[Ord. 37, 3/20/1956, § 1; as amended by Ord. 337, 6/21/2000, § I]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or any agent thereof to do, authorize, aid or abet in the doing of any of the following things which are hereby declared to be a public nuisance:
A. 
To place, or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained in or near any of the highways of the Township, or upon any public or private grounds, any liquid or solid vegetable or animal matter that will decay or become offensive, or will render offensive any of the drains, streams or sewers within the Township.
B. 
To place, or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained in or near any of the highways of the Township, or upon any public or private grounds, any garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste, trash or other similar matter or thing.
C. 
To keep, or suffer to remain upon or to fail to remove from the premises owned or occupied or used by any person, firm or corporation any rubbish, refuse, waste, trash, garbage, or any decaying or offensive or unwholesome matter of any kind, or to permit the same to remain on any vacant lot or property or in any stream or highway adjoining.
[Ord. 37, 3/20/1956; as added by Ord. 337, 6/21/2000, § II]
The proper Township officials are hereby authorized to give notice by personal service, regular mail, certified mail, or posting upon the premises, to the owner or occupant of any premises whereon garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste, trash, litter or other decaying, offensive or unwholesome matter or thing has been dumped, thrown, maintained, kept, accumulated or not removed in violation of the provisions of this Part, such notice to direct and require such owner occupant to remove such garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste, trash or other decaying, offensive or unwholesome matter or thing as described in said notice of violation within five days after the date specified in said notice. Each day of failure to comply with said notice shall be a separate violation.
[Ord. 37, 3/20/1956, § 2; as amended by Ord. 66, 8/9/1960, § 1; by Ord. 287, 6/12/1989, § II; and by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense. The failure to remove any garbage or other above mentioned prejudicial thing shall constitute a separate offense for each twenty-four-hour period subsequent to the initial placement or deposit of such garbage or other above mentioned prejudicial thing.
[Ord. 37, 3/20/1956, § 3; as amended by Ord. 337, 6/21/2000, § III; and by A.O.]
1. 
Should any such owner or occupier of property fail to remove the materials, matter or items specified in the notice of violation within five days of the date specified in said notice for removal, then, in addition to any other remedy the Township may have, the Township may cause the same to be removed and disposed of and shall collect all costs in connection therewith from the owner or occupier of such property together with a penalty of 10% of such costs, which collection shall be made in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal claims or by an action in assumpsit.
2. 
Upon the failure of such owner or occupier of the property to pay the cost of removal and disposal by the Township as set forth above, together with the aforesaid penalties, the Township Secretary and Solicitor are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and file municipal claims therefore in the same manner as any other municipal claims are prepared and filed of record, and they are hereby authorized to proceed with the enforcement of the collection of such municipal claim or claims against the real estate affected thereby.
3. 
An administrative charge in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, shall be imposed for the preparation and delivery of written notices issued pursuant to § 10-102 of this Part; provided, that such charge shall not apply to the first notice sent with respect to a particular piece of property. Such charge may be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal claims or by civil action filed by the Township against the owner or occupier of the property to whom the notice is sent.