[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971 as
Ch. 68, Art. III, of the 1971 Code]
No person shall litter, sweep, throw or cast,
or direct, suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or other
person under his control to litter, sweep, throw or cast, any ashes,
garbage, paper, dust or other rubbish and refuse of any kind whatsoever
in or upon any street or public place, vacant lot, air shaft, areaway,
back yard, court or alley.
No person shall sweep, throw, push or place,
or direct, suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or other
person to sweep, throw, push or place, any snow which has accumulated
upon private property, in or upon any street or public place.
Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or person
in charge of any building or premises shall keep and cause to be kept
the sidewalk, flagging and curbstone abutting said building or premises
free from obstructions and nuisances of every kind, and shall keep
said sidewalks, air shaft, areaways, back yards, courts and alleys
free from garbage, refuse, rubbish, litter and other offensive material.
No lime, ashes, coal, dry sand, hair, wastepaper,
feathers or other substance that is in a similar manner liable to
be blown by the wind shall be sieved, agitated or exposed, nor shall
any mat, carpet or cloth be shaken or beaten, nor shall any cloth,
yarn, garment, material or substance be scoured or cleaned, nor shall
any rags, damaged merchandise, barrels, boxes or broken bales of merchandise
or goods be placed, kept or exposed, in any place where they or particles
therefrom will pass into any street or public place or into any occupied
premises, nor shall any usual or any reasonable precautions be omitted
by any person to prevent fragments or any substances from falling
to the detriment or peril of life or health, or dust or light material
flying into any street, place or building, from any building or erection,
while the same is being altered, repaired or demolished or otherwise.
In demolishing any building or part thereof, the material to be removed
shall be properly wet in order to lay dust incident to its removal.
No one being the owner or in charge or in control
of any vehicle or of any receptacle shall litter, drop or spill, or
permit to be littered, dropped or spilled, any dirt, sand, gravel,
clay, loam, stone or building rubbish, hay, straw, oats, sawdust,
shavings or other light materials of any sort, or manufacturing, trade
or household waste, refuse, rubbish of any sort, or ashes, manure,
garbage or other organic refuse or other offensive matter, in or upon
any street or public place.
No person shall throw, cast or distribute, or
cause or permit to be thrown, cast or distributed, any handbill, circular,
card, booklet, placard or other advertising matter whatsoever, in
or upon any street or public place, or in a front yard or courtyard,
or on any stoop, or in the vestibule of any hall in any building,
or in a letter box therein; provided that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise regulate the delivery of
any such matter by the United States postal service, or prohibit the
distribution of sample copies of newspapers regularly sold by the
copy or by annual subscription. This section is not intended to prevent
the lawful distribution of anything other than commercial and business
advertising matter.
No swill, brine, offensive animal matter, noxious
liquid or other filthy matter of any kind shall be allowed by any
person to fall upon or run into any street or public place, or be
taken to or put therein.
[Amended 1-25-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
A.Â
No person shall prevent or interfere with any Village employee in
the sweeping or cleaning of any street or in the removal of sweepings,
ashes, garbage, rubbish, snow, ice or other refuse material.
B.Â
No person other than an authorized Village employee or agent shall
disturb or remove any ashes, garbage or light refuse or rubbish placed
by householders or their tenants or by occupants or their servants,
within the stoop or area line or in front of houses or lots, for removal,
unless requested by residents of such houses.
[Added 1-25-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
Any person or entity causing or permitting the deposit upon property of the Village of any material, including, without limitation, ashes, garbage or light refuse or rubbish, snow, solid waste, litter, or other solid or liquid, in violation of any provision of Articles II, III or IV of this chapter, shall be liable to pay the expenses incurred by the Village in removing said material.
A.Â
In the event any such person or entity fails to pay such amount within
30 days after written demand therefor, the Village may institute such
action as may be required to recover such amount, and in any such
action shall be entitled in addition to recover its costs of expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees.
B.Â
Where any such material is deposited upon Village property from adjoining
property, and the owner(s) of such adjoining property fail or refuse
to pay the expenses of removal from the Village property as provided
in this section, said unpaid expenses shall be assessed against the
adjoining property in the same manner as provided for unpaid Village
property taxes.
