Litter is declared to be a nuisance.
This Article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Economy Borough Anti-Litter Ordinance."
For the purposes of this Article, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning
given herein. 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.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
"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.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the Borough, owned or used by the Borough
and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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 shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps,
vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house,
building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
REFUSE
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.
RUBBISH
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.
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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or
upon any street, sidewalk,or other public place within the Borough
except in public receptacles, in private receptacles for collection
or in official Borough dumps.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in private receptacles shall do so in such 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 Borough 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 Borough 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 with the Borough 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 Borough or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the Borough 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. Nor shall
any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Borough,
the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street,
alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter
or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
park within the Borough 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, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park
or elsewhere within the Borough.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
occupied private property within the Borough whether owned by such
person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private
property may maintain 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 private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
open or vacant private property within the Borough whether owned by
such person or not.