It is hereby declared and found that litter carelessly deposited
in the Village is the cause of civic disgrace; that litter is a health,
fire and safety hazard and pollutant; that an all-out litter control
campaign can result in substantial savings to taxpayers of the Village;
and that litter is a matter affecting the public interest and consequently
should be subject to supervision and administrative control for the
purpose of safeguarding the health, safety and general welfare of
the people of the Village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise
reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature which:
A.
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing.
B.
Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment or other activity for the purpose of either directly
or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales.
C.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged
for the purpose of private gain or profit.
D.
While containing reading matter other than advertising matter,
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
COMMERCIAL PLACE
Any store or group thereof, including shopping centers, shopping
plazas and other similar places, wherein mercantile activities and
services are offered to the public, and further including all parking
areas thereat.
GARBAGE
Putrescible and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to the public health, safety and welfare
or creates unsightliness.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation, as defined by law;
any newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal Service in
accordance with federal statute or regulation; and any newspaper filed
and recorded with any recording officer as provided by law. In addition
thereto, "newspaper" shall mean and include any periodical or current
magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year
and sold to the public.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other
printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of
literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a "commercial
handbill" or "newspaper."
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the Village, owned or used by the Village
and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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,
including any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule
or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building
or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, shopping carts and solid market and
industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
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.
No person shall deposit or throw litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the Village except in public
or private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public or 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.
No person shall sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any
building or litter from any public sidewalk or driveway.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the Village
or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Village unless such vehicle is so operated, constructed, and loaded
as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited
upon any street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person
drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Village, the wheels
or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other
public place mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter
of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the
Village 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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any river, fountain,
pond, lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
within the Village.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property
or commercial place within the Village, whether owned by such person
or not, except that the owner or person in control of such private
property or commercial place may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such manner that litter will be prevented from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or other public
place or upon any private property.
Each owner or person in control of any commercial place, including
shopping centers and delivery and parking areas thereat, shall keep
said places, parking fields, parking areas, delivery areas and other
open areas which are a part of such commercial place free from litter.
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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
private property within the Village, whether owned by such person
or not.
The Board of Trustees or its designated representative is hereby
authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant
private property or commercial place within the Village, or the agent
of such owner, to properly dispose of litter located on such owner's
property which is a nuisance or dangerous to public health, safety
or welfare. Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to said
owner at his last known address.