[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Alpine
as § 6-1 (Ord. No. 139) of the 1970 Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Putrescible 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 and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other
public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, 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.
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 sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter in or upon any
occupied, open or vacant property not owned by such person, or in or upon
any street, sidewalk, park or other public or private place, except in public
receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection. 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 on private property.
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
on 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 bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any litter
from outside the borough or into the borough for the purpose of dumping or
disposing thereof. No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has been
transported into the borough shall be parked or allowed to remain standing
on any street in the borough or any public property for a period in excess
of two hours.
No person shall cast or place or cause to be cast or placed any advertisement,
handbill, circular or paper on any public street, on sidewalks, into any vestibules
or yards, on porches of any dwelling house or other buildings, or into any
vehicle while on the public highways or on private property within the borough,
except that this chapter shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes
delivered to subscribers and addressees. Advertisements, handbills, circulars
and papers may be distributed in the borough, provided they are securely placed
at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the wind.
[Amended by Ord. No. 288; Ord. No. 515]
A.
Where any construction work is being performed on any property in Alpine and there results from such work, by truck or otherwise, any litter being thrown on the highway or street or other property or any deposit of mud, dirt, sticky substance or any foreign matter, the owner of the property or contractor from which such matter emanates shall be held responsible under the penalty clause of § 1-17 for the condition.
B.
In addition to the penalties, such owner or contractor
shall be liable civilly for the cost of the removal of the litter or other
debris; the cost of removal may become a lien against the owner's property
on the books of the borough.
