This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Laguna Beach Litter Control Ordinance."
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For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
means the city of Laguna Beach.
includes, but is not limited to, such waste or rejected matter as garbage, garden trimmings, animal wastes, paper, wood, metal, machines, appliances, bedding, abandoned vehicles and other organic or inorganic materials which if affixed, thrown or otherwise discarded, violates the public health, safety and welfare.
means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association or organization of any kind.
means any structure, designed or used for private residential or business purposes, whether inhabited or uninhabited and shall include any grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such structure.
means any streets, sidewalks, alleys, parks, beaches, waters, grounds or buildings under public ownership or control.
means a container of reasonable size and construction to hold litter and keep it from being redeposited outside the container by weather elements.
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No person shall throw or otherwise discard litter in or upon any public place within the city except in suitable receptacles. Persons owning or occupying private premises shall keep the sidewalks adjacent to their premises free of litter.
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No person shall drive or move any vehicle within the city unless such vehicle is loaded as to prevent any portion of its contents from being deposited upon any public place. Loads must be covered with tarpaulin or other suitable cover before vehicles are moved onto the city's public places.
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No person shall affix any paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamp post, public utility pole, or tree in the public right-of-way or upon any public structure, except as may be required by law.
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No person shall throw or discard litter on any private premises when such person is not the owner or occupant of such property.
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The person in control of private premises shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in suitable receptacles. Should the owner or occupant of such premises be involved in any business or activity which may generate litter, the owner or occupant shall provide and maintain suitable receptacles for litter disposal on their premises.
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Owners of private premises and contractors shall furnish and utilize suitable receptacles for construction litter. Litter from construction and related activities shall be properly stored or containerized at the end of each work day.
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States Postal Service, newspapers of general circulation as defined by general law, or commercial or public information materials hand delivered to private premises; provided, however, that no newspaper shall be deposited upon any premises where the owner or occupant has previously advised, in writing, to the publisher or distributor of such newspaper not to do so, or where the owner or occupant of private premises has expressed that commercial or public information materials shall not be left on the premises by posting "No Advertisements."
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