[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Jenkintown 9-30-1963. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 66.
Building construction — See Ch. 74.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 94.
Food-handling establishments — See Ch. 98.
Handbills — See Ch. 103.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 107.
Littering — See Ch. 112.
Sewers — See Ch. 148.
Solid waste disposal — See Ch. 152.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 156.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 170.
Any person who creates, continues or maintains any public or common nuisance within the Borough of Jenkintown shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this chapter and shall be liable for the expense and abatement and remedy thereof, as well as such fines and penalties as may be imposed.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
NUISANCE
That which is set up, maintained or continued so as to be injurious to health or an obstruction to the use of property by interfering with the repose, health, safety or life of the public.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association or corporation, as well as all officers, agents, servants, employees or others acting for any of the same, and shall be taken as applying in the singular or plural as the case may require.
No paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste or discarded material of any kind shall be thrown, deposited or dumped in any ravine, ditch or gutter on any road, street, highway or any public place or on any private property within the limits of the Borough of Jenkintown.
No owner or occupant upon any property within the Borough of Jenkintown shall permit or suffer the accumulation thereon of any water that stagnates, paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste or discarded materials of any kind, nor shall said owner or occupant of said premises permit the growth of weeds upon said property.
Occupied property must be kept free of cans, garbage, bottles or other trash and rubbish.
[Amended 4-28-1980 by Ord. No. 80-13]
Any person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for each such offense, upon conviction before any Magisterial District Judge within the Borough of Jenkintown, to a fine of not more than $300, together with the costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both, and each day's failure to comply with any such provisions shall constitute a separable violation.