[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of
Greenfield 8-9-1990 by L.L. No. 3-1990.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
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 chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Putrescible animal 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.
Any person, employee, servant, agent, firm, partnership, association,
company or organization or entity of any kind.
Includes parking areas, rights-of-way, parks, trails, grounds or
other public areas.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes,
including garbage, rubbish and ashes.
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.
Includes any public street, roadway, highway, lane or alleyway.
A.Â
No person shall deposit, throw, cast, lay or suffer or
permit any other 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.Â
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 or public
place in the Town.
C.Â
No person, being the owner, driver or manager of an 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 materials,
shavings, rubbish, litter, waste materials, automobiles or parts thereof,
machinery, refuse or garbage therefrom upon any street or public place in
the Town.
A.Â
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter,
as the same may be from time to time amended, shall be guilty of a violation
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 days or by a fine of not more
than $500, or both, or appropriate community service.
B.Â
Additional penalties. Violation of this chapter shall
subject the offender, for each offense, to a civil penalty as follows:
(1)Â
For the first offense, $500 or twice the cost to the
Town of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(2)Â
For a second offense, $750 or twice the cost to the Town
of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is greater.
(3)Â
For a third and subsequent offenses, $1,000 or twice
the cost to the Town of clearing away the offensive materials, whichever is
greater.
C.Â
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 chapter and shall render the offender liable for a separate penalty
for each such violation.
The declaration of any portion of this chapter by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid shall not invalidate the portion of this chapter
not so declared to be invalid, and the remainder of this chapter shall remain
in full force and effect.
This chapter shall become effective immediately.
