This chapter is adopted to:
A.
Prohibit the throwing or depositing of litter in public
places in the City of College Park.
B.
Regulate the distribution of advertising matter.
C.
Control the deposit or accumulation of litter on private
premises and property.
D.
Prohibit graffiti in the City of College Park.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
E.
Prevent the defacement of private and public property
in the city.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
F.
Create a process for the removal of graffiti and the
recovery of public cleanup expenses.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
G.
Protect the public health, safety and welfare and
prevent the creation of public nuisances.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
H.
Provide for the enforcement of the provisions contained
herein and to establish penalties for violations of this chapter.
[Amended 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
A.
ADVERTISING MATTER
CITY
GARBAGE
GRAFFITI
LITTER
PERSON
PRIVATE PREMISES
PUBLIC PLACE
REFUSE
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
RUBBISH
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings set forth below:
Any written or printed card, circular, coupon, pamphlet or
folder intended for general distribution, except newspapers.
The City of College Park, Maryland.
Animal or vegetable wastes, which are subject to organic
decomposition, resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking and
consumption of food.
Any inscription, word, figure, mark or design that is written,
marked, etched, scratched, drawn or painted on any real or personal
property, other than that which is intended by the owner of such property
to constitute a permanent part of the design of such property and
is placed upon the property with the owner's express consent.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
All rubbish, waste material, refuse, garbage, trash, debris,
dead animals or other discarded materials or property of every kind
and description.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
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, grounds, sidewalk, grass or strip between
the sidewalk and curb, utility strip, walk, driveway, porch, step,
vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house,
building or other structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All solid wastes, except body wastes. "Refuse" shall include
but shall not be limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings,
dead animals, abandoned vehicles and solid market and industrial wastes.
As used in Article III of this chapter, an owner, or entity or person acting as an agent for an owner by agreement, who has authority over the property or is responsible for the property's maintenance and management. Irrespective of any arrangement to the contrary with any other party, each owner shall always be a responsible party for purposes of Article III. There may be more than one responsible party for a particular property.
[Added 10-28-1997 by Ord. No. 97-O-17]
Solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans,
yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
B.
However, nothing contained within this definition
section shall prohibit the keeping or maintaining of a compost pile.
