[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe 11-25-1972 by Ord. No. 72-027; amended in its entirety 3-3-2008 by Ord. No.
08-001. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Board of Health — See §§ C-111,
C-228 et seq.
Safety generally — See § C-228
et seq.
GENERAL REFERENCES
Handbills and billposting — See Ch. 370.
Public nuisances — See Ch. 458.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 525.
Solid waste — See Ch. 625.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Health and sanitation generally — See
Mich. Const. Art. 4, § 51
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
All rubbish, refuse, waste material, garbage, offal, paper,
glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris or other foreign substances of
every kind and description.
Means, 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, including the ice above such waters, any park, playground
building, refuge or conservation or recreation area, and any residential
or farm properties or timberlands, or business, including, but not
limited to, drive-ins and gas stations.
Public authorities having supervision of public
property of the City may post notice signs and otherwise publicize
the requirements of this chapter.
No person, without the consent of the public
authority having supervision of public property or the owner of private
property, shall knowingly 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.
No person who removes a vehicle that is wrecked
or damaged in an accident on a highway, road or street shall fail
to remove all glass or other injurious substances dropped on the highway,
road or street as a result of the accident.
No person shall knowingly cause any litter or
any object to fall or be thrown into the path of or to hit a vehicle
traveling upon a highway.
Public authorities having supervision of public
property in the City may establish and maintain receptacles for the
deposit of litter on such property and publicize the location thereof.
No person shall place in the sanitary or storm
sewer system of the City any flammable or combustible substances.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided for in § 1-27, General penalty, of this Code. The court, in lieu of any other sentence imposed, may direct a substitution of litter-gathering labor, including, but not limited to, the litter connected with the particular violation, under the supervision of the court.
