A person commits the offense of littering if he/she throws or
places or causes to be thrown or placed any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without his/her consent.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any
spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes,
after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any
person or persons, corporation, Town or City for their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
[Ord. No. 1280 §§1 —
4, 11-9-2004]
A. Discharge Of Consumer Fireworks.
1. Consumer fireworks may be ignited, set off or caused to be discharged
within the City limits only during the hours from 9:00 A.M. to 11:59
P.M. local time during fireworks season.
2. It shall be unlawful to discharge any type of fireworks:
a. Towards any person or group of people;
b. In or towards any occupied or unoccupied building or structure;
c. From or towards any vehicle;
d. From any private property without first obtaining the permission
of the owner of such property;
e. In any manner intentionally designed to, or which does in fact, damage
or destroy property, harass any person, or risk bodily harm to any
person;
f. In any manner which creates an unreasonable risk of fire or other
fire hazard; or
g. On City streets, public rights-of-way or public property.
3. "Consumer fireworks" are defined as explosive devices
designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion
and includes aerial devices and ground devices, all of which are classified
as fireworks, UNO336, 1.4G by regulation of the United States Department
of Transportation, as amended from time to time, and which were formerly
classified as class C common fireworks by regulation of the United
States Department of Transportation.
B. Fireworks Season. "Fireworks season" shall
be defined as the period from the twentieth (20th) day of June through
the tenth (10th) day of July, and the twentieth (20th) day of December
through the second (2nd) day of January, but only if on those days
consumer fireworks may be sold at retail by holders of a seasonal
retail permit issued by the State Fire Marshal.
C. Special Fireworks.
1. Special fireworks shall not be discharged at any time within the
City limits.
2. "Display fireworks" are defined as explosive devices
designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion,
deflagration or detonation. This term includes devices containing
more than two grains (130 mg) of explosive composition intended for
public display. These devices are classified as fireworks, UNO335,
1.3G by regulation of the United States Department of Transportation,
as amended from time to time, and which were formerly classified as
class B display fireworks by regulation of the United States Department
of Transportation.