[Ord. No. 1302 §§1, 4, 4-14-2005]
A. No
individual shall dump, throw or leave or cause or permit the dumping,
depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter on any public or
private property in the City of Pagedale or any waters in the City
of Pagedale unless:
1. The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies
or political subdivision for the disposal of such litter; and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
2. The litter is placed into a receptacle or container installed on
such property; or
3. The person is the owner or tenant in lawfully possession of such
property or has first obtained consent of the owner or tenant in lawful
possession or unless the act is done under the personal direction
of the owner or tenant, all in a manner consistent with the public
welfare.
B. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
LITTER
Any organic or inorganic waste material, rubbish, refuse,
garbage, trash, hulls, peelings, debris, grass, weeds, ashes, sand,
gravel, slag, brickbats, metal, plastic and glass containers, broken
glass, dead animals or intentionally or unintentionally discarded
materials of every kind and description.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
The right-of-way of any road or highway; any body of water
or watercourse on the shores or beaches thereof; any park, playground,
building refuge, or conservation or recreation area, timberlands or
forests; and residential, commercial, industrial or farm properties
located within the City of Pagedale.
C. Violation And Penalty.
1. An individual who is found in violation of this Section shall be
guilty of the crime of littering and shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
2. In addition to the fine set out in subparagraph (1) above, the violator
shall reimburse the City of Pagedale for reasonable cost of removing
the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed by the City of
Pagedale, and
3. The court may publish the names of persons convicted of violating
this Section.
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 on any private real property owned by another without
his/her consent.
[CC 2000 §210.185; Ord. No. 1030 §§1 — 3, 2-10-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
burn or cause to be burned any leaves, paper or rubbish within the
City limits of Pagedale.
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. 1355 §1, 11-13-2006]
A person commits the offense of parking a motor vehicle for
more than five (5) days if he/she parks their motor vehicle on the
right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on any land owned,
operated or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or
commission thereof, or any political subdivision thereof or on any
land owned, operated or leased by the Federal government or on any
private real property owned by another without his/her consent, or
on any commercial property without the consent of the owner of said
commercial property, for more than five (5) consecutive days.
[CC 2000 §210.640; CC 1990 §205.180; Ord. No. 35 §§1 —
7, 5-11-1950]
A. No
person within the City shall sell, offer or expose for sale, discharge,
use or explode any fireworks, blank cartridge, toy pistol, cannon
or device in which explosives are used, firecrackers, torpedoes, Roman
candles, pyrotechnic display devices or bombs.
B. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the sale to or use
by persons holding permits therefor as herein provided of the articles
herein prohibited, or to prohibit the sale or use of sparklers or
colored flares, or the sale of blank cartridges for theatrical purposes,
signal purposes in athletic or sport events, aerial bombs for meetings
or for use by the Police, militia or army; nor sale at wholesale within
the City, provided same are shipped and delivered out of the City.
Civic or public organizations, fair associations or officials in charge
of public parks may purchase and use the articles mentioned for pyrotechnical
displays on permits issued by the Mayor stating the time and place
thereof when the Mayor is satisfied the public safety will not be
endangered thereby.
C. It
shall be unlawful to store or keep any dynamite, nitroglycerin, gunpowder,
giant powder or other explosives in excess of one (1) pound in any
building, warehouse, storeroom or on any premises in the City, provided
that not to exceed five (5) pounds of gunpowder may be kept in closed
metal canister away from artificial heat or light.
D. It
shall be unlawful for any person to have charge of any vehicle conveying
more than twenty-five (25) pounds of gunpowder, giant powder, nitroglycerin,
dynamite or blasting powder within the limits of the City for a longer
time than two (2) hours or to permit more than said amount of said
explosives in his/her charge to be upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or public place longer than thirty (30) minutes.
[CC 2000 §210.205; CC 1990 §205.030; Ord. No. 38 §§1 —
5, 5-19-1950]
A. A "house car trailer" shall mean any structure for or used
for living or sleeping purposes, mounted upon wheels and capable of
being conveyed or transported from place either by its own power or
by some vehicle attached to it, or any tent or temporary structure
in connection therewith; provided that this definition shall not apply
to any vehicle operated over fixed rails.
B. It
shall be unlawful within the limits of the City for any person to
park any house car trailer of any kind any place in the City for more
than forty-eight (48) hours.
C. It
shall be unlawful for any person to remove the wheels or other transporting
devices from any house car trailer or to fix such house car trailer
permanently to the ground so as to prevent its ready removal.
D. This
Section shall not apply to unoccupied house car trailers parked for
purposes of sale by duly licensed dealers in new or used house car
trailers.