[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of White 1-27-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership or corporation
to use or occupy any premises as or for a rubbish disposal dump, garbage
disposal dump, sanitary landfill, incineration plant or other similar
use within the Township of White whereby any noxious or offensive
odors, putrid, or polluted water or other discharge, smoke, soot,
ash, refuse, rubbish or filth of any nature whatever is blown, carried
or discharged in any manner unto the public roads or upon the premises
of other persons, copartnerships or corporations. The use or occupation
of any premises within White Township in a manner so as to violate
the provisions of this section is hereby declared to constitute a
nuisance per se.
It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership or corporation
to dispose, keep, place or store or permit to be disposed, kept, placed
or stored, except in appropriate containers on any premises whatever,
any rubbish, garbage, ashes, manure or refuse of any kind whatever
within 100 feet of the cartway of any public road, or within 100 feet
of any creek or stream, or within 100 feet of any premises of any
other person, copartnership or corporation. The provisions of this
section shall in no way be interpreted to prohibit the use and/or
spreading of manure, fertilizer, lime and/or related materials for
agricultural purposes. The use or occupation of any premises within
White Township in a manner so as to violate the provisions of this
section is hereby declared to constitute a nuisance per se.
It shall be unlawful for any person, copartnership or corporation
to maintain or permit to be maintained on any premises whatever any
building or structure within the Township of White, which are or become
dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of the public due to destruction
by fire, deterioration, age, depreciation or any other reasons which
would endanger the general health, welfare and safety of the community.
The maintenance, use or occupation of any premises within White Township
in a manner so as to violate the provisions of this section is hereby
declared to constitute a nuisance per se.
Any nuisance prohibited by the terms of this chapter shall be
abated and removed by the occupant and/or by the owner of the premises
on which such nuisance exists and/or by the person or persons who
are responsible for such nuisance or nuisances within 15 days after
receipt by him, her or them of written notice so to do from the Board
of Supervisors of White Township, and on his, her or their default
and/or failure or neglect to abate or remove such nuisance within
such time the Township shall have the right and power to remove or
cause the removal of or abatement of such nuisance and to pay for
the cost or costs thereof and collect the cost of such removal from
the owner and/or occupant and/or the person or persons responsible
for such nuisance or nuisances or any of them.
Any person, copartnership or corporation violating any of the provisions of § 175-1, 175-2 or 175-3 of this chapter shall upon summary proceeding brought in the name of the Township before any justice of the peace be fined upon conviction in any amount not less than $25 nor more than $300 or in default thereof be sentenced and committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.
