purpose
of dumping or disposing thereof. No truck or other vehicle containing
litter which has been transported into the Borough shall be parked
or allowed to remain standing on any street in the Borough or on any
public property for a period in excess of two hours.
No person shall cast or place an advertisement, handbill, circular
or paper on a public street, on sidewalks, into vestibules or yards,
on porches of dwelling houses or other buildings or into a vehicle
while it is on the public highways or on private property within the
Borough, but this section shall not apply to newspapers and addressed
envelopes delivered to subscribers and addressees. Advertisements,
handbills, circulars and papers may be distributed in the Borough
if they are so securely placed at each dwelling that they will not
be blown away by the wind.
