[Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Birmingham 2-9-1965. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All trucks or other vehicles carrying or transporting
garbage, trash, sewage or other refuse within the Township shall be
covered so as to prevent any garbage, trash, sewage or other refuse
from falling on or near any roads, streets, parks or other facilities
of the Township or upon any private property adjoining thereto.
[Amended 6-5-1995 by Ord. No. 95-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person, company,
firm, individual or corporation to dump, throw, spill or otherwise
discharge garbage, trash, rubbish, sewage or other refuse on any road,
street, public land or private property within the Township of Birmingham.
[Amended 11-20-1995 by Ord. No. 95-08; 7-1-1996 by Ord. No. 96-08; at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, partnership, corporation or association
who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a
summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof,
the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues
or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and
each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense.
