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Town of Kent, NY Littering
§ 45-3 Litter in public places.
§ 45-4 Placement of litter in receptacles.
§ 45-5 Sweeping litter into gutters prohibited.
§ 45-6 Merchants to keep sidewalks free of litter.
§ 45-7 Litter thrown from vehicles.
§ 45-8 Trucks causing litter.
§ 45-9 Litter in parks.
§ 45-10 Litter in bodies of water.
§ 45-11 Throwing or distribution of handbills in public places.
§ 45-12 Placing handbills on vehicles.
§ 45-13 Depositing handbills on vacant premises.
§ 45-14 Distribution of handbills on posted premises.
§ 45-15 Distribution of handbills on inhabited private premises.
§ 45-16 Dropping litter from aircraft.
§ 45-17 Litter on occupied private property.
§ 45-18 Owner to maintain premises free of litter.
§ 45-19 Litter on vacant private property.
§ 45-20 Notice to remove litter; removal by Town.
§ 45-21 Penalties for offenses.
Chapter 45: Littering
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Kent 8-6-1973 by L.L. No. 11-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Fire prevention — See Ch. 38.
Garbage and refuse — See Ch. 40.
Peddlers and solicitors — See Ch. 53.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 70.
Chapter 45 : Littering
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Town of Kent Anti-Litter Law."
For the purpose 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.
A litter storage collection receptacle as required and authorized by the Town Superintendent of Highways.
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 profits; but the terms of this clause shall not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up wholly for a charitable or educational purpose or by a church or institution of religion for its lawful purposes or for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, when either of the same is held, given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information which is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public peace, safety and good order, provided that nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind without a license, where such license is or may be required by any law of this state or under any local law of this Town.
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general 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 general law; and, in addition thereto, any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year, and sold to the public.
A public park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the Town devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind that has a lease, oral or in writing, for any premises within the Town of Kent.
Any privately owned parking lot and any dwelling, housing, building or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purpose, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, including any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes) including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
The Town of Kent.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Town except in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection or in Town dumps.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle, excluding a private passenger vehicle, within the Town 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 Town, the wheels or tires of which carry into or deposit in any street, alley or other public place mud, dirt, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any pond, lake, stream or any other body of water in a park, or elsewhere within the road.
[Amended 9-13-2010 by L.L. No. 7-2010]
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or non-commercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the town; nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or other public place within the town for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or non-commercial handbill in or upon any vehicle, such as to cause damage to said vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
No person shall knowingly throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on said premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisements" or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants of said premises do not desire to be molested or have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any such handbills left upon such premises.
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; provided, however, that in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, as provided in this chapter, such person, unless requested by anyone upon such premises not to do so, may place or deposit any such handbill in or upon such inhabited private premises, if such handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal regulations or laws.
Exemption for mail and newspapers. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, as defined herein, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such a manner to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property, within the Town, whether owned by such person or not.
Notice to remove. The Building Inspector and Superintendent of Highways are hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open or vacant private property within the Town or the agent of such owner to properly dispose of litter located on such owner's property which is dangerous to public health, safety or welfare. Such notice shall be by mail, registered or certified, addressed to said owner at his last known address.
Action upon noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or agent so notified to properly dispose of litter dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare within 10 days after receipt of written notice provided for in Subsection A above, or within 15 days after the date of such notice in the event the same is returned to the Town because of the inability to make delivery thereof, provided that the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the Building Inspector and/or Superintendent of Highways is hereby authorized and empowered to order its disposal by the Town.
Charge included in tax bill. When the Town has effected the removal of such dangerous litter or has paid for its removal, the actual cost thereof, plus accrued interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of the completion of the work if not paid by such owner prior thereto, shall be charged to the owner of such property on the next regular tax bill forwarded to the owner by the Town, and said charge shall be due and payable by said owner at the time of such payment of such bill.
Recorded statement constitutes lien. Where the full amount due the Town is not paid by such owner within 30 days after the disposal of such litter, as provided for in Subsections A and B above, then and in that case the Building Inspector and/or Superintendent of Highways shall cause to be recorded in the Town Clerk's office a sworn statement showing the cost and expenses incurred for the work, the date the work was done and the location of the property on which said work was done. The recordation of such sworn statement shall constitute a lien and privilege on the property and shall remain in full force and effect for the amount due in principal and interest, plus costs of court, if any, for collection until final payment has been made. Said costs and expenses shall be collected in the manner fixed by law for the collection of taxes, and further, shall be subject to a delinquent penalty of 6% in the event same is not paid in full on or before the date the tax bill upon which said charge appears becomes delinquent. Sworn statements recorded in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be prima facie evidence that all legal formalities have been complied with and that the work has been done properly and satisfactorily and shall be full notice to every person concerned that the amount of the statement, plus interest, constitutes a charge against the property designated or described in the statement and that the same is due and collectible by law.
[Amended 9-10-1984 by L.L. No. 3-1984; 8-1-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988; 7-22-2002 by L.L. No. 5-2002]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter by throwing or depositing litter that is by volume less than one cubic foot shall be liable and pay a penalty of a minimum of $100 not to exceed $500.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter by throwing or depositing litter that is by volume one cubic foot or larger shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a minimum fine of $500 not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.