[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Clinton 11-5-1986. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter the following
definitions shall apply:
Any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste material,
whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper, or other
natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof, including
but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap or detachable
tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette, cigar, match
or any flaming or glowing material or any garbage, trash, refuse,
debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspaper,
magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging
or construction material which has not been deposited in a litter
receptacle.
A receptacle suitable for the depositing of litter.
No person shall throw, scatter, spill or place
or cause to be blown, scattered, spilled, thrown or placed or otherwise
dispose of any litter upon any public property in the Town or upon
private property in this Town not owned by him or in the waters of
this Town, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, including but not
limited to any public highway, public park, building, beach, campground,
forest land, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street
or alley, except:
A.
When such property is designated by the State of Connecticut
or the Town for the disposal of garbage and refuse and such person
is authorized to use such property for such purpose; or
B.
Into a litter receptacle in such a manner that the
litter will be prevented from being carried away or deposited by the
elements upon any part of said private or public property or waters.
Any person who violates any provision of § 358-2 of this chapter shall be fined not more than $100 for each offense. In addition thereto, in the discretion of the court, such person may be directed to pick up and remove from any public place or any private property, with prior permission of the legal owner, upon which it is established by competent evidence that such person has deposited litter, any or all litter deposited thereon by anyone prior to the date of execution of sentence. When any such material or substances are thrown, blown, scattered or spilled from a vehicle, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to have committed such offense.
