[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Hamilton as Ch. 122, Art. III, of the 1994 Code of Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, and all other waste material
which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, tends
to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches
or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
docks, grounds and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter in or upon
any occupied, open or vacant property, whether owned by such person
or not, or in or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place
or any pond, lake or stream or other body of water within the Township,
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, including merchants owning or occupying a place of
business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Township the accumulation of litter from any
building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
Township or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Township unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to
prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited
upon any street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person
drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Township, the wheels
or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other
public place any mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter
of any kind.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside the Township and bring such material into the
Township for the purpose of dumping or disposing thereof. No truck
or other vehicle containing litter which has been transported into
the Township shall be parked or allowed to remain standing on any
street or on any public property for a period in excess of two hours.
No person shall cast or place or cause to be cast or placed
any advertisement, handbill, circular or paper on any public street,
on sidewalks, into any vestibules or yards, upon porches of any dwelling
house or other buildings or into any vehicle while on the public highways
or on private property within the Township, except that this section
shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes delivered to
subscribers and addresses. Advertisements, handbills, circulars and
papers may be distributed in the Township, provided they are securely
placed at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the wind.
Litter receptacles and their servicing are required at the following
public places which exist in the Township: sidewalks used by pedestrians
in active retail commercially zoned areas, such that at a minimum
there shall be no single linear quarter mile without a receptacle;
buildings held out for use by the public, including schools, government
buildings and railroad and bus stations; parks; drive-in restaurants;
all street vendor locations; self-service refreshment areas; construction
sites; gasoline service station islands; shopping centers; parking
lots; campgrounds and trailer parks; marinas, boat moorage and fueling
stations; boat launching areas; public and private piers operated
for public use; and beaches and bathing areas; and at special events
to which the public is invited, including sporting events, parades,
carnivals, circuses and festivals. The proprietors of these places
or the sponsors of these events shall be responsible for providing
and servicing the receptacles such that adequate containerization
is available.
