[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Nassau 1-25-77 as L.L. No. 2-1977. Section 70-11 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Nassau Anti-litter Law."
A. 
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
APPROVED CONTAINERS
Plastic or metal barrels with covers.
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Includes garbage, refuse and rubbish as defined herein and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
OWNER
Includes the record owner of any dwelling, house, parking lot, yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, mailbox, building, apartment house, multiple-dwelling unit, house trailer or recreational vehicle or any other structure on the real estate.
PARK
Includes a park, reservation, playground or recreation center or any other public area in the village owned or used by the village and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Includes any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to any dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
B. 
The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A. 
No person shall place on any sidewalk, public street or public place any waste, garbage or refuse of any kind, unless such is in an approved container.
B. 
All waste products shall be contained in approved closed containers and shall not exceed one hundred (100) pounds in combined weight of the waste products and container.
C. 
All other waste products which cannot readily be placed in approved closed containers shall be bundled and securely fastened. Such bundles shall not exceed one hundred (100) pounds in weight nor exceed the dimensions of eighteen by thirty-six (18 x 36) inches.
D. 
Leaves, tree trimmings and grass clippings shall be placed in sealed bags and shall not exceed fifty (50) pounds in weight.
E. 
All sweepings of sidewalks or premises must be picked up and placed in such approved containers. Such containers, when filled with the materials to be removed, shall be placed by the owner or occupant on the outer edge of the sidewalk opposite the premises owned or occupied by him or, if there is an alley, in the rear of such premises not more than twelve (12) hours before collection of garbage, ashes, waste and rubbish in that section of the village.
F. 
It shall be the duty of such owner or occupant to cause such approved containers, when emptied of their contents by the village collectors, to be removed from the sidewalk, street or alley within twelve (12) hours thereafter.
G. 
It shall be the duty of the owners of all real property in the Village of Nassau not only to use such approved containers but to require all tenants and occupants of any buildings or structures owned by them to use such approved containers, and such owners are hereby required to cause such approved containers to be used by any and all tenants or occupants of property owned by them.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disturb, remove or aid in disturbing or removing any material after it has been set out in containers for removal, except those employed and duty authorized to collect and remove such material.
No person shall deposit household rubbish or garbage in public litter receptacles.
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other place within the village.
B. 
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the village the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or any litter from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the village. Where public receptacles are not provided, all litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.
No person, being the driver or a passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the village or upon any private property.
No person shall throw or deposit in any pond, brook or natural waterway within the limits of the village any dead animal, dead fish or fish waste, rubbish, filth or foul or offensive substance or any refuse matter whatsoever, fuel, lubricating oil or other greasy substance so that the same shall create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the village, whether owned by such person or not, so that the same shall create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare.
A violation of this chapter shall be an offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) days, or both.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.