For the purpose of this Part
3, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
CITY
The City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
GARBAGE
Any waste parts of food, from a market or kitchen, or any
animal or vegetable matter that is discarded and or thrown away, or
any worthless or offensive matter that has been discarded.
LITTER
Any discarded trash, garbage or rubbish, as defined in this section, and all other waste material which, if thrown or scattered about in a careless manner or lying about in disorder as prohibited in this Part
3, is determined to be a nuisance to the safety, health, cleanliness and comfort of the inhabitants of the City.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building, structure or vacant lot, designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes
or place of business, whether inhabited, occupied 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 street, sidewalk, highway, alley or other public way
and any public park, square, space, ground or building.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrapping, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bottles, bedding, crockery
and similar items.
TRASH
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
waste), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleaning, dead animals,
abandoned vehicles and solid and industrial waste which causes danger
to the health, safety and welfare of any resident or business owner.
VEHICLE
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported or drawn upon a street, including devices used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
For the purposes of this Part
3, the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
No person shall throw, deposit or allow to occur
litter or rubbish in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place within the City, except that litter may be thrown or deposited
in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in 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 place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any
gutter, street or public place within the City the accumulation of
litter from any building or lot 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 City 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 City 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 City or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the City 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 drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the City so that the wheels or tires of such vehicle
carry onto or deposit on any street, alley or other public place mud,
dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw, deposit or allow to occur
litter in any park within the City 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 by this chapter.
No person shall throw, deposit or allow to occur
litter in any stream, creek, run or any other body of water within
the City.
No person shall throw, deposit or allow to occur
litter on any occupied private property within the City, whether owned
by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control
of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for
the collection of litter 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 be so construed as
to prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles
for collection.
No person shall throw, deposit or allow to occur
litter on any open or vacant property within the City, whether owned
by such person or not.