[Adopted 8-14-2007 by Ord. No. O-20-2007]
The purpose of this article is to establish
requirements to control littering in the Township of Mantua, so as
to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties
for failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this article clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
Any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar or can, or any top,
cap or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packaging or construction material, but does not include the
waste of the primary processes of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
A container suitable for the depositing of litter.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drop,
discard or otherwise place any litter of any nature upon public or
private property other than in a litter receptacle or, having done
so, to allow such litter to remain.
B.
Whenever any litter is thrown or discarded or allowed
to fall from a vehicle or boat in violation of this article, the operator
or owner, or both, of the motor vehicle or boat shall also be deemed
to have violated this article.
The article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and/or the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of
Mantua.
A.
Any person, entity or corporation who or which violates
any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable
by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or
any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for a term up to but not exceeding 90 days or by a fine of not less
than $100 and not more than $2,000 or by a period of community service
up to but not exceeding 90 days, or any combination of the above.
B.
Each day that a violation exists, occurs or continues
shall constitute a separate offense for the purpose of imposing the
penalties referred to above.
