[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Lancaster as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 283.
[Adopted 10-27-1969 (Ch. 103, Art. I, of the 1976 Code)]
No person shall place, throw or deposit paper, shavings, refuse
or any other subject of litter in or upon any gutter, street, sidewalk,
mall or other public place within the Village of Lancaster, except
in such authorized public or private receptacles for the collection
of same as may be made available. Persons placing litter in such receptacles
shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried away
or deposited by the elements upon any gutter, street, sidewalk, mall
or other public place or upon private property.
The owner or occupant of any private property abutting a gutter,
street, sidewalk, mall or other public place within the Village shall
keep such gutter, street, sidewalk, mall or other public place free
of any and all paper, shavings, refuse or any other subject of litter.
No person shall place, throw or deposit paper, shavings, refuse
or any other subject of litter from any vehicle upon any property,
public or private, within the Village; nor shall any person drive
or operate any truck or other vehicle within the Village unless such
vehicle is so constructed and maintained as to prevent the depositing
of any such paper, shavings, refuse or any other subject of litter
upon any public or private property within the Village. No person
shall drive or operate any vehicle within the Village unless the tires
of such vehicle shall be free of any and all dirt, mud, stones or
other sticky or foreign matter.
No person, firm or corporation shall allow, suffer or permit
the depositing or accumulation of paper, shavings, refuse or other
subject of litter upon any property owned or occupied by any such
person, firm or corporation unless such paper, shavings, refuse or
any other subject of litter shall be contained in authorized private
receptacles for the collection of the same by the Village.
[Amended 6-29-1976 by L.L. No. 7-1976]
No person shall place, throw or deposit any handbills or newspapers
in or upon any gutter, street, sidewalk, mall or other public place
within the Village or upon any vacant private property. Any and all
such handbills or newspapers legally delivered to private property
shall be so secured upon delivery as to prevent the same from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any other property, whether
the same be public or private.
[Added 6-29-1976 by L.L. No. 10-1976]
[Adopted 1-12-1959 (Ch. 103, Art. II, of the 1976 Code)]
No person shall spill, place or deposit upon the sidewalk or
the pavement of any street in the Village any oil, grease or other
substance which tends to disintegrate the pavement or is otherwise
dangerous for animals, vehicles or persons. All vehicles which contain
or carry any such oil, grease or other substance in or upon the paved
streets of the Village shall be equipped with dripping pans or other
suitable device to prevent the dripping of such oil, grease or other
substance upon said streets or sidewalks.
It shall be unlawful for any person as owner, driver, manager
or conductor of any vehicle or of any receptacle, to scatter, drop
or spill, or permit to be scattered, dropped or spilled, any dirt,
sand, gravel, clay, loam, stone, building rubbish, hay, straw, grain,
sawdust, shavings or other materials of any sort or manufacturing,
trade or household wastes, refuse of any sort, ashes, manure, garbage,
other organic refuse or offensive matter therefrom or to permit the
same to be blown off by the wind, in or upon any street, sidewalk,
alley or other public place in the Village of Lancaster.
