[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Maple Shade 10-1-1975 as Ch. 77 of the 1975 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
Word usage. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
B.
AIRCRAFT
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
GARBAGE
LITTER
NEWSPAPER
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
PARK
PERSON
PRIVATE PREMISES
PUBLIC PLACE
REFUSE
RUBBISH
TOWNSHIP
VEHICLE
As used in this chapter, the following words shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or
designated for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft"
shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
A container which is owned or maintained by anyone other
than a governmental agency, authority, body or officer for the purpose
of storing garbage or litter for collection, and which is durable,
rust-resisting, nonabsorbent, watertight, easily washable, equipped
with handles and not in excess of 30 gallons in capacity, and which
has a cover thereupon which is sufficiently tight-fitting or affixed
to such receptacle so as to adequately prevent the contents of such
receptacle from escaping therefrom in such a manner as to become deposited,
strewn or blown by the elements onto public or private property.
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or
otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature:
Which advertises for sale any merchandise, product,
commodity or thing; or
Which directs attention to any business or mercantile
or commercial establishment or other activity for the purpose of either
directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales; or
Which directs attention to or advertises any
meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind for
which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain
or profit; but the terms of this clause shall not apply where an admission
fee is charged or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying
the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition
or event of any kind when either of the same is held, given or takes
place in connection with the dissemination of information which is
not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public
peace, safety and good order; provided that nothing contained in this
clause shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking
place of any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event
of any kind without a license where such license is or may be required
by any law of this state or under any ordinance of this township;
or
Which, while containing reading matter other
than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement
and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes or for the
private benefit and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or
distributor.
Animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any newspaper of general circulation, as defined by general
law, and any newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal
Service in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any
newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided
by general law; and, in addition thereto, includes any periodical
or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues
per year and sold to the public.
Any printed or written matter, any sample, device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or
any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any
matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of
commercial handbill and newspaper.
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any
other public area in the township owned or used by the township and
devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or
mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building
or other structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
The Township of Maple Shade.
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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or
upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place within the township,
except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles
for collection or in official township dumps.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner
as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any
gutter, street or other public place within the township the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk
in front of their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business
shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public
place within the township the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons
owning or occupying places of business within the township shall keep
the sidewalk in front of their business premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a
vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public
place within the township or upon private property.
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 street, alley or other public place.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
park within the township except in public receptacles and in such
a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other
public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such
litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible
for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
fountain, pond, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
within the township.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other
public place within the township, nor shall any person hand out or
distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; provided,
however, that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or
other public place within the township for any person to hand out
or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any such handbill
to any person willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however,
that it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to
hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a
noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing
to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are
temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw or deposit or distribute
any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises
if requested by anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed
on said premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof
a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents,"
"No Advertisement" or any similar notice indicating in any manner
that the occupants of said premises do not desire to be molested or
have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills
left upon such premises.
A.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited
except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the
owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private
premises; provided, however, that in the case of inhabited private
premises which are not posted as provided in this chapter, such person,
unless requested by anyone upon such premises not to do so, may place
or deposit any such handbill in or upon such inhabited private premises
if such handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent
such handbill from being blown or drafted about such premises or sidewalks,
streets or other public places, except that mailboxes may not be so
used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
B.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
the distribution of mail by the United States Postal Service nor newspapers,
as defined herein, except that newspapers shall be placed on private
property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or
upon private property.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop
or deposit within the township any litter, handbill or any other object.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster
or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the
public, to any lamppost, public utility pole or shade tree or upon
any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required
by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
occupied private property within the township, whether owned by such
person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private
property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection
in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private
property 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 for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
open or vacant private property within the township, whether owned
by such person or not.
[Added 4-5-1989 by Ord. No. 1989-4]
A.
Litter receptacles shall be placed by the municipality
in and along sidewalks used by pedestrians in the active commercially
zoned areas, i.e., Main Street, every linear quarter mile.
B.
A minimum of one litter receptacle shall be placed
by the owners of drive-in restaurants, self-service refreshment areas
and construction sites on the premises, with one litter receptacle
per island at gasoline service stations and one receptacle every 200
feet at shopping centers.
C.
The proprietors or sponsors of special events to which
the public is invited, such as sporting events, parades, carnivals,
circuses and festivals, shall place a minimum of five litter receptacles
in the areas where the event is to be held.
D.
Appliances, furniture or mattresses or any other bulky
household items are hereby prohibited from being stored in areas zoned
residential except during days designated for the collection of bulky
items.
E.
Storage of tires in areas zoned residential is hereby
prohibited.
F.
The parking of vehicles on any front, side or rear
yards/lawns that abut a street or road of the Township of Maple Shade
is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 11-8-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-17; 4-3-1996 by Ord. No. 1996-6; 8-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-8]
G.
The keeping of inoperable or unregistered vehicles
on any streets, vacant lots or lawns is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 4-18-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-5; 8-4-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-8]
H.
The covering of vehicles shall be required to prevent
loads from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping on to
the streets.
I.
The accumulation of debris on or around construction
sites, or its storage in such a manner that it is likely to be removed
by natural forces onto adjacent property is hereby prohibited.
J.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person in
charge of any building or structure is required to keep and cause
to be kept the sidewalk and curb abutting said building or structure
free from obstruction and nuisances of every kind, and to keep said
sidewalks, areaways, backyards, courts and alleys free from litter.
A.
Notice to remove. The Township Manager is hereby authorized
and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property
within the township, or the agent of such owner, to properly dispose
of litter located on such owner's property which is dangerous to public
health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by registered mail,
addressed to said owner at his or her last known address.
B.
Action upon noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or agent so notified to properly dispose of litter dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare within 10 days after receipt of the written notice provided for in Subsection A above, or within 15 days after the date of such notice in the event the same is returned to the post office because of its inability to make delivery thereof, provided that the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the Township Manager is hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the disposing of such litter or to order its disposal by the township.
C.
Charge included in tax bill. When the township has
effected the removal of such dangerous litter or has paid for its
removal, the actual costs thereof plus accrued interest at the rate
of 8% per annum from the date of the completion of the work, if not
paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be charged to the owner of
such property on the next regular tax bill forwarded to such owner
by the township, and said charge shall be due and payable by said
owner at the time of payment of such bill.
