[Adopted 8-7-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984 approved 8-28-1984, as Ch. 59,
Art. III, of the 1984 Code]
[Amended 7-13-2004, approved 7-16-2004]
No person shall cast, throw, place or deposit
or cause to be cast, thrown, placed or deposited any papers, throwaways,
handbills, debris, rubbish, refuse or other foreign matter in or upon
any street, lane, alley or public place in the City of Kingston. No
person having private permanent quarters on any street shall use or
employ the receptacles provided for the public which may be placed
along such street, and such persons are hereby required to maintain
private receptacles for such discarded material at the rear of their
respective properties, which receptacles must conform to the minimum
requirements and standards hereinafter set forth and provided. Such
persons shall cause all discarded paper and other material capable
of being moved or strewn by wind or other agency to be securely confined
in such receptacles so that the same shall not be overturned, dumped
or otherwise treated in such a way as to permit the material therein
deposited to escape or fall therefrom. Public receptacles shall be
posted with signage prohibiting the discarding of private refuse and
materials in said receptacles.
Such persons shall cause such receptacles regularly
to be emptied and removed, either to the City of Kingston dump or
such other place of disposal as shall eliminate permanently said material
from the limits of the City of Kingston.
Said containers must by reason of their weight
or method of anchoring be sufficient to maintain the same in a rigid
and upright position and must be equipped with a lid or gate adequately
hinged or attached to such receptacle as to permit facility of opening,
and must be provided with a catch or lock sufficient to secure the
same in a closed position. Said gate or lid shall be maintained in
such closed and securely fastened position at all times except when
being filled or emptied.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all firms, corporations and other entities.
[Amended 7-13-2004, approved 7-16-2004]
Any violation of this article or any part thereof
shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person violating the
same shall be and hereby is declared to be a disorderly person and
shall be liable to a penalty of $100 for each and every such offense.
This article shall take effect immediately.
