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.
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.