[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of Horsham Township 7-10-1973
by Ord. No. 93. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful to throw, deposit, or dump any paper, trash, rubbish,
ashes, junk, waste, garbage, or discarded materials of any kind including,
without limitation, ice boxes, refrigerators, tires, electric or gas or other
ranges, plumbing and electrical fixtures, building supplies, garbage, tree
limbs, grass or other vegetation, in or on any private or public property,
vacant or occupied, within the limits of said Township, or to maintain any
accumulation of such materials in or on any public or private property, vacant
or occupied, within said Township. No leaves, grass, weeds, hedges, or tree
trimmings shall be burned within the bounds of any public highway, nor shall
any fire be made which will cause damage to the highway or street paving.
Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperative or unlicensed
motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises, and no vehicle
shall at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair, or in the
process of being stripped or dismantled. Painting of vehicles is prohibited
unless conducted inside an approved spray booth. Exception: A vehicle of any
type is permitted to undergo major overhaul, including body work, provided
that such work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed area
designed and approved for such purposes.
It shall be unlawful to carry on or maintain any offensive manufacture
or business anywhere within Horsham Township.
It shall be unlawful to use, maintain, occupy, or own any unsafe or
dangerous building, structure, or physical condition, or any part thereof,
anywhere within Horsham Township.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit municipal dumps
maintained by Horsham Township.
It shall be unlawful for all persons owning or occupying property along
any public highway, road, street, avenue, lane, or alley in Horsham Township
to drain or allow the flow into or upon any highway, by pipe or any other
channel, whether natural or artificial, any water or drainage from sinks,
bathtubs, wash stands, lavatories, water closets, swimming pools,
privies or cesspools of any kind or nature whatsoever, or any other foul or
offensive water or drainage of any kind, or to allow any such water or drainage
to percolate into or upon said highway, road, street, avenue, lane or alley.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction before a District Justice, be subject to a penalty of not
less than $200 nor more than $500, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment not to exceed 30 days,
or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues may
be regarded as a separate offense and punishable as such. In addition to the
summary proceedings described above, the Township may also enforce provisions
of this chapter in a court of equity.
