No person shall sweep, throw, cast, drop, put or place or, having accidentally
dropped, fail to pick up any bag, bottle, bottle cap, box, container, garbage,
paper, piece of paper, wrapper or any other trash or litter in or upon any
public street, place, park or building, except in receptacles provided for
such purposes, or shall permit any person under his or her control or employ
to do the same.
No truck or other motor vehicle or trailer or other motor conveyance
shall be operated or loaded in such a manner that any part or portion of its
load, whether sand, gravel, stone, dirt, rubbish, paper, boxes, trash or other
material, shall be dropped, blown or caused to fall or be dropped upon any
public street, highway, public place or thoroughfare in the village.
[Added 2-13-1989 by L.L. No. 2-1989;
amended 5-23-1994 by L.L. No. 12-1994]
No merchant or purveyor of foods or other goods shall permit wheeled
carts or conveyors provided by him or her for the convenience of patrons to
remain on the sidewalks or village rights-of-way while not in use. Every such
vehicle left on a sidewalk or street or village right-of-way shall be considered
an obstacle to traffic and a hazard to pedestrians and may, without notice,
be seized by the police or Department of Public Works employee and taken to
the village garage, subject thereafter to restitution to its owner upon payment
of reasonable charges for transportation and storage as set forth by resolution
of the Village Board of Trustees in the Master Fee Schedule, which may be
amended from time to time. Carts not retrieved in 30 days will be disposed
of.
Violations of this chapter shall be subject to the issuance of an appearance ticket as provided in Chapter
7, Appearance Tickets.