[Ord. 4-1961, 5/1/1961, § 1]
In this Part the following definitions apply:
GARBAGE
Decayable animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
JUNK
Any old or discarded material or materials, consisting of metals, rags, and similar materials.
LITTER
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.
PARK
A park, square, playground, beach, recreation center, or other public area in the Township, owned or used by the Township and devoted to recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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.
PUBLIC PLACE
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, or other public ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds, and buildings.
PUBLIC RECEPTACLE
A receptacle placed by the Township at various locations for the reception of litter, other than household or commercial refuse.
REFUSE
All other material or matter discarded or abandoned as worthless, not included with the term "garbage" or "rubbish," as above defined.
RUBBISH
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.
VEHICLE
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, § 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, § 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, § 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.