[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 6-7-1971 by Ord. No. 508, approved 6-7-1971. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to dump or place
or deposit any loose papers, rubbish or waste matter in or upon any
public highway of this Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place any wastepaper,
rubbish, ashes or other waste material on any sidewalk, in or at the
side of any public street or highway of this Borough unless all noncombustible
trash, such as ashes, cans, bottles, wire, metal parts, earth, stones,
plaster, broken concrete, etc., is placed in a separate container,
and all combustible trash, such as papers, rags, boxes, wood, hedge
trimmings, leaves, tires, rubber, leather, etc., is placed in other
separate containers, suitably bundled and tied.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, place or deposit
any paper, rubbish, ashes, empty cans or other waste material on any
private property without the express permission of the owner of such
property, or to dump, place or deposit any such waste material on
any property not designated by the owner as a public or private dump
for which a license shall have been obtained as hereinafter provided.
A.
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any property owner to use any
private property in this Borough for purposes of a public or private
dump or to permit the same to be used by others for dumping purposes
unless and until such property owner shall have made application to
the Council of this Borough for a permit to maintain a public dump,
which application shall state fully and accurately the applicant's
title to the said property and the exact location and size thereof
and shall stipulate that no portion of the said property within an
area or distance of 100 feet from any public road shall be used for
such dump and that no combustible material shall be dumped upon any
part of said property.
B.
Upon approval of such by the Council of the Borough of Darby, a permit
shall be issued without any license fee being paid therefor, which
permit shall be limited to one year and shall be subject to revocation
at any time in the event that any dumping shall be done upon the said
property within the restricted area of 100 feet from any public road
or that combustible material has been dumped upon any part of said
property.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any combustible
material on, or to start any fire on or in the immediate proximity
of, any public or private dumping place of this Borough, or to burn
any rubbish or waste material within this Borough, except that it
shall be permissible to burn leaves or rubbish accumulated from any
one property in suitable wire containers.
[Amended 3-5-1975 by Ord.
No. 557, approved 3-5-1975]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
