Borough of Marcus Hook, PA
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2023-12-04
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 162 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Auditor
- Ch 10 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 14 Emergency Operations Plan
- Ch 15 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 15A Fire Department
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Historical Commission
- Ch 19 Library, Public
- Ch 24 Manager
- Ch 31 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 34 Planning Commission
- Ch 37 Police Department
- Ch 40 Purchasing
- Ch 45 Recreation and Park Board
- Ch 48 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 51 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 53 Smoking
- Ch 54 Social Security
- Ch 57 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 64 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 67 Amusements, Licensing of
- Ch 70 Billboards and Advertising Structures
- Ch 73 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 76 Building Construction
- Ch 78 Open Burning and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 80 Carnivals
- Ch 82 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 82A Claims, Municipal
- Ch 83 Curfew
- Ch 84 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 88 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 90 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 93 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 94 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Ch 96 Fire Prevention
- Ch 97 Fireworks
- Ch 99 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 102 Food Establishments
- Ch 106 Garbage and Rubbish
- Ch 111 Hawkers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 116 Junk Dealers and Junkyards
- Ch 121 Littering
- Ch 124 Loitering
- Ch 129 Massage Parlors
- Ch 132 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 135 Multiple Dwellings; Rooming Houses; Rental Units
- Ch 142 Numbering System: Properties and Premises
- Ch 145 Parades
- Ch 148 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 151 Parks
- Ch 154 Plumbing
- Ch 157 Property Maintenance
- Ch 158 Radio Antennas and Electrical Disturbances
- Ch 160 Records
- Ch 162 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- § 162-1 Declaration of nuisance.
- § 162-2 Removal of doors required.
- § 162-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 165 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 167 Sewers
- Ch 169 Skateboards, Scooters and Rollerblades
- Ch 172 Solid Waste
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management
- Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 180 Taxation
- Ch 182 Telephone Services
- Ch 185 Vector Control
- Ch 188 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 191 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 193 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 196 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A199 Cable Franchise Agreements
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Marcus
Hook 12-22-1953 by Ord. No. 557, approved 12-22-1953.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The keeping or storing of refrigerators, boxes or containers of any
nature whatsoever in places where children have access to the same without
the removal of the doors or covers therefrom is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance and a menace to the health and lives of the children of the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to place, keep or store
any refrigerator, box or container of any nature whatsoever in any yard, field,
lot, street or lane of the Borough of Marcus Hook which cannot be opened from
the inside unless the door or cover to same has been completely removed from
such refrigerator, box or other container.
[Amended 9-6-1988 by Ord. No. O-88-5,
approved 9-6-1988]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punishable for each offense by a fine of up to the
maximum amount provided from time to time by state statute.
