[Adopted 4-28-1975 by Ord. No. 75-10]
A. 
It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant, agent, lessee or occupant of any building or dwelling house to provide, or cause to be provided, and to keep and maintain suitably covered, watertight containers for receiving and holding of decaying and decomposing matter, swill, offal, garbage or similar matter that may accumulate or be collected in said building, dwelling house or on said premises; and such containers shall, at all times, be kept in a place outside of said building or dwelling house, out of view of the general public, until such time as such containers are placed by the roadside for collection.
B. 
It shall be the duty of every owner, tenant, agent, lessee or occupant of any building or dwelling house to provide, or cause to be provided, and to keep and maintain suitably covered, appropriate containers for receiving and holding of trash, ashes, paper products, tin cans, bottles, debris, old household items, refuse, junk, items of furniture, stoves, refrigerators and other usual household waste, including Christmas trees, or similar matter that may accumulate or be collected in said building, dwelling house or on said premises; and such containers shall, at all times, be kept in a place out of view of the general public until such time as such containers are placed by the roadside for collection.
All persons, concerns or companies who shall remove garbage, trash and similar matter shall remove the same in watertight containers, properly closed, and shall not suffer nor permit the contents to fall, leak or drop on any street, alley or public place within the said Borough of Clementon.
No owner, tenant, agent, lessee or occupant of any building or dwelling house shall place by the roadside, or within view of the general public, garbage, trash or similar matter for collection more than 12 hours prior to the day designated by the collector thereof for the collection of same. Said collection day may be ascertained from the Borough Clerk.
All collection and removal of garbage, trash or similar matter shall be under the control and direction of the Borough Council of the Borough of Clementon, which body shall fix the days, hours and rules and regulations concerning and governing the same.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.