[Adopted as Art. XXII, §§ 22.01, 22.04 and 22.05, of the Code of Ordinances]
[Amended 5-20-2024 by Ord. No. 046]
In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare, particularly that of children, no person shall place or cause to be placed on their land or premises old or unused iceboxes, refrigerators, or other self-locking articles in a manner that could cause injury or death to a person, including but not limited to leaving such item outside without removing the cover or door of such item..
[Amended 8-1-1997 by Ord. No. 224]
A. 
Spilling contents of container. No person shall willfully tip over and spill the contents of any box, barrel or vessel containing ashes or rubbish set upon a sidewalk.
B. 
Setting upon public ways. No person shall set upon any public way any box, barrel or vessel used for the purpose of rubbish collection except during the period of time from 18 hours prior to collection and 18 hours after collection.
C. 
Throwing into streets and sewers. No person shall throw or place, or cause to be thrown or placed, in or upon any street or public place, or into any catch basin of any sewer or drain in the City any dirt, glass, filth, garbage, shavings, rubbish, refuse or waste matter of any kind.
D. 
No person shall throw, place or dump any rubbish, trash, trees, branches, grass clippings, or other yard materials, construction debris, or any other items on or upon any public ways or property within the City of Beverly. No items, as described above, or other materials may be left outside the closed gates at the Standley Street Dump or other City facilities at any time.
[Amended 5-20-2024 by Ord. No. 046]
E. 
Any violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200.
[Amended 5-4-2005 by Ord. No. 104]
A. 
Whenever any public area, paved or unpaved, landscaped or unlandscaped, adjoins private property on any street, avenue, road, lane, court, square, way, or other similar area, no matter how named, it shall be the duty of the lot occupier of such private property, or if such private property shall be unoccupied, the duty of its owner, to keep such public area free of all discarded cans and bottles, litter, debris, paper or other refuse.
B. 
Failure by such occupier or owner to comply with this section shall in the first instance result in a written warning; in the second instance shall result in a fine of $100; and for any subsequent offense shall result in a fine of $250. Each day of noncompliance with this section shall be a separate offense.
C. 
The Director of Municipal Inspections and all Health Department agents of the City, in addition to police officers, shall be enforcing persons for this section.