[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Moreau 12-14-2010 by L.L. No.
4-2010. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined
as follows:
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food and material
such as paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, food cans, glass containers,
bottles and tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigars and similar
materials.
Any person, employee, servant, agent, firm, partnership,
association, company or organization or entity of any kind.
Includes streets, highways, roads, parking areas, rights-of-way,
parks, trails, grounds or other public areas.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including
garbage, rubbish and ashes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes, including ashes, consisting
of both combustible and noncombustible wastes such as yard clippings,
metals, wood, glass, paper, cardboard, plastic, styrofoam, bedding,
crockery, household appliances, shopping carts, automobiles or parts
thereof and similar materials. Waste or waste material shall not include
agricultural waste such as but not limited to animal manure.
Includes any public street, roadway, highway, lane or alleyway.
No person shall deposit, throw, cast, lay or suffer or permit
any other person to deposit, throw, cast or lay any waste, litter,
rubbish, refuse, garbage, debris, yard clippings and waste including
trees, shrubs, brush, leaves and grass, discarded objects, materials
and/or matter of any type on any street, road, highway, right-of-way,
sidewalk, bike path, parking lot or other public place in the Town.
No person shall abandon or discard or cause or suffer any other
person to abandon or discard any article or thing, including but not
limited to shopping carts or shopping wagons, baskets, crates, boxes,
cartons, yard clippings and waste, household appliances, automobiles
or parts thereof, machinery or equipment, rubbish, refuse or garbage
on any street, road, highway, right-of-way, sidewalk, bike path, parking
lot or other public place in the Town.
No person, being the owner, driver or manager of an automobile
or other vehicle, shall deposit, scatter, blow, drop, spill or permit
to be deposited, scattered, blown, dropped or spilled any dirt, gravel,
sand, clay, loam, stone or rubbish, litter, waste materials, automobiles
or parts thereof, machinery, refuse or garbage therefrom upon any
street, road, highway, right-of-way, sidewalk, bike path, parking
lot or other public place in the Town. Vehicles engaged in agricultural
activity are exempt from this provision.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be guilty of a violation punishable as follows:
A.Â
For the first offense, by fine, the minimum of which shall be $150
and the maximum of which shall be $1,000, and appropriate community
service related to solid waste management and cleanup for a period
not to be less than eight hours and/or imprisonment for a period not
to exceed 15 days.
B.Â
For a second and subsequent offense, by fine, the minimum of which
shall be $250 dollars and the maximum of which shall be $1,500, and
appropriate community service related to solid waste management and
cleanup for a period not to be less than 16 hours and/or imprisonment
for a period not to exceed 30 days.
This chapter shall take effect upon filing with the New York
State Secretary of State.
