[Adopted 4-2-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991]
The Town Board has become aware of a growing problem of the dumping of litter, rubbish, refuse, debris, garbage, waste and discarded objects, materials and/or matter on various properties of the town, including park and recreation areas and highway rights-of-way, thereby creating unsightly and hazardous conditions and a drain on the resources of the town for removal and cleanup of those areas.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Animal, food and vegetable wastes; animal, food and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; and materials such as paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, food cans, glass containers and bottles; dead animals or parts thereof; and/or any other matter capable of fermentation and decay.
PERSONS
Any person, employee, servant, agent, firm, partnership, association, company or organization or entity of any kind.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes parking areas, rights-of-way, parks, trails, drainage easements, grounds or other public areas.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish and ashes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes, including ashes, consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings, metals, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, household appliances, shopping carts, automobiles or parts thereof and similar materials.
STREET
Includes any public street, roadway, highway, lane or alleyway.
A. 
No person shall deposit, throw, cast, lay or suffer or permit any person to deposit, throw, cast or lay any waste, litter, rubbish, refuse, garbage, debris, discarded objects, materials and/or matter of any type on any street or public place in the town.
B. 
No person shall abandon or discard or cause or suffer any other person to abandon or discard any article or thing, including but not limited to shopping carts or shopping wagons, baskets, crates, boxes, cartons, yard supplies, household appliances, automobiles or parts thereof, machinery or equipment, rubbish, refuse or garbage, in any street, avenue, highway or public place in the town.
C. 
No person, being the owner, driver or manager of any automobile or other vehicle, and no owner of any receptacle, shall deposit, scatter, blow, drop, spill or permit to be deposited, scattered, blown, dropped or spilled any dirt, gravel, sand, clay, loam, stone or building rubbish or material, shavings, rubbish, litter, waste materials, household appliances, automobiles or parts thereof, machinery, refuse or garbage therefrom upon any street, avenue, highway or public place in the town.
D. 
Households and business places may place garbage and rubbish in properly covered containers in front of their premises for authorized collecting or removal and are exempt from these provisions.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 73, Health and Sanitation, for additional provisions regarding garbage and rubbish disposal.
E. 
No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, snow or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
A. 
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, as the same may be from time to time amended, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both, and/or appropriate community service.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Additional penalties.
(1) 
Violation of this article shall subject the offender, for each offense, to a civil penalty as follows:
(a) 
For the first offense, not more than $500 or twice the cost to the town of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(b) 
For a second offense, $750 or twice the cost to the town of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(c) 
For a third and subsequent offense, $1,000, or twice the cost to the town of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
C. 
Each day or part thereof that such violation shall continue shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct violation of the provisions of this article and shall render the offender liable for a separate penalty for each such violation.