Borough of Darby, PA
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PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
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Chapter 113 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Auditor
- Ch 4 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 6 Authority, Parking
- Ch 7 Elections
- Ch 8 Fire Companies
- Ch 9 Firemen's Relief Association
- Ch 10 Health Board
- Ch 11 Historical Commission
- Ch 12 Historic Preservation
- Ch 15 Manager, Borough
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Officers and Employees
- Ch 22 Planning Commission
- Ch 24 Police Department
- Ch 26 Pensions
- Ch 29 Parks
- Ch 30 Recreation Board
- Ch 31 Records
- Ch 32 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 34 Shade Tree Commission and Shade Tree Regulations
- Ch 35 Social Security
- Ch 37 Tax Collector
- Ch 39 Vacant Property Review Committee
- PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION
- Ch 42 Alarm Systems
- Ch 42A Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 43 Amusements, Places of
- Ch 45 Animals
- Ch 47 Automobile Graveyards
- Ch 49 Block Parties
- Ch 51 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Cemeteries
- Ch 59 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 60 Contractors
- Ch 61 Curfew
- Ch 63 Dancing
- Ch 65 Dogs
- Ch 65A Donation Boxes
- Ch 66 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 67 Dumps and Dumping
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 Fire Prevention
- Ch 75 Fire Safety Zones
- Ch 76 Fireworks
- Ch 77 Floodplain Management
- Ch 78 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 79 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 82 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 83 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 84 Hotels, Apartments and Boardinghouses
- Ch 86 Housing Hygiene Standards
- Ch 87 Insurance
- Ch 89 Junk Dealers
- Ch 93 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Minibikes
- Ch 97 Nuisances
- Ch 99 Obscene Materials and Performances
- Ch 101 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 104 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 106 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 Poles and Wires
- Ch 110 Property Maintenance
- Ch 113 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- § 113-1 Legislative findings.
- § 113-2 Abandonment declared a menace.
- § 113-3 Abandonment of container with doors affixed prohibited.
- § 113-4 Removal of doors required.
- § 113-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 115 Rodents, Insects and Pests
- Ch 117 Sewers
- Ch 119 Shows and Exhibitions
- Ch 121 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 122 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 123 Speed Timing Devices
- Ch 124 Stormwater Management
- Ch 125 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 127 Structures, Dangerous
- Ch 130 Taxation
- Ch 135 Trees
- Ch 137 Trespassing
- Ch 140 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 141 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 149 Weapons
- Ch 153 Zoning
- APPENDIX
- Ch A156 Police Code of Ethics
- Ch A157 Cable Television Franchise
- DISPOSITION LIST
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 12-7-1953 by Ord. No. 373, approved 12-7-1953. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Continued reports have been submitted to the members of Council
of the Borough of Darby concerning the suffocation of children who
have become locked in old abandoned refrigerators, iceboxes, ice chests
or other similar containers.
The said Council of the Borough of Darby does hereby declare
that the abandonment of old refrigerators, iceboxes, ice chests or
other similar containers with the door latches or doors still attached
thereto is highly dangerous and a public menace.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
permit or allow any person, firm or corporation to discard or abandon,
or for themselves to discard or abandon, within the limits of the
Borough of Darby, any old refrigerator, iceboxes, ice chest or other
similar container which may still have its door affixed thereof which,
by any means, may accidentally or deliberately imprison any person,
particularly children.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
leave outside any building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children,
any abandoned, unattended or discarded refrigerators, iceboxes, ice
chests or other similar containers which have an airtight or other
device thereon without first removing the doors from the said refrigerator,
icebox, ice chest or other similar container.
[Amended 3-5-1975 by Ord.
No. 557, approved 3-5-1975]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
