[Adopted 3-8-2006 by Ord. No. 7-2006]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
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 not including 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 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.
Any person who violates or fails to comply with
any provision of this article or of any rule or regulation adopted
hereunder shall be subject to the following penalties:
The Code Enforcement Officer and Police Department
shall be the officials responsible for the enforcement of this article
and the rules and regulations established hereunder.
