[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Bridgewater 4-16-1958 by Ord. No. 1958-A. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or any agent
thereof, to place, throw or maintain in or within the public highway
limits of any public highway in the Township of Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pennsylvania, any liquid or solid vegetable or animal matter
or any matter or thing that will endanger the peace, comfort, safety,
or health of the public or to contribute thereto by any act or failure
to act.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township before a Magisterial District Judge, pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, incurred by the Township in the enforcement of this
chapter. No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination
of the violation by the Magisterial District Judge. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure.
Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance
herewith.
The Secretary of the Township of Bridgewater is hereby directed
to cause a copy of this chapter to be published in one newspaper of
general circulation in the county as required by law.
