[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Tredyffrin 9-22-1986 by Ord. No. HR-105 (Ch. VI,
Art. 3, § 305, of the 1979 General Laws of the Municipality
of Tredyffrin). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following uses and activities upon real
property in the Township of Tredyffrin are hereby declared to be nuisances
and hereby prohibited:
A.
The use of any premises as a trash or garbage dump.
B.
The depositing or dumping of any amount of trash or
garbage upon the premises of another or upon public property.
C.
The burning or setting fire to trash, rubbish, refuse
or garbage brought upon and accumulated or stored on any premises
from any other location or locations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Subsections 4, 5 and 6 of former
Section 305IA, which immediately followed this subsection and prohibited
automobile graveyards, junkyards and storage of petroleum products,
were deleted 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278.
D.
Any use of or activity upon properties that, by reason
of flames, smoke, odors, fumes, noise or dust, unreasonably interferes
with the reasonable use, comfort and enjoyment of a neighbor's property
or endangers the health or safety of the occupants of a neighboring
property.
E.
The excessive or unreasonable accumulation or storage
of scrap, junk, wrecked or unlicensed automobiles, trash, garbage
or other waste material upon any premises causing odors, fumes or
unsightly appearance to neighboring properties or which unreasonably
interferes with the reasonable use, comfort and enjoyment of a neighbor's
property or endangers the health or safety of the occupants of a neighboring
property.
[Amended 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278]
F.
The keeping or confining of any animal which shall
or shall be permitted to disturb the peace, quiet and/or sanitary
environment of the immediate neighborhood by continued outcries, objectionable
noises and/or odors.
G.
For the owner, custodian or keeper of any animal to allow such animal to run loose at any time, either upon any of the streets, alleys or public grounds or upon the property of one other than the owner, custodian or keeper of such animal. The following shall be exempt from the prohibition set forth in this Subsection G:
[Amended 11-7-2018 by Ord. No. HR-425]
(1)
Animals accompanied by and under the immediate physical control of
such owner, custodian or keeper, by the use of a leash, harness, and/or
similar device;
(2)
Dogs accompanying a duly licensed hunter in regular hunting seasons
upon property where hunting is not prohibited by the owner or by law
are exempt from this chapter; and
H.
The placing or dumping of any amount of trash, garbage,
leaves or sticks upon any of the roadways of Tredyffrin Township or
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Subsection II of original Section
305, which immediately followed this subsection and defined "automobile
graveyard," was deleted 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The accumulation or storage of trash, refuse, rubbish or
garbage which has been brought upon or conveyed to a premises from
sources or locations other than the premises upon which said trash,
refuse, rubbish or garbage is stored or accumulated. Whether the owner
of such premises is compensated for said dumping or not is irrelevant
for purposes of this chapter.
It shall be the duty of any police officer or authorized dog control officer of the Township of Tredyffrin who witnesses any animal running at large in conflict with the provisions of § 131-1G, or who receives information of any such animal running at large, to seize such animal and dispatch it to a place designated by the Board of Supervisors as a pound. Notice of such seizure shall be sent to the owner of such animal in the manner prescribed by law, and such animal may be redeemed by the owner within the time specified by law, upon payment of the charges incurred by reason of such detention. Rates for such charges shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278; 10-2-2000 by Ord. No. HR-290]
Any person who violates or permits a violation
of this chapter shall be guilty of a summary violation and, upon conviction,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all
court costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the
Township in the enforcement of this chapter. Each day a violation
exists shall constitute a separate offense. In default of the payment
of any fine, the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment to the
extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses. Further,
the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby authorized
to seek any other available relief at law or equity, including injunction,
to enforce compliance with this chapter.
