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Timestamp: 2020-08-15 16:21:42
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 332', '§ 332', '§ 332', '§ 332', '§ 332', '§ 332', '§ 332']

Town of Chili, NY Littering
§ 332-1 Definitions and word usage.
§ 332-2 Litter in public places.
§ 332-3 Litter from vehicles.
§ 332-4 Litter in parks and bodies of water.
§ 332-5 Litter on private property.
§ 332-6 Penalties for offenses.
§ 332-7 Enforcement.
Chapter 332 Littering
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Chili 6-3-1981 by L.L. No. 3-1981. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Dumps and dumping — See Ch. 234.
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 362.
Solid waste — See Ch. 425.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE
A litter storage and collection receptacle of steel, aluminum or plastic, of 10 to 30 gallons' capacity, with a tight cover, or larger steel container with closed lid.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create blight.
A printed publication issued at regular intervals, including any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the public, commonly containing news, comment, features and advertisements, including any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation.
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the Town, owned or operated by the Town and devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any house, building or other structure not owned or operated by the Town, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, including any yard, ground, parking lot, walk, driveway, porch steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such 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.
Includes garbage and rubbish.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as but not limited to paper wrappings, cardboard, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding and crockery.
The Town of Chili.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or public street.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words used in the plural number include the singular; words used in the singular number include the plural; and words in the masculine include the feminine and the neuter. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place within the Town except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, park or other public place within the Town the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
No person shall throw or deposit litter from any vehicle upon any street or other public place within the Town or upon private property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Town 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 or private 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 pond, river, stream or other body of water within the Town.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within the Town, whether owned by such person or not and whether occupied or vacant, except that the owner or person in control of private property 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, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
The owner or person in control of private property or any portion thereof shall at all times maintain the premises or that portion controlled by him free of litter, except when stored properly in an authorized private receptacle for collection, when such person shall have actual notice thereof or when said litter shall have been present a sufficient length of time to constitute constructive notice.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
Enforcement shall be by the Code Enforcement Officer, or any police agency.