[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Crystal Lake 1-19-1993 (Art. VI, Chapter II, Section A, of the 1993 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following
words or terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings
indicated in this section:
The authorized or acting representative of the owner or occupant
of real property within the City of Crystal Lake.
Any contrivance used or designated for navigation or for
flight in the air. The word "aircraft" shall include helicopters and
lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
A container as required and authorized by the Ordinances
of the City of Crystal Lake for the collection and storage of rubbish,
waste, refuse or other matter.
The City of Crystal Lake.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. Litter
may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, debris,
rubbish, grass clippings, leaves or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper,
magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging,
construction material, motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass
of a dead animal, any noxious or offensive matter of any kind, any
object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard, potentially
infectious medical waste as defined in Section 3.84 of the Environmental
Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/3.360), or anything else of an unsightly
or unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise
disposed of improperly including any material which if thrown or deposited
improperly may tend to create a danger to the public health, safety
and welfare.
[Amended 11-2-1999 by Ord. No. 5216; 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 7857]
Any person in possession or having the right to possession
of real property within the City of Crystal Lake.
Any person having any interest, legal, equitable, beneficial
or otherwise, in real property within the City of Crystal Lake.
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the City owned or used by the City and
devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation
of any kind.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body
wastes) including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned vehicles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, tree stumps, dirt, wood, glass,
bedding, crockery and similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
[Amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 7857]
No person shall throw or deposit litter or rubbish including
but not limited to grass clippings, leaves or garden waste in or upon
any street, sidewalk, or other public place within the City except
in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection
or in an official City disposal facility.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such manner as
to prevent such litter from falling upon, or being carried or deposited
by the elements upon, any street, sidewalk or other public place or
upon private property.
All solid waste containers including metal cans,
plastic bags or other approved receptacles that are placed at the
curb for pickup by licensed collectors shall be set out no earlier
than 7:00 p.m. on the day preceding the day on which pickup is scheduled
and shall be removed as soon as possible but in no event later than
7:00 p.m. on the day of pickup.
[Amended 11-2-1999 by Ord. No. 5216; 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 7857]
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
or other public place within the City the accumulation of litter or
rubbish including but not limited to grass clippings, leaves or garden
waste from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying any premises within the City
shall keep the sidewalk, parkway, gutter and street adjacent to their
premises free of litter.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other
vehicle within the City unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded,
or covered as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown
or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place or upon
private property; nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or
truck within the City the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit
in any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances,
litter or foreign matter of any kind.
[Amended 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 6161]
No person shall cast, throw, place or deposit
litter on any private property within the City whether owned by such
person or not, except that the owner or person in control of the 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, provided that this section shall
not apply to delivery of materials requested by the property owner,
mail or materials placed upon the entry porch of the residence on
the property with the owner's consent.
The owner or person in control of any private
property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter;
provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage
of litter in authorized private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
open or vacant private property within the City whether owned by such
person or not.
[Amended 11-2-1999 by Ord. No. 5216]
A.
Notice to remove. The Building Inspector is hereby
authorized and empowered to notify the owner or occupant of any private
property within the City or the agent of such owner or occupant to
properly dispose of litter located on such owner's property or deposited
by the owner or occupant upon the public right-of-way which is dangerous
to public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by personal
service or regular or registered or certified mail addressed to said
owner, occupant, or agent at his/her last known address or as shown
on the records of the collector of taxes of McHenry County, Illinois.
In the event the owner, occupant or agent cannot be found for the
purpose of personal service or in the event the house is vacant, service
may be made by attaching a copy of the notice in a prominent place
upon the premises with a copy of such notice being mailed by registered
or certified mail to the last known address of the owner, agent or
occupant.
B.
Action upon noncompliance. Upon failure and neglect or refusal of any owner, occupant or agent so notified to properly dispose of litter which is dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare within not less than one day nor more than 10 days after receipt of the written notice provided for in Subsection A, the Building Inspector is hereby authorized and empowered to effect the removal and disposal of such litter.
C.
Costs charged to owner. When the City has effected the removal of such dangerous litter, the actual cost thereof plus accrued interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of the completion of the work, if not paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be charged to the owner of such property. A statement of the amount of such charge shall be sent to the owner in the same manner as provided in Subsection A above.
[Added 3-3-2009 by Ord. No. 6448]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each violation or, in the case of continuous violations, for each day during or on which a violation continues or occurs.
