[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Littlestown 7-14-2015 by Ord. No. 673.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance code — See Ch. 174, Art. IX.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of 7-14-2015.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Any act, work or conduct causing or tending to cause a disturbance of the peace and good order of the Borough or causing or tending to cause any danger, discomfort or annoyance to any of the inhabitants of the Borough, or users of the Borough thoroughfares; or any loud, boisterous, excessive, unseemly or unnecessary noise or disturbance, fighting or quarreling or inciting others to fight or quarrel; or making use publicly of obscene or indecent language; being visibly intoxicated; or loafing, loitering, prowling on private of public property or on any of the public streets or roads or public grounds in the Borough to the annoyance of peaceable residents nearby traveling or residing on any street or road or being lawfully on any public grounds of the Borough, whereby the public peace is broken or disturbed or the traveling public is annoyed.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any type of mechanical device, propelled by a motor, in which persons or property may be transported upon public streets or highways, and including trailers or semitrailers pulled thereby.
NUISANCE
Any condition, structure or improvement which is unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful and/or which causes or tends to cause injury, danger, damage, hurt, inconvenience, annoyance or discomfort to any person in the legitimate enjoyment of such person's legal and reasonable uses of said person's property in the neighborhood or causes a blighting effect in Borough neighborhoods.
PERSON
A natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity.
REFUSE or RUBBISH
Includes but not be limited to the following: any wastepaper, sweepings, ashes, household waste, glass, metal, furniture, rotted wood products, vehicle parts and accessories, or any other detrimental substance.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall cause, continue, maintain or permit to exist any nuisance within the Borough of Littlestown.
Disorderly conduct is hereby prohibited within the Borough of Littlestown.
In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following specific acts shall be defined as and held to be disorderly conduct and punishable as such:
A. 
Loud playing of radios, television sets, amplifiers and sound devices so as to be heard beyond the premises.
B. 
Operating of motor vehicles, motorcycles, motorbikes, scooters and go-carts which are not adequately and properly equipped with mufflers in operating condition or operating the same so as to cause unnecessary noise or racing or operating the same in a reckless and dangerous manner.
C. 
Operating an unlicensed vehicle, including go-carts, or operating model airplanes equipped with gasoline engines on a public street or on public or school grounds.
D. 
Parking of automobiles on streets or public property or on private property not owned by occupants of the automobile for the purpose of engaging in immoral acts or "petting."
E. 
The false reporting of crimes or misdemeanors or the intentional misleading calling or requesting service of the Police Department or Fire Department.
F. 
The conduct of gambling or the permission by the owner or occupant of the premises for others to conduct gambling on the premises or permitting gambling devices and slot machines on the premises, or any person found in a place where gambling is conducted.
G. 
Throwing trash or rubbish upon or littering the streets or public or private property adjacent thereto.
H. 
Posting bills, notices, advertisements or signs on telephone poles or elsewhere along streets or on public or private property.
I. 
Resisting or interfering with the duty of police officers or fire officers in the performance of their duties.
J. 
The molesting, annoying or insulting of a female person by a male person or any solicitation by a female person for the purpose of prostitution.
K. 
The distribution, sale or exhibition of obscene, indecent or immoral pictures, films, literature or pamphlets, or engaging in any obscene, indecent or immoral act or show.
L. 
To be in violation of any curfew or legal restriction on public assembly hereinafter established by resolution of the Borough Council.
M. 
Begging, soliciting alms or vagrancy.
N. 
Any lot owner or owners or occupiers of the same fronting on the respective streets within the Borough, whether rented or occupied by the owner, shall either remove or cause to be removed all snow from the respective pavements and water gutters within a period of 24 hours after the accumulation, and all ice shall be salted or cindered within 24 hours of forming.
O. 
Any other act or acts which would be a violation of the Borough Code or the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and not specifically defined or prohibited by any ordinances of the Borough of Littlestown.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, or permit to be maintained, on any property owned or occupied by such person within the limits of the Borough of Littlestown any condition detrimental to health; and any such condition shall constitute a nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate or cause or permit the accumulating of garbage, refuse or rubbish on public or private grounds within the limits of the Borough of Littlestown; and any such accumulation shall constitute a nuisance.
It shall be unlawful for any person to have, cause or permit the existence of any dangerous structure on public or private grounds within the limits of the Borough of Littlestown.
A. 
No person, firm or corporation owning or occupying any property within the Borough shall permit any grass or weeds or any vegetation whatsoever, not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose, to grow or remain upon such premises so as to exceed a height of 12 inches or to throw off any unpleasant or noxious odor, or to create a visual hazard at any intersection. Any grass, weeds or other vegetation growing upon any premises in the Borough in violation of any of the provisions of this subsection is hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety, cleanliness and comfort of the inhabitants of the Borough.
B. 
Any owner of any premises, as to vacant premises or premises occupied by the owner, and occupant thereof, in case of premises occupied by other than the owner thereof, shall remove, trim or cut all grass, weeds or other vegetation growing or remaining upon such premises in violation of the provisions of Subsection A.
C. 
Any officer or employee of the Borough designated thereby for the purposes, is hereby authorized to give notice, by personal service or by United States mail, to the owner or occupant, as the case may be, of any premises whereon grass, weeds or other vegetation is growing or remaining in violation of the provisions of the Subsection A, directing and requiring such occupant to remove, trim or cut grass, weeds or vegetation so as to conform to the requirements of this chapter, within five days after issuance of such notice. In case any person, firm or corporation shall neglect, fail or refuse to comply with such notice within the period of time stated therein, the Borough authorities may remove, trim or cut such grass or vegetation, and the cost thereof, together with any additional penalty authorized by the law, may be collected by the Borough from such person, firm or corporation in the manner provided by law.
In the event any person shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, the Borough Manager, or the Code Enforcement Officer, if authorized by the Borough Manager, may order the abatement or removal of any such nuisance or dangerous structure by the owner or occupier of such grounds, after five days' written notice to such owner or occupier to do so; and upon default of the owners or occupiers of such grounds to abate or remove such nuisance or dangerous structure as so ordered, the Borough of Littlestown shall abate or remove the same or cause its abatement or removal and collect the cost thereof, together with a penalty of 10% of such cost, in the manner provided by law.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before the Mayor of the Borough of Littlestown, Pennsylvania, or any Magisterial District Judge of Adams County, Pennsylvania, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fines and costs, to imprisonment in the Adams County, Pennsylvania, jail for not more than 30 days. Each day that a violation is permitted to continue without correction shall constitute a separate offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.