[Ord. No. 19-1999]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material, which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or any top,
cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packages or construction material.
PUBLIC PLACE
All streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, beaches or other
public ways, and all public parks, squares, spaces, docks, grounds
and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes containing of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
VEHICLES
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 on stationary rails or tracks.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person shall sweep, throw or dump litter in or on any property,
whether occupied, open or vacant and whether owned by that person,
or in a public place or pond, lake or stream or other body of water
within the City, except in public receptacles or in authorized private
receptacles for collection.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of
business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, catch
basin, right-of-way or other public place the accumulation of litter
from a building or lot or from a public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their premises free of litter, as well as any curbs, sidewalks,
areaways, backyards, courts and alleys abutting the property.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter in or upon any public or private property. No person
shall cast, shoot or throw anything at, against or into any vehicle,
railroad car, airplane or other facility of transportation or shall
place any stick, stone or other substance upon any railroad track
with intent to injure any car passing thereon or the passengers therein.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside the City and bring it into the City for the purpose
of dumping or disposing thereof except in an established sanitary
landfill. No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has been
transported into the City shall be parked or allowed to remain standing
on any street in the City or on any public property for a period in
excess of two hours.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
In residential zones, no person, firm or corporation shall store
or permit the storage of any out-of-service bulky items such as appliances,
furniture, mattresses or tires, except in a fully enclosed structure.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
Any person, corporation or partnership or other organization
which drives or moves or causes to be driven or moved any commercial
vehicle or truck with wheels or tires which carry onto or deposit
mud, dirt, sticky substances, construction debris or foreign matter
of any kind in any street or other public place so as to cause a health
or safety problem shall immediately remove said materials from the
public street or other public place.
[Ord. No. 19-1999]
Unless otherwise provided by law, any person or persons, firm,
association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to any one or more
of the following penalties: a fine not exceeding $1,000, but in no
event less than $100, imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days,
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.