[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Gregg Township
Burn Ordinance" which shall be applied specifically for protection
within the Village of Spring Mills.
[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Gregg, under, and
by virtue of and pursuant to the authority granted by the Second Class
Township Code hereby enacts and ordains this Part.
[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004]
The purpose of this Part is to prevent public and private nuisances
caused by outdoor fires deliberately or carelessly set and maintained;
to avoid unnecessary calls or alarms to the local fire department;
and to provide for safety of the citizens, air quality, buildings,
or forests of Gregg Township within the Village of Spring Mills.
[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BURNING
The act of consuming by fire; to flame, char, scorch, or
blaze. As used in this Part, smoldering shall be deemed a burning.
CONTAINED FIRE
Any fire contained in an incinerator, fireplace designed
for outdoor cooking, or a fireproof container.
DOMESTIC REFUSE
Any solid waste, including, but not limited to, putrescible
animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food, nonputrescible wastes including rubbish,
ashes, dead animals and any other solid waste that results from the
normal occupancy of the structure.
ENFORCING OFFICER
The Penns Valley Code Enforcement Agency or any other duly
authorized agent.
FIRE
Any fire set or maintained outside a building.
NOXIOUS
Hurtful; offensive; offensive to the smell.
SMOLDER
Burning sluggishly with little or no flame and with much
smoke.
SOLID WASTE
Waste, including, but not limited to, municipal, residual,
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semisolid or contained
gaseous materials resulting from municipal, industrial, commercial,
agricultural and residential activities.
VILLAGE OF SPRING MILLS
Area and group of properties which adjoin or are accessed
from Musser Alley, Railroad Street, Cooper Street, Maple Lane, Egg
Hill Drive, Water Tower Lane, School Street, Water Street, Fire Lane,
Tool Shed Lane, Stomeyer Lane, Long Street and Long Street Extension
and which are not designated as agricultural on the May 2, 2001 Gregg
Township Zoning Map produced by Geo-Decisions. In addition, the Village
of Spring Mills shall include the baseball field adjacent to Sinking
Creek Road and currently located on property owned by the Penns Valley
Area School District.
WASTE
Material whose original purpose has been completed and which
is directed to a disposal or processing facility or is otherwise disposed.
The term does not include source-separated recyclable material.
YARD WASTE
Leaves, grass clippings, garden residue, tree trimmings,
chipped shrubbery and other vegetative materials.
[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004]
The Penns Valley Code Enforcement Agency or any other duly authorized
agent shall have the power and duty to enforce the provisions of this
Part.
[Ord. 6-04-2, 6/10/2004; as amended by A.O.]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part, or any order
of Gregg Township issued pursuant to this Part, may receive a verbal
or written warning. If further action needs to be taken, a complaint
may be filed and said person, 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.