[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Bellmawr as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Advertisements and circulars — See Ch.
115.
Brush, grass, weeds and debris — See Ch.
146.
Property maintenance — See Ch.
341.
Vacant property — See Ch.
347.
Solid waste — See Ch.
382.
[Adopted 3-16-1972 by Ord. No. 4-72 as Ch. 71 of the 1972
Code; amended in its entirety 7-24-1989 by Ord. No. 6:12-89]
It shall be unlawful to haul or transport dirt, stone, ashes
or any other material in the Borough in such manner as to spill or
drop any such material on any of the sidewalks, streets or public
places in the Borough.
It shall be unlawful to load or unload any vehicle or fill it
to such an extent that any of its contents shall spill from the vehicle
onto any sidewalk, street or public place. Any vehicle used for the
hauling or transporting of materials shall be constructed of sufficient
strength, compactness and tightness to prevent seeping, dropping or
spilling any material through cracks, openings, crevices or over the
sides thereof.
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.
No person shall discard or dump any household or commercial
solid waste in any place not specifically designated for the purpose
of solid waste storage or disposal.
No person shall store in any area zoned residential any bulky
household item such as an appliance, furniture or mattresses, except
in a fully enclosed structure.
No person shall store tires in any area zoned residential except
in a fully enclosed structure.
All vehicles shall be properly covered to prevent any loads
from dropping, leaking or otherwise escaping from said vehicle.
No person shall accumulate debris on or around construction
sites or store debris in such a manner that it is likely to be removed
by natural forces onto adjacent property.
No commercial, industrial or residential waste disposal bins
shall be permitted to be open or overflowing.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in charge of
any building or structure shall keep and cause to be kept the sidewalk
and curb abutting said building or structure or the curb and abutting
area if there is no sidewalk free from obstruction and nuisances of
every kind and shall keep said sidewalks, areaways, backyards, courts
and alleys free from litter and other offensive material.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street,
catch basin or other public place any accumulation of litter from
any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
It shall be unlawful to haul or transport dirt or any material
in the Borough in such a manner as to cause the laying or accumulating
of dirt, dust or debris in any street, sidewalk or public place.
Whenever dirt, sand, cinders, ashes, stones, debris, cement
or a like product is being hauled or transported from any excavation
or from, to or through any place in the Borough in such quantities
or in a manner that may occasion the accumulation or littering of
such product on any sidewalk, street or public place, the person,
firm or corporation transporting such product shall, at the discretion
of the Police Department, transport and haul such material only over
such streets as may be designated by said Police Department.
Any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject of a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof,
in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each and every
day that such violation shall continue shall be a further and separate
offense under the terms of this article, subject to the penalties
herein prescribed.
[Adopted 2-24-2005 by Ord. No. 02:09-05]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof, including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any
top, cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted
cigarette, cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any
garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other
lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material, but
does not include the waste of the primary processes of mining or other
extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop, discard or otherwise
place any litter of any nature upon public or private property other
than in a litter receptacle or, having done so, to allow such litter
to remain.
B. Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed to fall from
a vehicle or boat in violation of this article, the operator or owner,
or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed to have
violated this article.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Bellmawr
Police Department, the Director of Public Works, or any other duly
authorized personnel of the Borough of Bellmawr.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or
imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or
a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination
thereof.