It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or
any agents thereof, to do, authorize, aid or abet any of the following
described actions or matters, such regulations or restrictions being
intended to promote the general health, comfort and sanitary conditions
of the City:
A. To place or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained, in or near
any of the highways of the City, 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 City.
B. To place or cause to be placed, thrown or maintained, in or near
any of the highways of the City, any matter or thing that will cause
danger or discomfort to the traveling public or to the inhabitants
of the City.
C. To permit weeds and similar vegetation, not edible or planted for
some useful or ornamental purposes, to grow or remain upon the premises
owned by them in the City or upon the sidewalk, curb or gutter adjoining.
D. To keep or suffer to remain on the premises owned or occupied or
used by any person, firm or corporation any decaying or offensive
or unwholesome matter of any kind or to permit the same on any vacant
lot or in any stream or highway adjoining.
E. To keep or suffer to remain on the premises owned or occupied or
used by any person, firm or corporation any debris, mud or water pools
which are hauled onto the streets of the City of Shamokin by motor
vehicles or otherwise from said premises and which litter the streets
of the City of Shamokin thereby and render offensive the drains and
sewers of said City by blocking the same.
F. To operate any motor vehicle or conveyance over the streets of the
City of Shamokin while dripping mud, water or debris of any kind onto
the streets of said City.
G. To place or maintain as owner or tenant, on their premises, any liquid
or solid vegetable or animal matter or mud or debris of any kind that
will decay or become offensive or will render offensive any of the
drains, streams or sewers within the City or block or tend to block
the same.
[Amended 5-12-1987; 6-11-1990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail to
comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300, and costs of
prosecution, and/or suffer imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both.
The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a new and separate offense, and the person or persons allowing the
continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for
each separate offense.