A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons, discards or knowingly permits to remain on premises under his/her control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half (1½) cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid without rendering such equipment harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to be confined therein.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[CC 1981 §215.030; Ord. No. 308 §§1 — 5, 9-8-1971; Ord. No. 328 §2, 7-26-1972]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, possess, offer for sale, expose for sale, use, discharge or explode within the City of Winchester any toy pistol, toy cannon, cane or pistol in which blank cartridges or explosives are used or the type of balloon requiring fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, rockets, missiles, Roman candles, aerial salutes, bombs or other fireworks, except as provided in Subsection (B), provided however, that the term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper caps are used containing not in excess of an average of twenty-five hundredths (.25) of a grain of explosive compound per cap.
B. 
Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the sale, possession and use of sparklers, colored flames, cylindrical fountains with a handle or base or spike which do not emit balls or globes of fire, colored cone fire, box fire and torches, wheels, magic snakes, cone fountains and colored mines and shells not designated to produce an audible effect; or the sale, possession and use of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes or signal purposes in athletic contests or sporting events or items for the use of Police or military organizations, or flares used by railroads or other public or private transportation agencies for signaling purposes, nor shall this Section prohibit the sale, possession or use of fireworks for pyrotechnic displays given by any organization, amusement park, officials in charge of public parks or group of individuals provided that they first obtain a permit from the Chief of Police of the City of Winchester.
C. 
Permits for a pyrotechnic display shall be issued by the Chief of Police of the City of Winchester and all applications for permits shall be addressed to the Chief of Police. Before issuing said permit, the Chief of Police shall investigate the application and if he/she finds that the public safety will not be endangered by such display, he/she shall issue such permit.
D. 
In addition to the issuance of permits provided herein, the Chief of Police shall promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations governing the sale, possession and use of fireworks as are deemed necessary by that officer to insure public safety and welfare.
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, leaves or similar organic matter, 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 on any private real property owned by another without his/her consent.
[CC 1981 §215.070; Ord. No. 157 §§1 — 3, 5-8-1963; Ord. No. 328 §2, 7-26-1972]
It shall be unlawful for any person to burn trash or refuse of any kind, whether animal, vegetable, mineral or material or of any nature.
A. 
If any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. 
If any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
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.
A person commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle if he/she abandons any motor vehicle on the right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this State 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 any political subdivision thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal Government or on any private real property owned by another without his/her consent.