[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Litter Control
Regulations of Frankford Township.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
For the purpose of this chapter the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
Shall mean a container of watertight construction with a
tight-fitted lid or cover capable of preventing the escape of contents
within. Such receptacles shall have handles or other means for safe
and convenient handling and be of such size or sufficient capacity
to hold all litter generated between collection periods and shall
be in compliance with the regulation promulgated by the Township.
Shall include throw, dump, cast, accumulate, discharge or
words of similar meaning.
Shall mean putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.
Shall mean any used or unconsumed substance or waste materials
which have been discarded whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic,
rubber, paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination
thereof including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, any
unlighted cigarette, cigar, match of any flaming or glowing material
or any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or
other lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic
or paper containers or other packaging or construction material but
does not include the waste of the primary processing of mining or
other extraction processes, logging, sawmilling, farming, manufacturing
or composting.
Shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Shall mean all property including, but not limited to, vacant
land or any land, building or other structure designed or used for
residential, commercial, business, industrial, institutional or religious
purposes, together with any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, fence,
porch, steps, vestibule, mailbox and other structure appurtenant thereto.
Shall mean any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys
or other public ways, lakes, rivers, watercourses or fountains and
any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
Shall mean any receptacles provided by or authorized by the
Township.
Shall mean nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both
combustible wastes, such as but not limited to paper, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, grass, bedding,
crockery, building materials and other similar materials.
Shall mean every device in, upon or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or drawn upon land or water, including
devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1; BH Ord. 4-93, S 1]
No person shall deposit nor shall any owner of the property
allow its guests, invitees, agents or its tenants to deposit any litter
within the Township except in public receptacles, or in authorized
private receptacles for collection or in any duly licensed disposal
facility.
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No person shall upset or tamper with a public or private receptacle
designed or used for the deposit of litter or cause or permit its
contents to be deposited or strewn in or upon any public place or
private premises.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
a.
No person shall deposit litter upon any public place or private premises
while operator of or passenger in a vehicle.
b.
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, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any
public place or private premises, excluding from this section farm
vehicles being used for farming purposes.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
a.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or dump along any
street or road, on or off any right-of-way, any litter including but
not limited to household or commercial solid waste, rubbish, refuse,
junk vehicles or vehicle parts, rubber tires, appliances, furniture
in any place not specifically designated for the purpose of solid
waste storage or disposal.
b.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or dump any litter
including but not limited to household or commercial solid waste,
rubbish, refuse, junk vehicles or vehicle parts, rubber tires, appliances,
furniture into a private receptacle or property, except by verbal
or written consent of the owner of said property or receptacle.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
It shall be unlawful for any residential property owner to store
or permit storage of any bulky household waste, including household
appliances, furniture and mattresses, in areas zoned residential,
except in a fully enclosed structure or during days designated for
the collection of bulky items.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1]
It shall be unlawful for any residential or commercial property
owner to permit open or overflowing waste disposal bins on his or
her property.
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If it appears that the trash, garbage or other prescribed material
has been cast on any property by one or more persons not the owner
thereof, and if there is evidence of the identity of such person or
persons, a complaint for violation of this chapter may be filed against
such person or persons in the Municipal Court, by any of the following:
the Police, Board of Health, Township or the designated official of
any of the above. In the event any litter deposited upon public or
private property other than in a litter receptacle contains any correspondence,
invoices, address or shipping labels, magazine labels or similar documents
identifying any person, it shall be presumed that the person or persons
so identified deposited the materials in violation of this chapter.
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Notwithstanding any other cost of penalty imposed by this chapter,
any person found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter
shall be responsible to reimburse the Township for any and all costs
incurred in the cleanup of the discarded garbage, litter or rubbish.
[BH Ord. 2-93, S 1; BH Ord. 3-93, S 1; BH Ord. 4-93, S 2]
The maximum fine shall not exceed $500 for each separate offense.
It shall be deemed that a separate offense is committed on each day
on which a violation occurs or continues to occur without further
notice to the violator.
Action under this chapter shall not preclude the Township from
taking any other action under any other rights they may have by statute
or ordinance and imposing additional fines under the same.
All fines recovered in any prosecution for a violation of this
chapter shall be paid into the treasury of the Township.
