[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Delhi 12-1-1975 by L.L. No. 12-1975 (Ch. 24 of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and park areas — See Ch. 206.
A. 
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
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
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
A printed publication issued at regular intervals, including any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the public, commonly containing news, comment, features and advertisements, including any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation.
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.
REFUSE
Includes garbage and rubbish.
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.
VILLAGE
The Village of Delhi.
B. 
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the plural number include the singular; words used in the singular number include the plural; and words in the masculine include the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village, except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
B. 
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
C. 
No person shall place, throw, deposit, discharge, otherwise cause to be placed, thrown, deposited or discharged any household trash, lawn clippings and leaves, demolition material, motor vehicle parts and tires, hazardous waste or materials, or other items of like nature in public receptacles.
[Added 8-20-2001 by L.L. No. 5-2001]
D. 
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 from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
E. 
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter from any vehicle upon any street or other public place within the Village or upon private property.
B. 
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Village, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place sticky substances or foreign matter of such kind as adheres to the road surface.
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Village, except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public or private place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere, as provided herein.
B. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any pond, river, stream or other body of water within the Village.
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not and whether occupied or vacant, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
B. 
The owner or person in control of private property or any portion thereof shall at all times maintain the premises or that portion controlled by him free of litter, except when stored properly in authorized private receptacles for collection, when such person shall have actual notice thereof or when said litter shall have been present a sufficient length of time to constitute constructive notice.
[Amended 11-19-1984 by L.L. No. 10-1984]
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 for a first conviction thereof; for a second conviction within 12 months thereafter, such person shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.