[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978; as amended by Ord. 278, 9/18/1991]
1.Â
GARBAGE
OCCUPANT
PERSON
SEWAGE RECEPTACLE
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases
shall, for the purpose of this Part, have the meanings hereby ascribed
thereto:
All animal and vegetable waste, including offal, carcasses,
fat, bone, swill and vegetable and animal refuse resulting from the
storage, handling, preparation and consumption of food.
Tenant, lessee, agent, holder and squatter.
Any person, copartnership, association, or corporation.
A privy, urinal, septic tank, latrine, toilet, holding tank
or other receptacle for human excrement.
2.Â
Words and phrases used in the singular shall include the plural and
vice versa; the present tense shall include the future.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
Every person upon whose premises garbage is allowed to remain
out-of-doors shall provide and maintain at all times a metal can or
receptacle with a tight-fitting cover to hold such garbage. Such containers
shall be water-tight and fly-tight and shall be kept securely closed
at all times. All such containers shall be kept in a sanitary condition,
and shall be emptied at regular intervals so as to prevent the contents
from overflowing.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
No owner or occupant of any lands within the limits of the Township shall use or permit his, her or their lands to be used for the dumping, accumulation or disposal of garbage or other waste materials of any kind, except as provided in § 102.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
No garbage, rubbish, decaying matter, inflammable materials,
or other waste substance of any kind shall be thrown or deposited
in any ravine, ditch or gutter, or on any street, road, highway, lane
or alley; nor shall it be permitted to remain exposed upon the surface
of the ground.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
In residential sections of the Township, manure shall not be
allowed to accumulate in or near stables, piggeries or roosts for
a period of more than three days unless it is adequately protected
against the breeding of flies and rodents.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
When any lot or excavation in the Township of Richland shall
from any cause whatsoever become the depository of stagnant water,
or of any decaying or offensive substances, liquid or solid, it shall
be the duty of the owner or occupier of said premises, within the
specified time given in a written notice from the Board of Township
Supervisors, to cause such lot or excavation to be drained, or to
be filled with clean earth or other inoffensive substance.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978]
No person shall maintain, or permit to be maintained, any pond,
sewage receptacle, well, cistern, rain barrel, or other receptacle
containing water in such condition that mosquitoes breeding therein
may become a menace to the public health.
[Ord. 135, 11/21/1978; as amended by Ord. 325, 7/3/1996;
by Ord. 336, 2/5/1997; and at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. AO)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this Part
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this Part that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
