[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-20]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "West Homestead
Anti-Litter Ordinance."
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-21]
For the purposes of this Part, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein:
Includes "garbage," "refuse" and "rubbish" as defined in
this chapter and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited
as prohibited in this Part tends to create a danger to public health,
safety and welfare.
Includes a park, reservation, playground, recreation center
or any other public area in the Borough, owned or used by the Borough
and devoted to recreation.
Any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, or mailbox
belonging or appurtenant to any dwelling, house, building or other
structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-22]
No person shall deposit household rubbish or garbage in public
litter receptacles.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-23]
1.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalks
or other public place within the Borough.
2.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Borough the accumulation of litter from any
building or lot or any litter from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-24]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the
Borough. Where public receptacles are not provided, all litter shall
be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence
and properly disposed of elsewhere.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-25]
No person, being the driver or a passenger in a vehicle, shall
throw or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the
Borough, or upon any private property.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-26]
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place, or dump
any garbage, rubbish, or trash, or any other matter upon the shores,
margins, or surfaces of any sewer inlet, stream, or other body of
water within the Borough.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-27]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private
property within the Borough, in such a manner that it tends to create
a danger to the public health, safety and welfare, whether owned by
such person or not. Litter will be prevented from being carried or
deposited by the elements from any such occupied private property,
to the street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private
property.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-28]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
private property within the Borough, whether owned by such person
or not, so that the same shall create a danger to the public health,
safety and welfare.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-29]
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain his premises free of litter so that the same
does not constitute a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
This section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-30]
The Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to request the
owner of any open or vacant private property within the Borough, or
the agent of such owner, to properly dispose of litter located on
such owner's property which is dangerous to public health, safety
or welfare. Such request shall be by registered mail, addressed to
the owner at his last known address.
[Ord. 439, 10/12/1975, § 8-31]
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk
in front of their premises free of litter.
