[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Mansfield 6-9-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-14.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Housing Code — See Ch. 25.
Junkyards — See Ch. 26.
Nuisances — See Ch. 33.
Motor vehicle sales and storage — See Ch. 39.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 34A.
Sanitary Code — See Ch. 43.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed
former Ch. 27A, Littering, adopted 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 1982-2, as
amended.
As used in this chapter, the words or phrases
shall have the meanings indicated unless otherwise required by the
context:
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or
otherwise reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature
which, while containing reading matter other than advertising matter,
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap
or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material, or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packaging or construction material, but does include the waste
of the primary processes of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any vehicle propelled otherwise than by muscular power, excepting
such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks and motorized bicycles.
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies,
firms, partnerships and joint-stock companies, as well as individuals,
and also includes all political subdivisions of this state or any
agencies or instrumentalities thereof.
Any dwelling or structure, whether or not occupied, in any
yard, grounds, sidewalk, wall, fence, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule
or mailbox, belonging to or appurtenant to such dwelling or structure.
The areas between the edge of the pavement or traveled portion
of a highway, street or road, whether or not curbed, and the adjacent
private property line; and all areas used for any public park, playground,
municipal building or other installation, including driveways, parking
areas, walks, paths and other public ways thereupon.
Rubbish, garbage, trade waste and plant life.
Waste solids not considered to be highly flammable or explosive,
including but not limited to rags, old clothes, leather, rubber, carpets,
wood, excelsior, papers, ashes, furniture, tin cans, glass, crockery,
masonry and other similar materials.
Every vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for
carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle
and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load
rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Every vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for
carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle
and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing
vehicle. Included in this definition is a pole trailer, which is designed
to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle
by means of a reach or pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured
to the towing vehicle.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or motorized
bicycles.
[Amended 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop,
discard or otherwise place any litter of any nature upon public or
private property other than in a litter receptacle, or having done
so, to allow such litter to remain.
B.Â
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed
to fall from a vehicle or boat in violation of this chapter, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed
to have violated the ordinance.
Litter receptacles and their servicing are required
at the following public places which exist in the municipality, including
sidewalks used by pedestrians in active retail commercially zoned
areas, such that at a minimum there should be no single linear quarter
mile without a receptacle: buildings held out for use by the public,
including schools, government buildings and railroad and bus stations;
parks; drive-in restaurants; all street vendor locations; self-service
refreshment areas; construction sites; gasoline service-station islands;
shopping centers; parking lots; campgrounds and trailer parks; marinas,
boat moorage and fueling stations; boat-launching areas; public and
private piers operated for public use; beaches and bathing areas;
and at special events to which the public is invited, including sporting
events, parades, carnivals, circuses and festivals. The proprietors
of these places or the sponsors of these events shall be responsible
for providing and servicing receptacles such that adequate containerization
is available.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to discard or
dump along any street or road, on or off any right-of-way, any household
or commercial solid waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicle or vehicle
parts, rubber tires, appliances, furniture or private property in
any place not specifically designated for the purpose of solid waste
storage or disposal.
It shall be unlawful for any residential property
owner to store or permit storage of any bulky household waste, including
household appliances, furniture and mattresses, in areas zoned residential,
except in a fully enclosed structure or during days designated for
the collection of bulky items.
It shall be unlawful for any residential property
owner to store or permit the storage of tires in areas zoned residential,
except in a fully enclosed structure or on days designated for the
collection of tires.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any residential property
owner to park or permit the parking of any vehicle on his or her residential
lawn.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
or permit the keeping on streets, vacant lots and residential lawns,
except in a fully enclosed structure, any motor vehicle, trailer or
semitrailer which:
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be driven,
moved, stopped or parked on any highway unless such a vehicle is constructed
or loaded to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking
or otherwise escaping therefrom. Any person operating a vehicle from
which any glass or objects have fallen or escaped which could cause
an obstruction, damage a vehicle or otherwise endanger travelers or
public property, shall immediately cause the public property to be
cleaned of all glass or objects and shall pay the cost therefor.
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any owner, agent or contractor
in charge of a construction or demolition site to permit the accumulation
of litter before, during or after completion of any construction or
demolition project.
B.Â
It shall be the duty of the owner, agent or contractor
in charge of the construction or demolition site to furnish containers
adequate to accommodate litter, including but not necessarily limited
to flyable or nonflyable debris or trash, at areas convenient to construction
areas and to maintain and empty the litter receptacles in such a manner
and with such a frequency as to prevent spillage of their contents.
It shall be unlawful for any residential or
commercial property owner to permit open or overflowing waste disposal
bins on his, her or its property.
A.Â
It shall be the duty of the owner, lessee, tenant,
occupant or person in charge of any structure to keep and cause to
be kept the sidewalk and curb abutting the structure free from obstruction
or nuisances of every kind and to keep sidewalks, areaways, backyards,
courts and alleys free from litter and other offensive material.
B.Â
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter,
street, catch basin or other public place any accumulation of litter
from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
C.Â
Every person who owns or occupies property shall keep
the sidewalk in front of his, her or its premises free of litter,
and all sweepings shall be collected and properly containerized for
disposal.
A.Â
Each violation of the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed a separate violation, whether it shall occur on the same
day or on succeeding days.
B.Â
Any person violating any provisions of this chapter
shall, for the first offense, be subject to a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $500 and for a second or subsequent offense to
a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, or to a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days, or to such combination
of punishments as the Municipal Judge may, in his or her discretion,
deem appropriate and just.
[Added 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Mansfield
Township Police.
[Added 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this chapter is declared to be an independent section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such
portion of this chapter to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective
for any cause, or reason, shall not affect any other portion of this
chapter.
[Added 4-26-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-13]
This chapter shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption and any publication as may be required
by law.
