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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 19:51:20
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132', '§ 132']

Township of Middle Smithfield, PA Littering
§ 132-2 Definitions; word usage.
§ 132-3 Litter in public places.
§ 132-4 Placement of litter in receptacles so as to prevent scattering.
§ 132-5 Sweeping litter into gutters prohibited.
§ 132-6 Businesses' duty to keep sidewalks free of litter.
§ 132-7 Litter thrown by persons in vehicles.
§ 132-8 Truck loads causing litter.
§ 132-9 Litter in parks.
§ 132-10 Litter in lakes and fountains.
§ 132-11 Throwing or distributing handbills in public places.
§ 132-12 Placing handbills on vehicles.
§ 132-13 Depositing handbills on private premises.
§ 132-14 Prohibiting distribution of handbills where properly posted.
§ 132-15 Distributing handbills at inhabited private premises.
§ 132-16 Dropping litter from aircraft.
§ 132-17 Posting notices prohibited.
§ 132-18 Litter on occupied private property.
§ 132-19 Owner to maintain premises free of litter.
§ 132-20 Litter on vacant lots.
§ 132-21 Clearing of litter from open private property by township.
§ 132-22 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 132 Littering
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Middle Smithfield 8-25-1988 by Ord. No. 46. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Middle Smithfield Township Anti-Litter Ordinance."
A litter storage and collection receptacle as used by the citizens of Middle Smithfield Township to convey litter to trash haulers for collection.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit; but the terms of this clause shall not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind when either of the same is held, given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information which is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public peace, safety and good order, provided that nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind without a license, where such license is or may be required by any law of this state or under any ordinance of this township; or
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material, which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law, and, in addition thereto, shall mean and include any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not fewer than four issues per year, and sold to the public.
A park, playground, recreation center or any other public area in the township, owned or used by the township and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rail or tracks.
A person placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the township the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep any sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the township unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being deposited upon any street, alley or other public place, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the township, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the township.
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the township; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or other public place within the township for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any handbill to any person willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to the receiver thereof a handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any private premises which are uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on said premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement" or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of said premises do not desire to be molested or have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills left upon such premises.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises; provided, however, that in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, as provided in this chapter, such person, unless requested by anyone upon such premises not to do so, may place or deposit any such handbill in or upon such inhabited private premises, if such handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
Exemption for mail and newspapers. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers (as defined herein).
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamp post, public utility pole or shade tree or upon any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property within the township, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
Notice to remove. The Township Supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property within the township or the agent of such property to dispose of litter located on such owner's property which is dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by registered mail, addressed to said owner at the owner's last known address.
Action upon noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or agent so notified to properly dispose of litter dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare within 10 days after receipt of written notice provided for in Subsection A above or within 10 days after the date of such notice in the event that the same is returned to the Township Supervisors because of inability to make delivery thereof, provided that the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the Township Supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the disposing of such litter or to order its disposal by the township.
Charge for removal. When the township has effected the removal of such dangerous litter or has paid for its removal, the actual cost thereof, plus accrued interest at 6% per annum from the date of the completion of the work, if not paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be charged to the owner of such property and forwarded to said owner at the owner's last known address by registered mail.
Recorded statement constitutes lien. Where the full amount due the township is not paid by such owner within 10 days after the disposal of such litter, as provided for in Subsections A and B above, then, and in that case, the Township Supervisors shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Prothonotary of Monroe County, at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, a sworn statement showing the cost and expense incurred for the work, the date the work was done and the location of the property on which said work was done. The recordation of such sworn statement shall constitute a lien and privilege on the property and shall remain in full force and effect for the amount due in principal and interest, plus costs of court, if any, for collection, until final payment has been made. Sworn statements recorded in accordance with all provisions hereof shall be prima facie evidence that all legal formalities have been complied with and that the work has been done properly and satisfactorily and shall be full notice to every person concerned that the amount of the statement, plus interest, constitutes a charge against the property designated or described in the statement and that the same is due and collectible as provided by law.
§ 132-22 Violations and penalties. [1]
In addition to any other remedy provided herein, any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding, shall pay a fine of not more than $600, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the township in the enforcement of this chapter. 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. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the township are hereby authorized to seek equitable relief, including injunction, to enforce compliance herewith.