[Adopted 12-10-1992 by Ord. No. 581]
The following words shall, for the purpose of
this article, have the following meanings:
Any accumulation of supplies or goods, whether living or
dead, including all unpruned, decayed, rank or uncut weeds, grass,
vines, plants, shrubs, trees, brush or undergrowth.
Any accumulation of supplies, goods, chattels, merchandise,
fuel, manufacturing and any and all materials used or to be used for
building, grading or other purposes, whether possessing value or not,
deposited or stored in such a manner or place or for such length of
time or under such circumstances as to be objectionable, unsanitary,
unsightly, inconvenient or dangerous or a fire hazard or hindering
free ingress and egress, including anything described herein as rubbish
or noxious vegetation.
Any waste, discarded or rejected matter or substances, vegetable,
animal or mineral, including unused chattels, furnishings, tools,
vehicles, implements, trash, debris, scrap, junk, garbage, leaves,
cut or fallen trees, tree limbs, twigs and/or branches, tree stumps
and/or roots, stones, ashes, cinders, papers and all other superfluous,
abandoned or unused materials or substances of whatsoever kind and
condition.
[Amended 11-13-2003 by Ord. No. 677]
Nothing in this article shall prohibit the creation
and maintenance upon private property of a compost pile of an accumulation
of compost, provided that the same is maintained in and restricted
by a metal, wood or metallic receptacle no larger than two cubic yards
and provided further that the same shall not be located within the
front, side or rear yard setbacks as defined in the Township Zoning
Ordinance[1] for the zoning district within which the premises are
situate.
No person shall burn any rubbish, noxious vegetation
or other accumulations upon the paved surface of any of the highways
of the Township or start any fire on or in immediate proximity to
any public dumping place in this Township.
No person, firm or corporation shall leave or
permit to remain, at any place out of doors within the Township of
Nether Providence or within any unoccupied or abandoned building within
said Township under the control of such person, firm or corporation,
any abandoned, discarded or unattended icebox, refrigerator or other
container having an airtight door or lid and having a locking or latching
device of any kind which cannot be released from inside such icebox,
refrigerator or other container, unless the door or lid thereof shall
have been removed.
It shall be unlawful and constitute a public
nuisance for any person, firm or corporation, owning or occupying
private property in the Township of Nether Providence, to deposit
or to cause or permit the deposit, maintenance, growth or existence
of rubbish, noxious vegetation or other objectionable accumulations,
as above defined, on any public property or on or in any public or
private highway, street, lane, gutter, grass plot, sidewalk, way,
lawn, yard, driveway, alley or passageway in the Township of Nether
Providence or upon private property, including lawn, yard, driveway
and/or sidewalk, except as hereinafter provided.
A person is guilty of a summary offense if he
discards or abandons in any place accessible to the public any television
picture tube or television set containing any picture tube which has
not been neutralized to eliminate the danger of implosion or if the
owner, lessee, manager or person in possession of any place accessible
to the public knowingly permits an abandoned or discarded television
picture tube or a set containing such a tube to remain in such place
without the tube having been neutralized to eliminate the danger of
implosion.
In the case of any violation of this article,
in addition to other remedies provided by law, the Township may, after
five days' notice, or in urgent cases, without such notice, enter
upon or in all such premises, with its workmen, contractors or agents,
and clean up and remove such rubbish, noxious vegetation or other
objectionable accumulation and take such other action, at such times
and as often as the particular circumstances warrant, for the health
and cleanliness and the beauty, convenience, comfort and safety of
the Township.
Whenever and as often as it becomes necessary
for the Township to take action under this article, the expense thereof,
with 20% additional, together with all incidental costs, fees, charges
and expenses, may be collected, by action in assumpsit or otherwise,
from the owner or occupier, either or both, at the option of the Township.
Said Township may also, as an additional remedy, cause a municipal
lien or claim to be filed against said property or as much thereof
with the appurtenances as is involved in the violation aforesaid.
