(65 ILCS 5/11-1-1 and 415 ILCS 105/1 et seq.)
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or
designed for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft"
shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air powered craft and balloons.
A container of watertight construction with a tight-fitting
lid or cover capable of preventing the escape of contents within.
Such receptacles shall have handles or other means for safe and convenient
handling and be of such size or sufficient capacity to hold all litter
generated between collection periods and shall be in compliance with
the regulations promulgated.
Any private or public property upon which repairs to existing
buildings, construction of new buildings or demolition of existing
structures is taking place.
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet, or any other printed
matter of literature which is not delivered by the United States Mail
Service, including, but not limited to, those which:
Advertise for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
or
Direct 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; or
Direct attention to or advertise 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.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish and all other waste material
which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create
a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any dock space or area used by any moving vehicle for the
purpose of receiving, shipping and transporting goods, wares, commodities
and persons located on or adjacent to any stream, river or land.
All property including, but not limited to, vacant land or
any land, building or other structure designed or used for residential,
commercial, business, industrial, institutional or religious purposes,
together with any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, fence, porch, steps,
vestibule, mailbox, and other structure(s) appurtenant thereto.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways, lakes, rivers, watercourses, or fountains and any and
all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds, and buildings.
Any receptacles provided by or authorized by the Village.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon land or water, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall deposit any litter within the Village except
in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection,
or in any duly licensed disposal facility.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent litter
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any public place
or private premises.
No person shall upset or tamper with a public or private receptacle
designed or used for the deposit of litter or cause or permit its
contents to be deposited or strewn in or upon any public place or
private premises.
Persons owning, occupying or in control of any public place
or private premises shall keep the sidewalks and alleys adjacent thereto
free of litter.
A.
The owner or person in control of any private premises shall, at
all times, maintain the premises free of litter.
B.
The owner or person in control of private premises shall, if public
receptacles are unavailable, 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 public place or
private premises.
A.
No person, while the operator of or passenger in a vehicle, shall
deposit litter upon any public place or private premises.
B.
No person shall drive or move any loaded or partly loaded truck or
other vehicle within the Village unless such vehicle is so constructed
or so loaded as to prevent any part of its load, contents or litter
from being blown or deposited upon any public place or private premises;
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
public place or private premises mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter
or foreign matter of any kind.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit any
litter within the Village.
No person shall deposit litter in any park within the Village
except in 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 other public place or private premises.
Where receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be removed
from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly
disposed of elsewhere in a lawful manner.
A.
Public places. No person shall deposit or sell any handbill in or
upon any public place; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful
on any public place for any person to hand out or distribute, without
charge to the receiver, any handbill to any person willing to accept
it.
B.
Private premises. No person shall deposit or unlawfully distribute
any handbill in or upon private premises or vehicles, except by handing
or transmitting any such handbill directly to the occupant of such
private premises; provided, however, that in case of private premises
or vehicles which are not posted against the receiving of handbills
or similar material, such person, unless requested by anyone upon
such premises not to do so, may securely place any such handbill in
such a manner as to prevent such handbill from being deposited by
the elements upon any public place or other private premises; except
mailboxes may not be so used when prohibited by federal postal law
or regulations.
C.
Exemptions for newspapers and political literature. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to the distribution upon private premises
only of newspapers or political literature; except that newspapers
and political literature shall be placed in such a manner as to prevent
their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any public place
or other private premises.
D.
Placing handbills on vehicles. No person shall deposit any handbill
in or upon any vehicle unless the occupant of the vehicle is willing
to accept it.
E.
Cleanup. It shall be the responsibility of any person distributing
handbills to maintain the area which they are utilizing free of any
litter caused by or related to said handbill distribution.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster, or other paper
or device calculated to attract the attention of the public upon any
public place, except as may be authorized or required by law. No person,
except the owner or tenant, shall post any such notice on private
property without the permission of the owner or tenant.
A.
Each contractor shall be responsible for the job site so that litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any public place or other private premises.
B.
Litter or other debris, including dirt and mud, deposited as the
result of normal construction processes upon any public place or private
premises shall be removed by the contractor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The person owning, operating, or in control of a loading or
unloading dock shall maintain private receptacles for collection of
litter, and shall, at all times, maintain the dock area free of litter
and maintain said private receptacles in such a manner that litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any public place or other private premises.
A.
Litter receptacles required. Any public place or private premises
containing any provision for parking vehicles shall be equipped with
litter receptacles in compliance with this section. Such premises
shall include, but not be limited to, such places as shopping centers,
outdoor theaters, drive-in restaurants, gasoline service stations,
apartment developments, parking lots, and any other place where provision
is made for vehicles to stop or park in a designated area for any
purpose.
B.
Number of receptacles. All premises having parking lots shall provide
in an easily accessible location a minimum of one refuse container
for every 50 parking spaces.
C.
Specifications. Litter receptacles shall have tight-fitting lids
or tops and shall be weighted or attached to the ground or other fixed
structures as necessary to prevent spillage. A minimum container size
of 20 gallons or 75.7 liters shall be used.
D.
Cleanliness. Premises used for the purpose designated herein shall
be kept in a litter-free condition and all litter shall be removed
periodically from the receptacles.
E.
Obligation to use receptacles. It shall be the duty and obligation
of all persons using parking areas to use such litter receptacles
as hereinabove provided for the purposes intended and it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to deposit any litter upon any
such parking lot.
