[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Tullytown 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 276. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Distribution of handbills and advertising matter — See Ch. 41.
Industrial accident cleanup costs — See Ch. 96.
Littering in parks — See Ch. 115.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 126.
Solid waste; litter from garbage collection vehicles — See Ch. 146.
Storage of vehicles — See Ch. 174.
For purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the definitions and connotations set
forth hereinbelow:
Includes putrescible animal or vegetable waste resulting
from, among other things, preparation, cooking and consumption of
food.[1]
Includes garbage, refuse, rubbish and/or animal waste as
defined herein, and all other waste material, which, if deposited
or accumulated in any manner as prohibited by these regulations, can
create a danger to public health, safety, well-being and welfare.
Includes every person, natural person, any business entity
and any group or association of any natural persons and/or business
entities or combinations of natural persons and business entities.
Includes all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste,
including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings,
dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid or liquid market, commercial
and/or industrial waste.
Includes nonputrescible solid waste, including but not limited
to both combustible and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrappings,
cigarettes, cigars, cardboard, metal cans and containers, plastic
containers, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery
and all other discarded or abandoned materials.
Includes every device, whether self-propelled or towed, in,
upon or by which any person or property is or can be transported or
drawn through or upon the streets, ways and public or private areas
in the Borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "animal waste," which
immediately preceded this definition, was repealed 1-3-2012 by Ord.
No. 342.
No person may sweep, throw, dump, discard, abandon
or otherwise deposit, or cause to be deposited, any litter in or upon
any public, private, open or vacant property or premises, whether
owned by such person or not, or upon any street, sidewalk, park or
other public place or in any stream or waterway within the Borough,
except in properly designated and properly maintained public or private
receptacles for temporary storage and ultimate collection of such
materials. Any litter deposited or temporarily stored in proper public
or authorized private receptacles shall be deposited and stored in
such manner as to prevent said litter from being removed or scattered
by wind, animals or scavengers, from or around said receptacle.
Depositing, storing, collecting or maintaining
any building material, salvage material or related or associated material
or debris, including but not limited to lumber, boxes, building materials
of all kinds and any debris associated with building, construction,
remodeling, demolition or salvage work is hereby prohibited on any
of the public streets, roads, ways, sidewalks, parking areas, parks
and other public areas within Tullytown Borough.
Sweeping, throwing, abandoning, discharging
or otherwise depositing, or causing to be deposited, any litter into
any street, road, way, alley, walkway, pedestrianway, sidewalk or
other public area from any building, lot, sidewalk or driveway is
prohibited. All persons residing, maintaining or operating any business
or other activity in, or visiting in, Tullytown Borough are hereby
required to maintain free of litter all sidewalks and pedestrianways
adjoining their lots and premises.
No operator, passenger or other person in or
on a vehicle shall throw, discharge, discard or otherwise deposit
litter upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the
Borough or upon private property.
Every vehicle operated or parked in Tullytown
Borough must be loaded and constructed in such manner as to prevent
its load or contents, or any part thereof, from being blown, carried
or otherwise deposited from said vehicle into any street, sidewalk
or other public or private place in the Borough. On any vehicle operated
or moved in Tullytown Borough, the wheels, tires, treads and/or tracks
of such vehicle must be clean to the extent that they do not deposit
on any street, sidewalk, or other public or private place in the Borough
any litter, mud, dirt, tar, paint or other foreign matter of any kind.
The provisions of this section will not apply to any excavation, earthmoving,
construction or demolition equipment or vehicle, or to any truck or
earth or demolition material hauling vehicle, while said vehicle or
equipment is stored or operated or moving on any construction or demolition
site, provided that the deposition of litter and other prohibited
materials from said site onto contiguous sidewalks, streets and other
contiguous or adjacent public or private areas remains prohibited
by the provisions of this chapter. To enable compliance with and enforcement
of the provisions of this section, a verbatim copy of this section
must be included in all bid specifications and contract documents
promulgated or distributed by Tullytown Borough for all public works
contracts and other contracts, permits and licenses, to which the
provisions of said section reasonably will be applicable.
A.
Every person who violates, or causes to be violated,
any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before
a court of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $300 and to pay, in addition to such fine, the taxable court
costs of said prosecution, plus the costs and expenses of prosecution
incurred by Tullytown Borough.
B.
Each day that a violation of any provision of this
chapter is continued shall constitute a separate offense for purposes
of enforcement and imposition of penalties.
