[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of Peters Township 6-15-1954 by Ord. No.
10 (Ch. 6, Part 3, of the 1981 Code of Ordinances).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-13-1981 by Ord. No. 235]
It is hereby ordained and enacted by the Township Council of
Peters Township that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation of any agent thereof to place, throw, store, accumulate
or maintain, or cause to be placed, thrown, stored, accumulated or
maintained any used cans, papers, paper boxes, used lumber, rubbish,
debris, animal matter, garbage, empty bottles, or other containers
upon any property within said Township or on or near any alley, highway
or stream located in said Township.
[Amended 4-13-1981 by Ord. No. 235[1]]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
This chapter shall become effective on the 15th day of June
1954.
