[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Gardiner 3-20-1984
by L.L. No. 2-1984 as §§ 65.2, 65.31 through 65.33 and 65.100
of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Town Board finds that certain acts often lead to
disorders or disturbances of the peace or unreasonably interferes with the
peace and good order of the community.
B.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate certain activities
to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to promote the public
good.
No person shall sweep, throw, cast, drop, put or place, or having accidentally
dropped, failed to pick up any bag, bottle, bottle cap, box, container, garbage,
paper, piece of paper, wrapper, or any other trash or litter, in or upon any
public street, place, park, or building, except in receptacles provided for
such purposes or to permit any person under his or her control or employ to
do the same.
A.
No person shall sweep, throw or deposit, or cause to
be swept, thrown or deposited, any ashes, dirt, stone, brick, leaves, grass,
weeds, or any other debris or rubbish of any kind; or any water or liquid
of any kind except for purposes of cleansing same into any public highway,
street, gutter or public place or upon any sidewalk within the Town.
B.
No person shall throw, put, push or place or cause to
be thrown, put, pushed or placed, any snow or ice into any public highway,
street, public place or thoroughfare in the Town.
C.
This section shall not apply to water or liquids running
into streets as a result of fire fighting or flushing of fire hydrants by
authorized personnel or the use in a reasonable manner of ashes, salt or other
material for the purpose of reducing the hazard of, or providing traction
on snow, ice or sleet.
No truck or other motor vehicle or trailer or other motor conveyance
shall be operated or loaded in such a manner that any part or portion of its
load, whether sand, gravel, stone, dirt, rubbish, paper, boxes, trash or other
material shall be dropped, blown or caused to fall or drop upon any public
street, highway, public place or thoroughfare in the Town.
[Amended 8-12-2003 by L.L.
No. 3-2003]
The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed
to be a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York; and
subject to a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than
15 days, or both.
