[Adopted 3-17-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Includes but is not limited to waste from the preparation, cooking and consumption of food, metal, glass, plastic and paper containers for food and household products, paper, cartons, rags, dead animals, putrescible substances and similar disposable item.
RUBBISH
Dry combustible or noncombustible materials, which includes but is not limited to ashes, magazines, books, newspapers, clothing, wooden crates and pieces of metal, junk, discarded furniture, rugs and carpets.
STREET
Includes any street, highway, road, avenue, lane, court, place or drive which appears on the Official Map of the Village and which two or more property owners have a legal right to use.
TRASH
Includes but is not limited to building materials, concrete fill, inoperable or wrecked automobiles, automobile parts, plumbing fixtures and household appliances.
VILLAGE STREET
Includes any street, highway, road, avenue, lane, court, place or drive which is maintained by the Village.
YARD WASTE
Includes but is not limited to branches, tree stumps, leaves and grass clippings.
A. 
No person shall throw, place, litter, deposit or dump or suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or person in his charge to throw, place, litter, deposit or dump any garbage, rubbish, trash or yard debris of any kind on the surface of any street, public grounds or private property in the Village for the purpose of abandonment or otherwise, except when such garbage, rubbish or trash is placed on the street in a proper container for normal garbage collection or as specified for yard waste collection and disposal and except for building materials, concrete fill, plumbing fixtures and household appliances on private property for the purpose of immediate installation or use on such private property.
B. 
No person, firm or corporation, unless with the consent and under the supervision of the Roadways Commissioner of the Village, shall cause or permit any accumulation of sand, gravel cinder, topsoil, mud, swimming pool water, sewage, earth or material to be placed, deposited, tracked or flowed upon any Village street in the Village.
The owner of any private property in the Village shall at all times maintain said premises free of garbage, rubbish and trash, except that this section shall not prohibit the temporary storage of:
A. 
Garbage, rubbish and trash in authorized private receptacles for collectior.
B. 
Trash in connection with bona fide land clearing and building activity pursuant to an issued building permit.
C. 
The maintaining of a wood pile.
D. 
The making and retaining of a compost heap and mulching areas for normal gardening purposes in accordance with customary gardening practices.