§ 279-5. Activities and conditions constituting nuisance.

The following activities shall be deemed to be a nuisance when, based upon actual conditions in the Borough, they constitute a nuisance in fact:

A. 

The accumulation of junk, garbage and rubbish and the storage of abandoned or junked automobiles, on private and public property, and the carrying on of any offensive manufacture or business.

B. 

The ownership, maintenance, inhabitation, use, or offering for use, any structure on public or private grounds which may be dangerous, unwholesome, or offensive to the public.

C. 

The willful making, or causing to be made, any loud, boisterous or unseemly noise or disturbance so as to disturb or annoy the peaceable public, near to or upon any street, lane, alley, park, square, common, or in any public building, public place or business place, or private building, or private place, within the Borough of Walnutport.

D. 

Any act or conduct such as might tend to cause riot, panic, violence, or general disturbance.

E. 

Any wanton discharge, without legal rights, except in authorized celebrations, any gun, pistol, firearm, fireworks, or other explosive.

F. 

The obstruction of any sidewalk, pavement, highway, street, lane, alley, thoroughfare, passageway in any public building, or public place, or business place.

G. 

The sale, or offering for sale, the lease, or offering for lease, gift, or offering for gift, or distributing any unwholesome, impure, or offensive food or drink, or any other material intended for human or animal consumption.

H. 

The participation in an unlawful gathering, or the vexing, hindering, annoying or delaying any person, whereby the public peace or comfort is broken, or the public annoyed.

I. 

The lounging or loitering upon any street, road, highway, street corner, curb, sidewalk, lane, alley, park, square, common, or any public building, public place, or business place, or private residence, store, shop, church, entrance, or exit, or passageway.

J. 

The traveling about the Borough soliciting, or begging, from door to door, or upon the streets, sidewalks, curbs, lanes, alleys, parks, squares, commons, or in any public building, public place, or business place, school, or private dwelling, for the purpose of acquiring money or a living and who shall have no fixed place of residence, lawful occupation, or permit from said Borough.

K. 

The use of indecent, vile, and profane language audibly upon the public streets, lanes, alleys, parks, squares, commons, public buildings, public places, business places, churches, schools, or any public place within the Borough.

L. 

The congregating or assembling at, near, or about a place where a fire is in progress, or where the fire or police apparatus have been summoned by an alarm or necessity, and thereby hindering, delaying, or obstructing any such apparatus, its men and equipment, or rendering dangers by such assembly, the management or handling of such apparatus.

M. 

The neglect or refusal to promptly regard and obey the orders of any police officer or fireman in respect to the discharge of their duties in the enforcement of the laws and ordinances of the Borough, and at any place where a fire is in progress.

N. 

Parking a disabled vehicle (i.e., one that is incapable of being operated in a safe and legal manner) on a Borough street in excess of 48 hours.

O. 

Offering for sale any vehicles on a public right-of-way.

P. 

The repairing or performing of any mechanical or repair work on any motor vehicle in or on any public street.

Amended 10-13-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-06