It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit "litter," herein
defined as garbage, trash, rubbish, discarded building materials,
waste from building sites, stagnant water or dead animals, upon or
along any drain, gutter, alley, sidewalk, street, building site or
vacant lot, or upon any public or private premises within the corporate
limits of the town. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or
being in charge of property within the corporate limits of the town
to allow litter to be accumulated on such property. It shall be unlawful
for any person owning or being in charge of property within the corporate
limits of the town to allow such property to be used as a landfill
without express authority from the town council and the issuance of
a permit by the town.
(Ordinance 15.7 adopted 10/15/96)
It shall be unlawful for any person while driving or a passenger
in a vehicle to throw or deposit litter or other trash, garbage or
rubbish of any kind upon any street, street right-of-way, or other
public place within the town or upon private property within the town.
Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street
any trash, rubbish or injurious metal material shall immediately remove
the same or cause it to be removed.
(Ordinance 15.7 adopted 10/15/96)
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move any truck
or other vehicle within the town unless such vehicle is constructed
or covered in a way that will prevent any load content, including
trash, rubbish or garbage, from being blown or deposited upon any
sheet, street right-of-way, alley, or any other public or private
property within the town.
(Ordinance 15.7 adopted 10/15/96)
(a)
The building
inspector shall be responsible for enforcing the terms of this section.
(b)
It shall
be unlawful for the owner of any property within the corporate limits
of the town, or the developer of any building site property within
the town, or the contractor operating on any building site property
within the town, or any franchise utility operating on any building
site property within the town, to fail to maintain such building site
free of litter as that term is defined in Section 6.201 above.
(c)
If any
such building site or construction area is not being maintained free
of litter the building inspector may issue a "red tag" warning. If
a "red tag" warning is issued the violator shall have until the date
and time stated in the "red tag" warning to come into compliance or
otherwise address the problem as stated in the "red tag" warning.
Upon compliance the violator shall pay any reinspection fee required
for the removal of the "red tag" warning. It shall be unlawful to
fail to comply with the "red tag" warning. Where required, the "red
tag" warning may order all work on the building site to cease until
the building site has come into compliance. The issuance of a "red
tag" warning shall not be a required condition precedent to the filing
and prosecution of a complaint in the municipal court for violation
of this section or any provision of this article.
(d)
It shall
be unlawful for the owner of any property within the corporate limits
of the town, or the developer of any building site property within
the town, or the contractor operating on any building site property
within the town, or any franchise utility operating on any building
site property within the town, to permit or allow litter, spillage,
or tracking of dirt or other construction related material or trash
to occur through the transportation of construction related trash
to and from such construction sight.
(e)
Each construction
site shall contain a trash bin or container adequate to accommodate
all litter created by or at such construction site.
(Ordinance 15.7 adopted 10/15/96)
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction shall be punished by a penalty of fine in accordance with
the general penalty provision set forth in Section 1.109 of this code
for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued
shall constitute a new and separate offense.
(Ordinance 15.7 adopted 10/15/96)
