[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Charter Township
of East China 11-18-1980 by Ord. No. 117
as Ch. 8-02 of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The littering of public and private property and waters shall be controlled
and prohibited.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any uncontainerized man-made or man-used waste which, if
deposited within the Township otherwise than in a litter receptacle, tends
to create a danger to public health, safety, and welfare or to impair the
environment of the people of the Township. Litter may include, but is not
limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, confetti, debris, grass clippings
or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper, magazine, glass, metal, plastic
or paper container or other construction material, motor vehicle part, appliance,
appliance part, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, or nauseous or offensive
matter of any kind, or any object likely to injure any person or create a
traffic hazard.
[Amended 3-7-1988 by Ord. No. 162]
Includes, but is not limited to:
The right-of-way of any road or highway, any body of water or watercourse,
or the shores or beaches thereof, and including the ice above such waters;
Any park, playground, building, refuge or conservation or recreation
area; and
Any residential, farm, commercial or industrial properties.
Any person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation and their
legal successors.
[Amended 3-7-1988 by Ord. No. 162]
It shall be unlawful for any person, knowingly, to dump, deposit, place,
throw or leave, or cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing,
or leaving, of litter on any public or private property or waters other than
property designated and set aside for such purposes, without the consent of
the owner thereof.
