A.
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight
container if he or she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to
remain on premises under his or her control, in a place accessible
to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other
airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of one and
one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50)
square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge,
latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid,
without rendering such equipment harmless to human life by removing
such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to
be confined therein.
B.
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
D.
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semi-airtight container
is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1993 § 235.190; Ord. No.
333 Art. XIX, 11-24-1980; Ord. No. 791 § 1, 8-24-2005]
A.
LITTER
PROPERTY
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have
these prescribed meanings:
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.
B.
It Shall Be Unlawful To Litter. A person commits the offense of littering
if he/she dumps, deposits, throws, leaves, causes or permits the dumping,
depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter, or allows unsecured
materials to drop or shift off of vehicle loads, onto any property
in this City or any waters in this City unless:
1.
The property is designated by the State or by any of its agencies
or political subdivisions for the disposal of such litter, and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
and
2.
The litter is placed into a receptacle or container installed
on such property; or
3.
The person is the owner of such property, has obtained consent
of the owner, or is acting under the personal direction of the owner,
all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
C.
Evidence Of Littering.
1.
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from
any motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation
of this Section, it shall be prima facie evidence that the operator
of the conveyance has violated this Section.
2.
Except as provided in Subsection (C)(1) above, whenever any litter which is dumped, deposited, thrown or left on property in violation of this Section is discovered to contain any article, including, but not limited to, letters, bills, publications or other writing which display the name of the person thereon in such a manner to indicate that the article belongs or belonged to such person, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such person has violated this Section.
D.
Penalties. In addition to the penalties set out in the general penalty
Section of the City Code, the court may:
1.
Order the violator to reimburse the City for the reasonable
cost of removing the litter when the litter is or is ordered removed
by the City; and/or
2.
Order the violator to pick up and remove any and all litter
from any public property, private right-of-way for a distance not
to exceed one (1) mile or, with prior permission of the legal owner
or tenant in lawful possession of private property, any such private
property upon which it can be established by competent evidence that
he/she has deposited litter, including any litter he/she has deposited
and any litter deposited thereon by anyone else prior to the date
of execution of sentence.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal
if he or she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or
offal of any dead animal:
A.
A person
commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she
purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring,
brook or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2.
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 his/her, their
or its use.
B.
The
offense of tampering with a water supply is an ordinance violation.
