No property owner, tenant or licensee shall store outside of
a building or on any property in the Township any scrap, junk or waste
materials.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
SCRAP, JUNK, OR WASTE MATERIALS
Includes but not limited to scrap paper, scrap metal, unlicensed
and unusable automobiles and trucks, unregistered and unusable boats
and watercraft, including those so in need of repair as to be unseaworthy,
mechanized equipment, tires, discarded plumbing materials and fixtures,
discarded appliances, rags and/or bottles and any and all other materials
that may create nuisance, emit obnoxious odors, be offensive to the
senses or emit obnoxious smoke or noises.
Prior to the issuance of a complaint in the municipal court
alleging violation of this article, the owner, tenant, or licensee
in question shall be notified to remedy such alleged violation within
10 days after receipt of notice to do so. Service of notice upon the
owner, tenant, or licensee of any such lands shall be made by letter
sent certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address.
Upon conviction of any person for violation of this article,
such condition which is the basis of the conviction shall be alleviated
by the violator within seven days of conviction thereof, and in the
event it is not, the Township shall have the right to undertake the
alleviation of the condition and to assess the expense thereof to
the property owner.
Any person who violates any of the above regulations or provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine not exceeding
$200 or be imprisoned no more than 30 days, or both.