City of Amsterdam, NY
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2023-09-05
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 150 Littering
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Policies
- Ch 9 Bingo Inspector
- Ch 13 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Common Council Rules
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 Ethics
- Ch 28 Golf Commission
- Ch 33 Investment Policy
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pension Funds
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Purchasing
- Ch 49 Records
- Ch 53 Residency Requirements
- Ch 54 Smoking Policy
- Ch 57 Wards
- Ch 58 Waterfront Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Advertising Material
- Ch 67 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 Animals
- Ch 77 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 81 Bingo
- Ch 86 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 90 Building Construction Code
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program
- Ch 112 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 115 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 117 Fare Policy
- Ch 119 Firearms
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 139 Homestead Program
- Ch 141 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 143 Insurance
- Ch 150 Littering
- § 150-1 Public places.
- § 150-2 Watercourses.
- § 150-3 Exceptions.
- § 150-4 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 154 Noise
- Ch 156 Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Nuisances
- Ch 164 Parades
- Ch 167 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 169 Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Poles and Wires
- Ch 180 Property Maintenance
- Ch 184 Rodent Control
- Ch 190 Sales
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 210 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 212 Swimming Prohibited
- Ch 214 Taxation
- Ch 217 Taxicabs
- Ch 219 Towing
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 232 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 239 Water
- Ch 241 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Amsterdam 9-22-1908.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall hereafter be unlawful to throw, scatter, deposit or place any
ashes, rubbish, garbage, paper, bills, advertising circulars and refuse of
any and all kind in or upon any of the streets, sidewalks, avenues, alleyways
or public grounds of the City of Amsterdam unless the same are to be and are
immediately removed by the person or persons, company or corporation, its
servant or servants throwing, scattering, depositing or placing said ashes,
rubbish, garbage, paper, bills, advertising circulars and refuse of any and
all kind in or upon any of the streets, sidewalks, avenues, alleyways or public
grounds of said city.
It shall hereafter be unlawful to throw, scatter, deposit or place any
ashes, rubbish, garbage, paper, bills, advertising circulars or refuse of
any and all kind in any creek, river or pond within the corporate limits of
the City of Amsterdam.
This chapter does not prohibit the use of clean ashes in the making
or repairing of sidewalks or roads, nor does it prohibit the placing of ashes,
garbage, rubbish or refuse of any and all kind in or upon said streets, avenues,
alleyways or public grounds, provided that said ashes, garbage, rubbish or
refuse of any and all kind are in proper receptacles passed upon and approved
by the Department of Health of said city and placed therein for collection
only.
[Amended 9-16-1980[1] ]
Any person or persons, company or corporation or its servant or servants
violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction thereof, subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor
more than $1,000 for each offense.
