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Village of Monroe, NY Littering
§ 135-2 Declaration of intent.
§ 135-3 Definitions; word usage.
§ 135-4 Litter in public places.
§ 135-5 Placement of litter in receptacles.
§ 135-6 Sweeping litter into gutters prohibited.
§ 135-7 Litter thrown by persons in vehicles.
§ 135-8 Trucks and truckloads.
§ 135-9 Litter in parks.
§ 135-10 Litter in lakes and fountains.
§ 135-11 Commercial and noncommercial handbills in public places.
§ 135-12 Commercial and noncommercial handbills on vehicles.
§ 135-13 Handbills on uninhabited or vacant premises.
§ 135-14 Distribution of handbills at inhabited private premises.
§ 135-15 Dropping litter from aircraft.
§ 135-16 Litter on occupied private and commercial places.
§ 135-17 Owner to maintain commercial places free of litter.
§ 135-18 Owner to maintain private premises free of litter.
§ 135-19 Litter on vacant lots.
§ 135-20 Notice to owners to remove litter.
§ 135-21 Appearance tickets; issuing officer.
Chapter 135 Littering
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Monroe 1-5-1971 (Ch. 24A of the 1968 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Parks — See Ch. 150.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 170.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Monroe Anti-Litter Ordinance."
It is hereby declared and found that litter carelessly deposited in the Village of Monroe is the cause of civic disgrace; that litter is a health, fire and safety hazard; that an all-out litter-control campaign can result in substantial savings to taxpayers of the Village of Monroe; 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 Monroe.
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 contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designated for navigation or for flight in the air and shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial establishment or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales;
Any store or building or group thereof, including shopping centers, shopping plazas and other similar places, wherein mercantile activities and services are offered to the public and shall include all parking areas thereat.
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which, 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 United States Postal Service in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer, as provided by law. In addition thereto, includes 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, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or original 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.
Any and all street, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
The incorporated areas in the Village of Monroe.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village except in public receptacles, in private receptacles for collection or in official town dumps or rubbish pits.
No person shall sweep into 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 sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the Village upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Village, unless such vehicle is so constructed or located 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 any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the Village.
No person shall thrown, 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.
No person in an aircraft shall expel therefrom, drop or deposit within the Village any litter, handbill or any other object.
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, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
The Village Clerk 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, addressed to said owner at his last known address.
[Added 11-12-1981 by L.L. No. 8-1981; amended 6-21-2011 by L.L. No. 2-2011]
The Department of Public Works Superintendent, as designated by the Village Board of Trustees, shall be authorized to issue and serve appearance tickets with respect to any violation under this chapter of the Code of the Village of Monroe and any and all state laws of the State of New York, pursuant to which his powers and duties are governed. Said Department of Public Works Superintendent may issue and serve such appearance ticket or tickets upon such person or persons who have committed an offense and violation of law as hereinafter set forth.
[Amended 7-11-1989 by L.L. No. 3-1989; 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be an offense against this chapter, which shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, § 1-14. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.