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.
[Ord. No. 264 §§15
— 19, 4-11-1989]
A. Manner Of Depositing Litter. 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.
B. Sweeping Litter Into Public Places.
1. 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.
2. Within the meaning of this Section, the word "litter" shall include, without excluding other substances, cut weeds, grass
clippings, branches and twigs that may accumulate on any building,
lot or premise.
C. Burning Litter, Leaves, Etc., Prohibited. No person shall burn any litter as defined in Section
215.100(A) in any street, gutter or other public place within the City.
D. Sidewalks To Be Kept Free Of Litter. 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. Littering By Persons In Vehicles.
1. 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.
2. No driver of any vehicle shall allow any passenger in that vehicle
to throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within
the City or upon private property.
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.