All accumulations of trash, garbage, ashes and/or rubbish on
any private or public property or grounds within the Township of Tredyffrin
are hereby prohibited.
The storage or keeping of abandoned or junked automobiles on
any private or public property or grounds within the Township of Tredyffrin,
where the same amounts to a nuisance in fact, is hereby prohibited.
It is the responsibility of the owner or occupier of any property
to keep that property free of any accumulations or nuisances such
as those described in this article. Any such accumulations or nuisances
prohibited by the terms of this article shall be abated and removed
by the occupant and by the owner of the property on which such accumulation
or nuisance exists and by the person or persons who are responsible
for such accumulation or nuisance within five days after receipt by
him, her or them of written notice so to do from the Board of Supervisors
of Tredyffrin Township, and upon his, her or their default and/or
failure or neglect to abate or remove such accumulation or nuisance
within such time, the Township shall have the right and power to remove
or cause the removal of or abatement of any such accumulation or nuisance
and to pay for the cost or costs thereof and to collect the costs
of such removal, together with a penalty of not more than $600, plus
all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by
the Township in the enforcement of this article, for each and every
such accumulation or nuisance, each day constituting a separate offense.
No judgment shall be imposed until the date of the determination of
the violation by the District Justice and/or Court. If the defendant
neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce
the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure.
Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the Township are hereby
authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce
compliance herewith.
It shall be unlawful hereafter in Tredyffrin Township for any
person, association or corporation to store trash, rubbish or garbage
outside of an enclosed building in other than closed waterproof containers.
From and after the effective date hereof, in Tredyffrin Township,
no person, partnership, firm or corporation shall place containers
for trash, rubbish, garbage or recyclables at the curb or in the front
yard area of any lot, except during the period beginning at 6:00 p.m.,
prevailing time, on the day prior to a scheduled collection and ending
at 12:00 midnight on the day of a scheduled collection. "Front yard
area" shall mean the area between the street line and the first building
on the lot.
In the enforcement of the provisions or any of the provisions
of this article, the Board of Supervisors of Tredyffrin Township shall
have the power and right to institute and conduct proceedings in courts
of equity or courts of law, as well as before District Justices and
other courts not of record.
