As used in this chapter, the following terms and their derivatives
shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety or welfare or otherwise
constitutes a nuisance.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, lanes, parkways, sidewalks, municipal
parking lots, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks,
squares, spaces, recreation areas, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street
cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and
industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
or other public place within the township the accumulation of litter
from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or
driveway. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the
township shall keep the sidewalks in front of their business premises
free of litter.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
township.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the township unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to
prevent any load or contents of litter from being blown or deposited
upon any street or other public place; nor shall any person drive
or move any vehicle or truck within the township, the wheels or tires
of which carry out or deposit in any street or other public place
mud, dirt, sticky substance or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond,
lake, stream, river or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
in the township.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property
within the township, whether owned by such person or not, except that
the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized
private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will
be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk, other public place or upon any private property.
This section shall not apply to litter resulting from the normal course
of construction of any buildings or parts thereof during the period
of construction.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however,
that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the township or on those portions
of any private property that are open to the public.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside this municipality or into this municipality for
the purpose of dumping or disposing thereof, except in those areas
that have been authorized for such purpose.