[Adopted 6-20-1973 as Ord. No. 471]
In this Article, the word "person" shall mean and include any
natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation. The
singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular
and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any litter
or debris, including but not limited to wood, barrels, boxes, rubbish,
cardboard, paper, trash, glass or metal, to remain upon any sidewalk
or public alley in the borough, except for the purpose of immediate
loading or removal. Such litter or debris, while awaiting loading
or removal, shall be stored in containers as required by the ordinance
governing refuse disposal.[1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or cause to be
placed upon any sidewalk or sidewalk area any empty or filled milk
cases, bread cases or shopping carts and allow the same to remain
there for longer than required to unload the contents thereof, and
in no case may the same be allowed to remain upon the sidewalk or
sidewalk area after sunset.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including the owner or
occupant of the abutting property, to use any portion of the sidewalk
or sidewalk area for the display of merchandise, except that Borough
Council may designate a maximum of two days in any calendar year as
sidewalk sale days. On such days, merchandise may be displayed upon
and sold from such parts of the sidewalks as Council may authorize
in its sidewalk sale days permission.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Article shall,
for each and every such violation, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days. Each day's violation of any provision
of this Article shall constitute a separate violation.
