For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings given in this section:
AIRCRAFT
Any contrivance now know or hereafter invented, used or designated
for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft" shall include
helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced
original or copies of any matter of literature:
A.
Which advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
or
B.
Which directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly
promoting the interest thereof by sales; or
C.
Which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for
the purpose of private gain or profit; but the terms of this subsection shall
not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up for
the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical
performance, exhibition, or event of any kind, when any of the same is held,
given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information which
is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public
peace, safety and good order; provided that nothing contained in this subsection
shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any meeting,
theatrical performance, exhibition, or event of any kind, without a license,
where such is or may be required by any law of this state, or under any ordinances
of this Town; or
D.
Which, while containing reading matter other than advertising matter,
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement, and is distributed or circulated
for advertising purposes, or for the private benefit and gain of any person
so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
GARBAGE
Offal, swill, all kinds of house garbage, animal and vegetable matter,
and all other refuse or waste liable to decay.
LITTER
"Garbage," "refuse," and "rubbish" as defined herein and all other
waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to
create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any
newspaper duly entered with the Postal Service of the United States, in accordance
with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with
any recording officer as provided by general law; and, in addition thereto,
shall mean and include any periodical or current magazine regularly published
with not less than four issues per year, and sold to the public.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample, or device, dodger, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet, or any other printed
or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not
included in the aforesaid definitions of a "commercial handbill" or "newspaper."
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any
other public area in the Town, owned or used by the Town and devoted to active
or passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building, or other structure, designed or used,
either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes, whether inhabited
or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any
yard, ground, walk, driveway, porch, step, vestibule or mailbox belonging
or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public
ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage,
rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue and solid commercial and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place within the Town except in public receptacles, in authorized
private receptacle for collection, or in official Town disposal areas.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in private receptacles
shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private
property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Town the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning
or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free
of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or
deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Town the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the Town
shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or
deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the Town or upon
private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
Town unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any lead,
contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or
other public place, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck
within the Town, 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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Town
except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be
prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of
the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles
are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the
person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as
provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake,
stream, bay or other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the Town.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill
in or upon any private premises which is temporarily or continuously uninhabited
or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial
handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to
do so, or if there is placed on such premises in a conspicuous position near
the entrance thereof a sign bearing the words: "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers
or Agents," "No Advertisement," or any similar notice, indicating in any matter
that the occupants of such premises do not desire to be molested or have their
right of privacy disturbed, or to have any such handbills left upon such premises.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within the
Town any litter, handbill or any other object.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device,
calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamppost, public
utility pole or shade tree, or upon any public structure or building, except
as may be authorized or required by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property
within the Town, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner
or person in control of private property may maintain 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.
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 private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private
property within the Town whether owned by such person or not.