As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Natural person, partnership, corporation, association or any other legal entity.
Any federal, state or Township street, road or right-of-way.
[Adopted 3-3-2005 by Ord. No. 316 (Ch. XXVI, Part 1B, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances)]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct and/or maintain any obstruction to the convenient use of any street, road, alley or other public way in the Township; provided, however, that traffic signs, traffic signals, fire hydrants, utility poles, lighting fixtures, sanitary sewer vent pipes and mailboxes may be erected and constructed within and upon that portion of any street, road, alley or other public way in the Township, excluding the cartway thereof, unless approved by the Board of Supervisors.
B.
In order to keep any street, road, alley or other public way within the physical and/or corporate boundaries of the Township, both the traveled portion as well as any other portion free and clear of all obstructions and debris of any type or kind as set forth in this article, it is hereby prohibited for any person to deposit, dump, throw, shovel, cast, plow and/or allow to migrate or filter onto any said street, road, alley or other public way, the following substances: ice, snow, soil, grass clippings, ash, stone, trash, refuse, rubbish, junk or any other debris or like substance, both natural and artificial, in such a manner, so as to hinder or interfere with the use of, block or obstruct the street, road, alley or other public way.
In addition to the penalties imposed by this article for the violation of any provision thereof, the person, upon notice of the violation, shall immediately cause the removal of the offending obstruction and upon failure to do so, the Township may cause the removal of the same at the expense of the owner, owners or lessees or such obstruction and collect the cost thereof in any manner provided by law.
A.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall upon conviction therefore be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 per offense and costs of prosecution and in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than five days.
B.
In addition to the foregoing, the Township may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $600 and not less than $100 for each violation.
C.
A separate offense and violation shall arise for each day or part thereof in which a violation is found to exist or for each section of this article which is found to have be violated.
The Township hereby designates any State or Township Police Officer and the Codes Enforcement Officer, or his or her designee, as having the authority to initially determine a violation and to effect service of notice of violation as required by this article or other process of law.
If any sentence, clause, section, article or part of this article is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, causes, sections, articles or parts of this article. If is hereby declared as the intent of the Township Board of Supervisors that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section, article or part thereof not been included herein.