[Ord. No. 445 §1, 4-1-1968]
For the purposes of this Chapter the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future, words used in the singular number include
the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or
designated for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft" shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air
dirigibles and balloons.
A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and
authorized in the collection system ordinance.
The City of Pleasant Valley, Missouri.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any metal, glass, paper, rags, wood, machinery parts, cloth,
or other waste or discarded material of any nature or substance whatsoever,
or any scrap or salvage materials.
"Garbage, refuse and rubbish", as defined
herein and all other waste material which if thrown or deposited as
herein prohibited creates a danger to public health, safety and welfare
and shall include but not be limited to things laying about in disorder,
trash, untidiness, or decomposed objects.
A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any
other public area in the City, owned or used by the City and devoted
to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed
or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes,
whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant,
and shall include any yard ground, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule
or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building,
garage, or other structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and non-putrescible solid or liquid wastes
(except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings,
dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid or liquid market and
industrial wastes; and construction waste and demolition waste.
Non-putrescible solid or liquid wastes consisting of both
combustible and non-combustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings,
cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery and similar materials.
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.
[Ord. No. 445 §2, 4-1-1968]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk, or other public place within the City except in public receptacles
in authorized private receptacles for collection, or in official City
disposal sites.
[Ord. No. 445 §3, 4-1-1968]
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.
[Ord. No. 445 §4, 4-1-1968]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
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. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk
in front of their premises free of litter.
[Ord. No. 445 §5, 4-1-1968]
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep
into or deposit in any gutter, street 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. Persons owning or occupying
places of business within the City shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their business premises free of litter.
[Ord. No. 445 §6, 4-1-1968]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
City, or upon private property. The driver of the vehicle shall be
held responsible for his/her passengers providing the enforcing officer
cannot determine which occupant of the vehicle deposited the litter.
[Ord. No. 445 §7, 4-1-1968]
No person shall drive or move, cause, permit or allow any vehicle
or truck within the City, the wheels or tires of which carry onto
or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt,
sticky substances, oil litter, or foreign matter of any kind. No person,
firm or corporation operating a motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer
upon the public streets of Pleasant Valley, Missouri, shall cause,
permit or allow litter to fall therefrom upon any street, sidewalk
or public place within the City. All such motor vehicles, trailers
or semi-trailers carrying goods or material or farm products which
may reasonably be expected to become dislodged and fall from the vehicle,
trailer or semi-trailer as a result of wind pressure and/or by the
movement of the vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer shall have a protective
cover or be sufficiently secured so that no portion of such goods
or material can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer
or semi-trailer while being transported or carried.
[Ord. No. 445 §8, 4-1-1968]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the
City except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any part of the park or upon any street, or other public place.
Where public receptacles are not provided all such litter shall be
carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence
and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein.
[Ord. No. 445 §9, 4-1-1968]
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond,
lake, stream or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within
the City.
[Ord. No. 445 §10, 4-1-1968]
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within
the City, any litter, handbill or other object except with the authorization
of the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 445 §11, 4-1-1968]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied or unoccupied
private property or vacant lot within the City, whether owned by such
person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private
property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection
in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public
place or upon any private property.
[Ord. No. 445 §12, 4-1-1968]
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter. Provided however,
that this Section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
[Ord. No. 445 §13, 4-1-1968]
Any wrecked, damaged, demolished or disabled vehicle, or part
or portion thereof or junk which is left or permitted to remain upon
any property or street, which is accessible to children or where weeds,
grass and other vegetation is allowed to grow in or around such vehicle
or junk is hereby declared to be a public nuisance in that such vehicle,
or part or portion thereof or junk may create a fire hazard or health
hazard or afford a nesting place or breeding place for mosquitoes,
flies, rodents, rats and other vermin, and also may be an attractive
nuisance to children, constituting a serious danger and threat to
such children, and may be an additional costly obstruction to the
care and maintenance of such property, or street when weeds, grass
or other vegetation must be removed by private individuals or the
City of Pleasant Valley.
[Ord. No. 445 §14, 4-1-1968; Ord. No. 2805 §1, 12-3-2007]
The Health Department, Fire Department or Police Department
is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner and/or occupant
of any open or vacant private property within the City or the agent
of such owner to properly dispose of litter located on such owner's
property which is dangerous to public health, safety and welfare.
Such notice shall be by mail, addressed to said owner to his/her last
known address, or posted on the property, or hand delivered to the
owner stating a date that litter must be disposed of.
