No person while a driver or passenger in any vehicle shall throw, distribute or deposit litter upon any street, sidewalk, vehicle, public place or upon any private property within the Town of Smithtown.
A. 
No person shall drive, operate or move any vehicle within the Town unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, material, contents, litter, sand or gravel from being blown or tossed or deposited upon any street or public or private place.
B. 
No person shall drive, operate or move any vehicle within the Town if the vehicle is discharging any load, material, contents, litter, sand or gravel upon any street or public or private place.
No persons shall throw, deposit or distribute litter in or upon any street, sidewalk, vehicle or other public place within the Town except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
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.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Town any litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalks adjacent to their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Town any litter from any building or lot from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the Town shall keep the sidewalks adjacent to their business premises free of litter.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit litter in any park within the Town 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 place. 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 as provided in this chapter.
No person shall throw or deposit litter into any fountain, pond, lake, stream, river, bay or any other body of water, whether public or private, in any park or elsewhere within the Town.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit litter on any occupied private property within the Town, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter. However, this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the Town, whether owned by such person or not.
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain on any property, whether owned by such person or not, any dump, solid waste or abandoned vehicles or parts thereof at any time. However, this section shall not be construed to limit the rights of householders or others to place solid waste in properly covered receptacles or containers in front of their property for authorized collection or removal.
[Added 2-22-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
It shall be unlawful for any person, his or her agent, employee or any person under his or her control to suffer or permit any garbage, hazardous waste, liquid waste, litter, rubbish, solid waste, construction or demolition debris, whether processed or not, or debris of any sort or any other organic or inorganic material or other offensive matter being transported in a dump truck or other vehicle to be dumped, deposited or otherwise disposed of in or upon any street, lot, park, public place or other area whether publicly or privately owned, except for the disposing of solid waste at a permitted and licensed public or private disposal facility. Causing a quantity of litter, measuring less than 10 square feet in area, to be placed or thrown upon the ground shall not be deemed dumping.