[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Chester 10-27-1969.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings respectively ascribed:
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 prohibited herein, tends to create
a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any dwelling, 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 includes any yard,
grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant
to such dwelling, 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.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes),
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles, automobile parts and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings,
wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any
street, sidewalk or other public place within the Village, except in public
receptacles or in private receptacles for collection.
B.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk
in front of such premises clean and free of litter.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied or vacant private
property, whether he owns it or not. The owner or person in control of any
private property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter.
However, this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in private
receptacles for collection. These receptacles shall be maintained in such
manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the
elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place.
A.
Authority of Village. The Village may, on 10 days' notice
in writing, to be served personally or by registered mail, cause the owner
or owners of private lands to remove litter from the premises and, upon default,
may cause the same to be removed by the Village and the total cost thereof
to be assessed against the real property on which said litter is found; and
after 30 days from the date of said default and removal by the Village, the
total charge for removal of same shall constitute a lien and charge on the
real property on which it is levied until paid or otherwise satisfied or discharged,
and shall be collected by the Village Treasurer in the manner provided by
law for the collection of delinquent taxes.
B.
Notice to nonresident. If the owner of said lands is
a nonresident, a notice to so remove said litter when mailed to such owner
and addressed to his last known address shall be sufficient service thereof.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in private receptacles
shall do so in such a manner as to prevent its being carried or deposited
by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Village accumulation of litter from any building or
lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
[Added 5-26-1981 by L.L. No. 8-1981]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law
of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
