[HISTORY: Derived from Sec. 3-6 of the 2002 Revised General
Ordinances, adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Clark 12-16-2002 by Ord. No.
02-27. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A place where gasoline, oil and services for automobiles
and other motor vehicles are sold, either at wholesale or retail prices.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined in this chapter,
and all other waste material which, if thrown, deposited or stored
as prohibited in this chapter, tends to create a danger to public
health, safety and welfare or create an eyesore.
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited, temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
It shall include any yard, ground, walk, driveway, porch, steps or
vestibule belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building
or other structure.
Any street, sidewalk, alley or other public way and any and
all public parks, squares, grounds and buildings.
Any structure or building owned or operated by the federal,
state or county government or any governmental agency.
All putrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles and parts thereof, scrap metal, junk, machinery and solid
market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, beddings, crockery,
building materials and similar materials.
A.Â
Litter
in public places. No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon
any street, sidewalk or other public places within the Township, except
in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for that
purpose.
B.Â
Litter
in parks. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within
the Township, except in public receptacles and in such a manner that
the litter shall be prevented from being carried or deposited by the
elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public
place. 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.
C.Â
Litter
in water. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain,
pond, lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
within the Township.
D.Â
Litter
on private property. No person shall throw or deposit litter, nor
permit any agent, servant or employee to throw or deposit litter,
upon any private property within the Township.
E.Â
Litter
on vacant lots. No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open
or vacant private property within the Township, whether owned by such
person or not.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter, except that this
chapter shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private
receptacles for collection.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Township any waste materials or rubbish, as defined in § 207-1, but such person shall keep the sidewalk in front of his/her business premises free of litter. All persons operating filling stations or other mercantile establishments where commodities are sold between any curb area of the Township and the office building or equipment from which such commodities are dispensed shall maintain at all times covered receptacles, into which all waste materials and rubbish may be deposited by customers, employees or other persons.
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person who
manages or controls a building or lot shall be jointly or severally
responsible for keeping the sidewalk, flagging, curbstone and the
air shafts, areaways, backyards, courts, parking lots and alleys free
from litter, whether the property is owned by such person or not,
except that the owner or person in control of private property may
maintain authorized private receptacles for collection and removal
of same in such a manner that the litter shall not be unsightly and
detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street,
catch basin or other public place within the Township the accumulation
of litter from any public or private driveway. Persons owning or occupying
property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of
litter.
No person shall drive or move any truck or any vehicle within
the Township, unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to
prevent any load or content of litter from being blown or deposited
upon any street, alley or other public place.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
Township.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit in
the Township any litter, handbill or other object.
A.Â
Distribution at public places. No person shall throw or deposit any
commercial or noncommercial handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical,
magazine, circular, card or pamphlet in any public place, provided
that any person may hand out or distribute, without charge to the
receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical,
magazine, circular, card or pamphlet on any sidewalk, street or other
public place within the Township to any person willing to accept it.
B.Â
Distribution at private premises. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine, circular, card or pamphlet in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handling or transmitting any such material directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises, provided that, in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted as provided in § 207-12, such persons, unless requested by anyone upon such premises not to do so, shall have the authority to place or deposit any such handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine, circular, card or pamphlet in or upon such inhabited private premises if such materials are so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent it from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, except that mailboxes may not be used when prohibited by law or regulations.
C.Â
Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to distribution
of mail by the postal service.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine, circular, card or
pamphlet in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or
continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial
or noncommercial handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine,
circular, card or pamphlet upon any private premises if requested
by anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed on such premises
in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign bearing
the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement"
or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupant of
such premises does not desire to be molested or have their right of
privacy disturbed or to have any such material left upon such premises.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper
or device calculated to attract the attention of the public to any
lamppost, public utility pole or shade tree or upon any public structure
or building, except as may be authorized by the owners thereof or
required by law.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine, circular, card or
pamphlet in or upon any vehicle, provided that a person may hand out
or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial
handbill, newspaper, paper, periodical, magazine, circular, card or
pamphlet to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place.
No person shall tamper with, take or remove any of the contents
from any public or private receptacle containing garbage, refuse,
rubbish, junk or any other waste material which has been placed or
deposited along any public highway, street, lane or alleyway for collection
by the Township or any of its agents or servants.
