[Ord. No. 577.070 §§1
— 6, 2-13-1989]
A. A person
commits the offense of littering if he/she throws or places or causes
to be thrown or placed any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks,
hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish of any kind, nature
or description on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway
or on or in any of the waters in this City or on the banks of any
stream or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the State,
any board, department, agency or commission thereof or on any land
or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or the
City or on any private real property owned by another without his/her
consent.
B. 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 road, sidewalk or other public
place or upon private property.
C. No
person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, road or other public
place within the City the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Within
the meaning of this Subsection the word "litter" shall
include, without excluding other substances, fallen leaves, cut weeds,
grass clippings, branches and twigs that may accumulate on any building,
lot or premises.
D. Persons
owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their
premises free of litter. Persons owning or occupying places of business
within the City shall keep the front of their business premises free
of litter.
E. No
person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit
litter upon any road or other public place within the City or upon
private property. No driver of any vehicle shall allow any passenger
in that vehicle to throw or deposit litter upon any road or other
public place within the City or upon private property.
F. No
person or persons shall throw or place, or cause to be thrown or placed,
any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage,
trash, refuse or rubbish of any kind, nature or description on the
roads, alleyways or any public property within the City of Laurie,
Missouri, with the exception that by public notice such items may
be placed in containers on specified days for public cleanup.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any
spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes,
after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any
person or persons, corporation, Town or City for their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
[Ord. No. 112 §§1 —
2, 2-13-1989]
A.
Definitions. For
the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall be deemed
to have the meaning indicated below:
APPROVED INCINERATOR
An incinerator which complies with all current regulations
of the responsible local, State, and Federal air pollution control
agencies.
CITY
The City of Laurie, Missouri.
COLLECTION
Removal of solid waste from the designated pickup location
to the transportation vehicle.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political
subdivision, or organization of any kind, or their legal representative,
agent or assigns.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded waste materials in a solid or semi-solid
state, including but not limited to garbage, ashes, street refuse,
rubbish, dead animals, animal and agricultural wastes, discarded appliances,
special wastes, industrial wastes, and demolition and construction
wastes. Yard waste is specifically excluded from this definition.
1.
Commercial solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the operation of any commercial, industrial, institutional or
agricultural establishment.
2.
Residential solid waste: Solid waste resulting
from the maintenance and operation of dwelling units.
SOLID WASTE CONTAINER
Receptacle used by any person to store solid waste during
the interval between solid waste collections.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
The process of discarding or getting rid of unwanted material,
in particular the final disposition of solid waste by man.
B. Prohibited Practices And Penalty. It shall be unlawful for
any person to:
1. Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his/her
own, without the written consent of the owner of such container;
2. Interfere in any manner with solid waste collection and transportation
equipment;
3. Burn solid waste unless an approved incinerator is provided or unless
a variance has been obtained from the appropriate air pollution control
agency;
4. Dispose of solid waste at any facility or location which is not approved
by the City and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources;
5. Violate any provision of this Section or any other rule or regulation promulgated under the authority of Subsection
(B).
C. Any
person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Section
shall be guilty of an ordinance violation.