[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 1]
In this Part the following definitions apply:
Decayable animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
Any old or discarded material or materials, consisting of
metals, rags, and similar materials.
Includes "garbage," "refuse," "rubbish," and "junk" as defined,
and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein
prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety, and
welfare.
A park, square, playground, beach, recreation center, or
other public area in the Township, owned or used by the Township and
devoted to recreation.
Any dwelling, house, building, or other structure or parking
lot designated, or used either wholly or in part for private residential,
industrial, or commercial purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily
or continuously uninhabited or vacant, including any yard, grounds,
walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule, or mailbox belonging or appurtenant
to such dwelling, house, building, or other structure.
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, or other public
ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds, and buildings.
A receptacle placed by the Township at various locations
for the reception of litter, other than household or commercial refuse.
All other material or matter discarded or abandoned as worthless,
not included with the term "garbage" or "rubbish," as above defined.
Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and non-combustible wastes, including paper, wrappings, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, 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.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 2]
No person shall place on any of the streets, public ways, streams,
or sewer inlets of the Township any excrement, filth, garbage, ashes,
refuse, waste paper, rubbish, animal carcass, junk, empty boxes or
containers, or abandoned matter of any kind.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 3]
No person shall place or deposit litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk, or other public place within the Township except in public
receptacles or in authorized private receptacles.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 4]
No person shall place or deposit litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles except in such a manner as to
prevent it from being scattered or carried by the elements onto any
street, sidewalk, other public place, or upon private premises.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 5]
Persons owning or occupying private premises shall make reasonable
efforts to keep the sidewalk in front of such premises free of litter.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 6]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street,
or other public place the accumulation of litter from any building,
lot, or from any public or private sidewalks or driveway.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 7]
No person in a vehicle shall throw or deposit litter upon any
street, other public place, or private premises.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 8]
No person shall operate a truck or other vehicle unless the
vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent its contents from
falling, being blown, or deposited upon any street or other public
place.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 9]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park, except
in public receptacles, and in such a manner as to prevent the litter
from being scattered or carried by the elements onto any part of the
park, upon any street, or other public place. Where public receptacles
are not provided, all litter shall be carried from the park by the
person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 10]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, lake,
stream, or other body of water.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 11]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private premises,
whether or not owned by such person, except that the owner or person
in control of private premises may maintain authorized private receptacles
for deposit or collection of litter.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 12]
The owner or person in control of any private premises 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.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 13]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
private lots or premises whether owned by such person or not.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 14]
1.
Procedure for clearing of litter from open private premises by the
Township is as follows:
A.
Notice to Remove. The Chief of Police or other police officer is
authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant
private premises, or the agent of such owner, to remove and dispose
of litter located on such premises. Such notice shall be sufficient
if mailed to the owner at his last known address.
B.
Action Upon Noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect, or refusal
of any owner or agent to dispose of litter within 10 days after the
mailing of the notice provided for in Paragraph A above, the Chief
of Police or other police officer is authorized and empowered, by
himself or by contract, to dispose of the litter.
C.
Cost to Be Charged to Property Owner. When the Chief of Police or
other police officer has effected the removal of such litter, the
cost thereof shall be charged to the owner of the property. Legal
interest shall be charged if the amount due the Township is not paid
within 30 days from the date the bill is rendered.
D.
Lien. When the amount due the Township is not paid by the owner within
30 days after a bill for the removal of the litter is rendered, a
lien shall be recorded against the property for the cost of removal,
in the manner now provided by law.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 15; as amended by Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, 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 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 16; as amended by Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
Whenever an officer observes a violation of the provisions of §§ 10-204, 10-205, 10-209, 10-210, and 10-212, he shall hand to the violator or leave upon or affix to the premises where the violation occurred a printed notice of violation. The notice of violation shall bear the date, time, and nature of the violation, the fine prescribed therefor, and shall be signed by the officer issuing the notice and shall bear the officer's number. Any person who receives notice of violation may pay a fine in the amount of $5 within 10 days by admitting the violation and waiving appearance before a magisterial district judge. The notice of violation shall contain an appropriate statement for signature by the violator for the purpose of admitting the violation and waiving a hearing.
