[Adopted 8-21-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000]
A.
Generally. No person shall sweep, throw, cast, drop, put or place,
or having accidentally dropped, failed to pick up any bag, bottle,
bottle cap, box, container, garbage, paper, piece of paper, wrapper
or any other trash or litter, in or upon any public street, place,
park or building, except in receptacles provided for such purposes
or to permit any person under his or her control or employ to do the
same.
B.
Placement of litter, refuse, waste or trash in receptacles. Persons
placing litter, refuse, waste or trash 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, or other public place or upon private property.
A.
No person shall sweep, throw or deposit, or cause to be swept, thrown
or deposited, any ashes, dirt, stone, brick, leaves, grass, weeds
or any other debris or rubbish of any kind or any water or liquid
of any kind except for purposes of cleansing same into any public
highway, street, gutter or public place.
B.
No person shall throw, put, push or place or cause to be thrown,
put, pushed or placed, any snow or ice into any public highway, street,
public place or thoroughfare in the Town.
C.
This section shall not apply to water or liquids running into streets
as a result of fire fighting or flushing of fire hydrants by authorized
personnel or the use in a reasonable manner of ashes, salt or other
material for the purpose of reducing the hazard of, or providing traction
on snow, ice or sleet.
No truck or other motor vehicle or trailer or other motor conveyance
shall be operated or loaded in such a manner that any part or portion
of its load, whether sand, gravel, stone, dirt, rubbish, paper, boxes,
trash or other material shall be dropped, blown or caused to fall
or dropped upon any public street, highway, public place or thoroughfare
in the Town.
A violation of any provision of this article is hereby declared
to be a violation and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$500 or imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both.
This article shall take effect immediately.
