[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Millbrook: Art. I, 3-21-1974 as Ch. 65, Art. I,
of the 1974 Code; Art. II, 3-21-1974 as § 44.43 of the 1974
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 190.
[Adopted 3-21-1974 as Ch. 65, Art.
I, of the 1974 Code]
[Added 12-16-1997 by L.L.
No. 2-1997; amended 8-14-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A litter collection receptacle which is placed on the public
right-of-way or on public property by the Village of Millbrook for
use by the public to deposit small quantities of hand-held trash,
but not household or commercial waste.
Waste material, including garbage, trash and septic tank
waste, which is derived from commercial or business establishments
or institutions.
Waste material, including garbage, trash and septic tank
waste, which is derived from houses, apartments, hotels, motels or
other residential establishments.
All waste material, garbage, trash, i.e., waste paper, tobacco
products, wrappers, food or beverage containers, newspapers, etc.,
rubbish, refuse, motor vehicle seats and parts, tires, furniture,
white goods and all other waste material which is not placed in a
container and which has been abandoned or improperly discarded, deposited
or disposed of and which tends to create a danger to public health,
safety and welfare or render streets, private grounds or public places
unsightly.
[Amended 8-14-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012]
No person shall sweep, throw, cast, drop, put
or place or, having accidentally dropped, fail to pick up any bag,
bottle, bottle cap, box, container, garbage, paper, piece of paper,
wrapper or any other trash or litter, in or upon private property,
or in or upon any public street, place, park or building, except in
receptacles provided for such purposes or in lawfully established
dumping grounds, or to permit any person under his or her control
or employ to do the same.
A.
Throwing or depositing refuse or liquids on highways
and adjacent lands shall be prohibited, as provided in § 1220
of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
[Amended 12-16-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
B.
This section shall not apply to water or liquids running
into streets as a result of fire fighting or flushing of fire hydrants
by authorized personnel or the use in a reasonable manner of ashes,
salt or other material for the purpose of reducing the hazard of or
providing traction on snow, ice or sleet.
No truck or other motor vehicle or trailer or
other motor conveyance shall be operated or loaded in such a manner
that any part or portion of its load, whether sand, gravel, stone,
dirt, rubbish, paper, boxes, trash or other material shall be dropped,
blown or caused to fall or be dropped upon any public street, highway,
public place or thoroughfare in the village.
[Added 8-14-2012 by L.L.
No. 3-2012]
A.
No natural person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or
institution shall deposit or cause to be deposited household or commercial
waste in an authorized litter receptacle. Only small quantities of
hand-held trash may be placed in authorized litter receptacles.
B.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person whose name,
or other identifying information, appears on any household or commercial
waste deposited in such authorized litter receptacle violated this
section.
[Amended 12-16-1997 by L.L. No. 2-1997]
[Adopted 3-21-1974 as § 44.43
of the 1974 Code]
No person shall put up or post upon any fence,
building, pole, tree or other public place any handbills, notices
or advertisements, except those required by law.
