Source: https://www.ecode360.com/8909601
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 02:19:09+00:00

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§ 80-3 Litter in public places.
§ 80-4 Placing litter in receptacles.
§ 80-5 Sweeping or depositing litter in gutters.
§ 80-6 Littering from vehicles.
§ 80-7 Trucks causing litter.
§ 80-8 Litter in parks.
§ 80-9 Litter in public waters.
§ 80-10 Handbills in public places.
§ 80-11 Handbills on vehicles.
§ 80-12 Placing handbills on vacant premises.
§ 80-13 Distributing handbills on private premises.
§ 80-14 Litter on private and commercial premises.
§ 80-15 Maintenance of commercial premises free of litter.
§ 80-16 Maintenance of private premises free of litter.
§ 80-17 Litter on vacant lots.
§ 80-18 Depositing garbage in commercial dumpsters.
§ 80-19 Notice to remove litter.
Municipal civil infractions — See Ch. 1, Art. III.
It is hereby declared and found that litter carelessly deposited in the Village of Bellevue is the cause of civic disgrace; that litter is a health, fire and safety hazard and pollutant; that an all-out litter control campaign can result in substantial savings to the taxpayers of the Village of Bellevue; and that litter is a matter affecting the public interest and consequently should be subject to supervision and administrative control for the purpose of safeguarding the public health, safety and general welfare of the people of the Village of Bellevue.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. 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 store or building or group thereof, including shopping centers, shopping plazas and other similar places, where mercantile activities and services are offered to the public, and shall include all parking areas thereat.
Advertises for sale any merchandise, produce, commodity or thing.
Directs attention to any business, mercantile or commercial establishment or other activity for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit.
While containing reading matter other than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material that, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare or creates unsightliness.
Any newspaper of general circulation, as defined by law; any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation; and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer, as provided by law. In addition thereto, it shall mean and include any periodical or current magazine regularly published, with not less than four issues per year, and sold to the public.
Any printed or written matter; any sample or device, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or originals or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a "commercial handbill" or "newspaper."
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the Village owned or used by the Village and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any 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, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
No person shall deposit or throw litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village except in public receptacles or in private receptacles for collection.
No person shall sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any building or litter from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the Village or upon private property, or cause such action to occur.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Village unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Village, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Village except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere, as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the Village, or cause such action to occur.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbills in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the Village, or cause such action to occur.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises that are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States or to newspapers (as defined herein), except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property or commercial place within the Village, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of such private property or commercial place may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or other public place or upon any private property.
Each owner or person in control of any commercial place, including shopping centers and delivery and parking areas thereat, shall keep said places, parking fields, parking areas, delivery areas and other open areas which are a part of such commercial place free from litter.
Editor's Note: See Ch. 109, Property Maintenance.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the Village, whether owned by such person or not, or cause such action to occur.
No person shall throw or deposit garbage within any commercial dumpster without the owner's permission.
The Police Department is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property or commercial place within the Village, or the agent of such owner, to properly dispose of litter located on such owner's property which is a nuisance or dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by certified mail and addressed to said owner at his or her last known address.
A violation of this chapter is a municipal civil infraction. The penalty for a violation that is a municipal civil infraction shall be a civil fine in an amount set by resolution of the Village Council from time to time.

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