As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes residue from fires used for cooking, wood fireplaces
and pellet stoves.
Includes waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food; waste from the handling, storage
and sale of produce.
Articles scattered about in disorder or strewn matter, including
garbage, rubbish, refuse or trash, as hereinafter defined, and similar
waste material.
Include the worthless or the uselessness of something, the
leavings, the trash and/or the garbage, as well as that which has
been thrown aside or left as worthless and/or useless. "Refuse" includes
combustible trash, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes,
barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches and wood trimmings; noncombustible
trash, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, dirt, small
quantities of rock and small pieces of concrete, glass, crockery and
other mineral waste; and street rubbish, including but not limited
to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt and contents of
litter receptacles.
From and after the passage of this article,
it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to litter or strew
streets, highways, roads, alleys, the boardwalk, strand, beaches or
other public places within the limits of the Town of Bethany Beach
with rubbish, trash or other objects. Likewise, it shall be unlawful
to strew, cast, throw or otherwise litter rubbish, trash or other
objects in or upon private property within the limits of the Town
of Bethany Beach.
