[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lima 4-3-1969. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 215.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Includes waste food, papers, dead animals or parts thereof, all waste or discarded wood, lumber or vegetable matter of any kind and any other matter which shall be inflammable or capable of fermentation or decay.
LITTER or RUBBISH
Includes all forms of paper, waste metal, tin cans, ashes, cinders, glass, pottery and any substance with solid and incombustible nature which has been discarded.
PERSON
Includes any individual, society, club, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons, and the singular shall include the plural number.
A. 
No person shall leave or cause to be left, discarded, dropped, consciously or unconsciously, any litter, rubbish or garbage, as that term has been defined in § 150-1 herein, on any public place subject to the jurisdiction of the Town of Lima, unless he leaves the same in a receptacle provided for the purpose of organized disposition of rubbish, garbage and litter.
B. 
No person shall leave or cause to be left, discarded, dropped, consciously or unconsciously, in any private place, any litter, rubbish or garbage, as those terms have been defined in § 150-1 herein, in such a manner that it can by force of natural currents, such as wind, storm, heat, light, etc., be either moved unto public property or interfere with the enjoyment, use or occupation of public property.
[Amended 11-6-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
C. 
No person shall leave or cause to be left upon any private premises any litter, garbage or rubbish, as hereinabove described, or any material waste of any kind which may create a nuisance which may become dangerous to human or animal life.
[Amended 11-6-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
Any person violating any other provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 for each offense or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon failure to pay any such fine, the property of the offender shall be immediately subject to a civil proceeding to collect such fine and the costs of prosecution of such proceeding shall likewise be included in the penalties imposed.