[Prior code § 3-3.1; amended by Ord. 93-2 § 1, 1993]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this
section:
Any solid plastic, rubber or metal container having a tight-fitting
lid, commonly known as a garbage container, and used for disposal
of garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish as defined in this section. Excluded
from this definition are plastic and paper bags.
Any plastic, rubber, metal or wooden container owned and
maintained by the Borough of Ship Bottom for use by pedestrians and
the general public on public property for disposal of any garbage,
litter, refuse, rubbish, trash or recyclable material as defined in
this section.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined in this section and
all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited
in this chapter, tends to create a danger to public health, safety
and welfare.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches
or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
docks, grounds and buildings.
Any material which would otherwise become municipal solid
waste, and which may be collected, separated and/or processed, and
returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or
products.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
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.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Prior code § 3-3.2; amended by Ord. 93-2 § 1, 1993]
A.
Regulations.
1.
No person shall place any garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish, trash,
recyclable material or other material of any sort, kind or description
at the curb or any other place within the Borough for collection by
the contractor and/or hauler, unless:
a.
Such material is placed in an authorized private receptacle
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Borough;
b.
The person placing the garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish, trash,
recyclable material or other material of any sort, kind or description
is either the owner, tenant, or guest of the owner or tenant of the
property abutting the curb where such placement is made.
2.
No person shall place any garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish, trash,
recyclable material or any other material in any authorized private
receptacle, except that the owner, tenant, or guest of the owner or
tenant may make such placement in the authorized private receptacle
provided by the owner or tenant of the dwelling house occupied by
the person or persons seeking to dispose of such garbage, litter,
refuse, rubbish, trash, recyclable material or other material of any
sort, kind or description.
3.
No person shall place any garbage, litter, refuse, rubbish, trash, recyclable material or other material of any sort, kind or description that would normally be placed by the person or persons described in Subsections A and B of this section at the location described above, in any public receptacle. Public receptacles are to be used by pedestrians for their convenience.
B.
No person shall use any type of plastic bag containing any garbage,
litter, refuse, rubbish, trash, recyclable material or any other material
of any sort, kind or description as the sole container for curbside
pick up within the Borough.
[Prior code § 3-3.3]
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of
business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Borough the accumulation of litter from any
building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter.
[Ord. 2005-27 § 1,
2005]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle or boat,
shall throw or deposit litter upon any street, public place or waterway
within the Borough or upon private property.
[Prior code § 3-3.5]
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Borough unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to
prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited
upon any street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person
drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Borough, the wheels
or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other
public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter
of any kind.
[Prior code § 3-3.6]
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, unless authorized by
the Borough. No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has
been transported into the Borough shall be parked or allowed to remain
standing on any street in the Borough or any public property for a
period in excess of two hours.
[Prior code § 3-3.8; amended by Ord. 92-17 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2005-27 § 2, 2005]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than one $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the judge. 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.
[Prior code § 3-6]
No person shall cast or place or cause to be cast or placed
any advertisement, handbill, circular or paper on any public street,
on sidewalks, into any vestibules or yards, upon porches of any dwelling
house or other buildings, or into any vehicle while on the public
highways or on private property within the Borough; except that this
section shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes delivered
to subscribers and addresses. Advertisements, handbills, circulars
and papers may be distributed in the Borough, provided they are securely
placed at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the wind.
