[Adopted  8-7-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984 approved 8-28-1984, as Ch. 59, Art. III, of the 1984 Code]
[Amended 7-13-2004, approved 7-16-2004]
No person shall cast, throw, place or deposit or cause to be cast, thrown, placed or deposited any papers, throwaways, handbills, debris, rubbish, refuse or other foreign matter in or upon any street, lane, alley or public place in the City of Kingston. No person having private permanent quarters on any street shall use or employ the receptacles provided for the public which may be placed along such street, and such persons are hereby required to maintain private receptacles for such discarded material at the rear of their respective properties, which receptacles must conform to the minimum requirements and standards hereinafter set forth and provided. Such persons shall cause all discarded paper and other material capable of being moved or strewn by wind or other agency to be securely confined in such receptacles so that the same shall not be overturned, dumped or otherwise treated in such a way as to permit the material therein deposited to escape or fall therefrom. Public receptacles shall be posted with signage prohibiting the discarding of private refuse and materials in said receptacles.
Such persons shall cause such receptacles regularly to be emptied and removed, either to the City of Kingston dump or such other place of disposal as shall eliminate permanently said material from the limits of the City of Kingston.
Said containers must by reason of their weight or method of anchoring be sufficient to maintain the same in a rigid and upright position and must be equipped with a lid or gate adequately hinged or attached to such receptacle as to permit facility of opening, and must be provided with a catch or lock sufficient to secure the same in a closed position. Said gate or lid shall be maintained in such closed and securely fastened position at all times except when being filled or emptied.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes all firms, corporations and other entities.
[Amended 7-13-2004, approved 7-16-2004]
Any violation of this article or any part thereof shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person violating the same shall be and hereby is declared to be a disorderly person and shall be liable to a penalty of $100 for each and every such offense.
This article shall take effect immediately.