The following terms, as used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from either
the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, rubbish and refuse, as defined herein, and tires,
furniture, white goods, construction and demolition debris, household
waste and all other waste materials which, if thrown or deposited
as herein prohibited, tend to create a danger to public health, safety
and welfare or render the streets, private grounds or public places
unsightly.
[Amended 7-8-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991]
PARK
A park, playground, recreation center or any other public
area owned or used by the Town of Haverstraw or other public entity
or government, which is devoted to recreational purposes.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or
organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designated
or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and includes
any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps or vestibule belonging
or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any or all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
PUBLIC STRUCTURE OR BUILDING
Any structure or building owned or operated by the federal,
county or state government or any governmental agency.
REFUSE
All putrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, dismantled automobiles and parts thereof, scrap metal,
junk, machinery and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes, consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as papers, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding,
crockery, building materials and similar materials.
TOWN
The Town of Haverstraw, County of Rockland and State of New
York.
VEHICLE
Every vehicle 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 rails or tracks.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or property within the Town, except in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection or in the Town of Haverstraw sanitary landfill (pursuant to Chapter
103 of the Town Code of the Town of Haverstraw); provided, however, that said public receptacles shall not be used by persons owning or occupying property in the vicinity of said public receptacles for the deposit of domestic, commercial and industrial litter arising from the conduct of said daily activities.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
park except in public receptacles and in such manner as to prevent
such litter from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
part of the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public
receptacles are not provided, all litter shall be carried from the
park by the person responsible for its presence and shall be properly
disposed of elsewhere.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
lake, pond, stream, bay or any other body of water.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
occupied private property, whether owned by him or not, except that
the owner or person in control of private property shall maintain
private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will
not be carried or deposited by the elements upon any other public
place or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private
property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter.
This section shall not be construed to prohibit the storage of litter
in private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
open or vacant private property, whether owned by such person or not.
The owner, agent, lessee, tenant, occupant or
other person who manages or controls a building or lot shall be jointly
or severally responsible for keeping the sidewalk, flagging, curbstone
and the air shafts, areaways, backyards, courts, parking lots and
alleys free from litter.
It is hereby declared to be a duty of the owner
or operator of a take-out restaurant, delicatessen or luncheonette
to provide not less than one authorized private receptacle for the
receipt of trash, litter, paper, napkins, cups and remnants of food
and nonfood items at each exit, available to the patrons as they leave
the premises. If the owner or operator of the same shall fail to provide
such receptacles, he shall be fined, upon conviction, as provided
in this chapter.
Any code enforcement officer or building inspector
of the Town of Haverstraw or any police agency is hereby empowered
and authorized to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient
to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 7-8-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991; 4-8-2002 by L.L. No.
3-2002]
A violation of this chapter may be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more
than 15 days, or both.