[HISTORY: Adopted by the Rockland County Legislature 12-19-1978 by L.L. No. 6-1978. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks — See Ch. 315.
The Legislature of the County of Rockland hereby finds that the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the County of Rockland will be improved and protected by the prohibition of littering on property owned by the County of Rockland, thereby eliminating noxious or potentially noxious materials from the ground's surface and surface waters of Rockland County.
No person shall deposit, place, cast or throw, or cause to be deposited, placed, cast or thrown, or consent thereto, or aid or abet the depositing, placing, casting or throwing or accumulation, upon any sidewalk, public place, building, structure, parking area, lot, parcel, vacant land, ground or any other interest in real property not devoted to the public use as a highway, owned, leased or rented by the County of Rockland, any filth, dirt, ashes, garbage, wastepaper, paper, dust, rubbish, foodstuff, cans, bottles, litter of any kind, flammable material, lighted matches, cigars or cigarettes or any other substance unless it shall be deposited in a suitable container provided therefor by the County of Rockland.
A violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an offense, and any person violating or aiding or abetting in the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter may, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 or by imprisonment not exceeding 15 days, or by both fine and imprisonment.
It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of the County of Rockland and of each deputy sheriff of the County of Rockland to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Sheriff or any deputy sheriff of the County of Rockland shall issue a summons to any alleged violator requiring his appearance before a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any other duly authorized police or peace officer from issuing a summons to any alleged violator requiring his appearance before a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise enforce the provisions of the chapter.