Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
A litter storage and collection receptacle of steel, aluminum
or plastic, of 10 to 30 gallons' capacity, with a tight cover,
or a larger steel container with a closed lid.
GARBAGE
Includes, but is not limited to garbage, burnable and nonburnable
rubbish, refuse, glass, wastepaper, rags and scrap wood, but shall
exclude and not include dead animals, fecal matter, explosives, volatile
or flammable liquids, tires, batteries, waste oil and any other material,
substance or article which is not acceptable at Allegany County waste
transfer stations for collection purposes by the County of Allegany.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare
or tends to create blight.
NEWSPAPER
Newsprint and all newspapers and newspaper advertisements,
supplements, comics and enclosures. It shall not mean magazines, books,
telephone books or glossy ads such as junk mail and newspaper inserts.
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any
other public area in the village, owned or operated by the village
and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any house, building or other structure not owned or operated
by the village, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited
or vacant, including any yard, ground, parking lot, walk, driveway,
porch steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such
house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as but not limited to paper wrappings,
cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding and crockery.
VEHICLES
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or public street.