[Adopted 4-17-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-2865 (Ch. 233, Art. IV, of the 1996
Township Code)]
The purpose of this article is to establish requirements to
control littering in the Township of Middletown, so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
the failure to comply.
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.
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.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
A.Â
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.Â
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.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department and/or
other Township enforcement officials.
