Continued reports have been submitted to the members of Council
of the Borough of Darby concerning the suffocation of children who
have become locked in old abandoned refrigerators, iceboxes, ice chests
or other similar containers.
The said Council of the Borough of Darby does hereby declare
that the abandonment of old refrigerators, iceboxes, ice chests or
other similar containers with the door latches or doors still attached
thereto is highly dangerous and a public menace.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
permit or allow any person, firm or corporation to discard or abandon,
or for themselves to discard or abandon, within the limits of the
Borough of Darby, any old refrigerator, iceboxes, ice chest or other
similar container which may still have its door affixed thereof which,
by any means, may accidentally or deliberately imprison any person,
particularly children.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
leave outside any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children,
any abandoned, unattended or discarded refrigerators, iceboxes, ice
chests or other similar containers which have an airtight or other
device thereon without first removing the doors from the said refrigerator,
icebox, ice chest or other similar container.
[Amended 3-5-1975 by Ord.
No. 557, approved 3-5-1975]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.