[Adopted 11-16-1978 as Art. II of Ch. 78 of the 1978 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTHORIZED PRI`VATE RECEPTACLE
A litter storage and collection container which is durable, rust-resisting and has a tight-fitting cover; receptacles used for the storage of garbage shall, in addition thereto, be nonabsorbent and watertight and shall not exceed 30 gallons in capacity. A plastic bag is not an acceptable container.
[Amended 11-16-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
DEBRIS
Includes the remains of anything damaged, broken down or destroyed, building refuse, plastic, wood, wire, iron, plaster, ruins, fragments of building materials, concrete, tree trunks or branches, leaves, accumulation of large or small stones, rocks, brick, cement blocks or any kind of discarded materials.
GARBAGE
All putrescible animal or vegetable wastes resulting from the receipt, storage, handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, and includes animal, fruit or vegetable waste, carrion, offal, swill, food, food cans, rags, paper wrappings, and glass, plastic, paper or metal food containers.
HIGHWAY
Includes any street, lane, road, avenue, court, path, driveway or place, parking lot, public or private, used by any vehicle or person for transportation or walking within the limits of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove.
JUNK
Includes any vehicle, automobile, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, boat or trailer, refrigerator, freezer, washing or drying machine or any other household furniture or equipment abandoned, rusted, wrecked, discarded, dismantled, inoperative or in an abandoned condition.
LITTER, REFUSE OR RUBBISH
Paper, cardboard boxes, plastic, rags, bedding, weeds, grass or other yard trimmings, tin cans, dirt, stones, glass and other mineral refuse and similar materials, ashes, dead animals, solid market and industrial wastes and night soil.
LOT
A plot, tract, premises or parcel of land with or without buildings or structures located thereon, as surveyed and apportioned for sale or other purpose, either publicly or privately owned.
PARK
Includes any playground, ballfield, lot, plot or land, public or private, used for recreational purposes.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, institution or public body, and includes the plural as well as the singular.
SIDEWALK
The area between the curbline or side of the highway and the abutting property owner's line.
No person shall throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited litter, garbage, debris or junk in or upon any highway, sidewalk, park or other public place within the Village. All such garbage, junk, litter and debris shall be placed in public receptacles for collection, said receptacles to be authorized containers only.
No person owning, occupying, renting or otherwise in control of any home, residence, place of business or other building or area shall sweep into or deposit in any highway or gutter or other public place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying any property within the Village shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises or place of business free of litter, and persons owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep clean the sidewalks on and in front of their premises before 10:00 a.m. of each day except Sundays and legal holidays.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles, which shall be properly covered, shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any highway, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Village unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded and properly covered as to prevent any load, contents, sand, dirt or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street or other public place. Nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Village, the wheels of which carry onto or deposit in any street or other public place any mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or to accumulate in or about any yard, lot, place or premises owned or occupied by such person any garbage, refuse, debris, abandoned or stripped vehicle or any part thereof so as to cause such yard, lot, premises, highway or sidewalk to remain in such condition as to cause or create a nuisance or offensive odor or atmosphere for rodent harborage, or thereby to be or to become or cause or create a public nuisance.
All garbage cans and trash containers shall be required to be emptied and the contents thereof disposed of at least three times each week in all residential, business and industrial districts. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article to permit an accumulation of garbage or trash upon any premises in the Village in any event for a period longer than four days, legal holidays excepted, without having arranged for disposal of such accumulation by some person to an authorized dump.
[Amended 11-16-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023]
All garbage containers shall be covered securely at all times. Following collection, garbage containers shall be placed at the rear of the house or building of the owner or occupant and shall not be stored upon the street, sidewalk or other public place. Plastic bags with household garbage must be placed in containers (authorized private receptacles) when put out for pickup.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
No person shall throw or deposit litter, garbage, debris or junk on any occupied private property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not.
A. 
Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, limited-liability company, trust, trustee, estate, estate fiduciary or representative or other entity who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-14 of the Code of the Village of Lake Grove.
[Amended 3-21-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
B. 
In the event of a violation of the provisions of this article, the Code Enforcement Officer or Building Inspector may issue a conditional summons. If the condition causing the violation is not corrected within five days of issuance, the summons shall become effective. The violation shall be deemed a continuing violation until corrected, and fines shall continue to accrue daily.
[Added 2-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]