[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Newton 6-8-1970 as Sec. 5-1
of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Putrescent 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 herein prohibited,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys, bleachers
or other pubic ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces,
docks, grounds and buildings.
All putrescent and nonputrescent solid wastes (except body
wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescent solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices
used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
No person shall sweep, throw, deposit or dump litter in or upon
any occupied, open or vacant property, whether owned by such person
or not, or in or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place,
or any pond, lake or stream or other body of water within the Town;
except in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles
for collection. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in
authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to
prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
street, sidewalk or other public place, or upon private property.
No person, including merchants owning or occupying a place of
business, shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Town the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons
owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their
premises free of litter.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
Town or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Town unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent
its load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any
street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person drive or
move any vehicle or truck within the Town, the wheels or tires of
which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place,
mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
No person shall bring, cart, remove, transport or collect any
litter from outside or into the Town for the purpose of dumping or
depositing thereof, without the express consent of the Town Council.
No truck or other vehicle containing litter which has been transported
into the Town shall be parked or allowed to remain standing on any
street in the Town or on any public property for a period in excess
of two hours.
No person shall cast or place or cause to be cast or placed
any advertisement, handbill, circular or paper on any public streets,
on sidewalks, into any vestibules or yards, upon porches of any dwelling
house or other buildings, or into any vehicle while on the public
highways or on private property within the Town, except that this
section shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes delivered
to subscribers and addresses. Advertisements, handbills, circulars
and papers may be distributed in the Town, provided that they are
securely placed at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the
wind.
