[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Saugerties 8-1-1985 by L.L. No.
2-1985 (Ch. 65, Art. V, of the 1975 Municipal Code);
amended in its entirety 5-6-2009 by L.L. No. 3-2009. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
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 any public street, place,
park, or building, except in receptacles provided for such purposes,
or to permit any person under his control or employ to do the same.
A.Â
No person shall sweep, throw or deposit, or cause to be swept, thrown
or deposited, any ashes, dirt, stone, brick, leaves, grass, weeds,
or any other debris or rubbish of any kind, or any water or liquid
of any kind except for purposes of cleansing same, into any public
highway, street, gutter or public place or upon any sidewalk within
the Town.
B.Â
No person shall throw, put, push or place or cause to be thrown,
put, pushed or placed, any snow or ice into any public highway, street,
public place or thoroughfare in the Town.
C.Â
This section shall not apply to water or liquids running into streets
as a result of firefighting 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 drop upon any public street, highway, public place or thoroughfare
in the Town.
A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or 15 days in jail, or
both. In addition, the violator shall be responsible for removal and
lawful disposal of the garbage, trash, litter or debris unlawfully
swept, thrown, cast, dropped or deposited.
