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TOWNSHIP CODE  SECTION 108    http://www.abington.org/info/codebook_part2_ch108.htm
OR HERE NUISANCES § 108-1. Prohibited acts.

 

 

108-9. Disposition of rubbish.

A. No paper, trash, rubbish, ashes, junk, waste or discarded materials of any kind shall

be thrown, deposited or dumped into any ravine, ditch or gutter, upon any road, street

or highway or on any public place within the limits of the Township of Abington.

 

   108-5. Refuse.

A. No house refuse, offal, pomace, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter

or organic waste substances of any kind shall be thrown or deposited or allowed to

drain into any ravine, ditch or gutter, upon any road, street or highway, into any waters

of the Township of Abington or on any public place within the limits of the township, or

upon private property, vacant or occupied, and be permitted to remain exposed upon

the surface of the ground; and no putrid or decaying animal and vegetable matter shall

be kept in any house, cellar or adjoining buildings in an unsanitary manner on any

premises.

B. Refuse receptacles shall not be placed at the curb for collection more than 12 hours

before disposal time and must be removed from the curb at least 12 hours after the

same have been emptied.

 

108.1  E  (It is illegal :)  To throw, drop or place, or cause to be thrown, dropped or placed, upon any of the public highways, sidewalks or public places within the township, or upon any porch, step or yard of any house or store along any of the public highways within the township, any posters, circulars, bills, handbills or other advertising matter of any kind or description whatever.

108.1  F (It is illegal :) To throw, drop or place, or cause to be thrown, dropped or placed, upon any of the highways, sidewalks or other public places within the township, any paper, paper boxes or literature of like kind or nature, or waste matter of any kind whatsoever.

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  THE STATE  HAS  LAWS, TOO
      18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6501.  
      Scattering rubbish.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of an offense if he: 1)  causes any waste paper, ......or rubbish, ....... upon the land of another

 

 

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