As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other
printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of
literature which:
A.
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
B.
Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment or other activity for the purpose of either directly
or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales;
C.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition or event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged
for the purpose of private gain or profit; or
D.
While containing reading material other than advertising matter,
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
GARBAGE
Putrefactive animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
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.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general
law, any newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal Service
in accordance with federal statute or regulation and any newspaper
filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general
law and, in addition thereto, includes any periodical or current magazine
regularly published with not fewer than four issues per year and sold
to the public.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or
any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any
matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definition of "commercial
handbill" or "newspaper."
PARK
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the Town owned or used by the Town and
devoted to active or passive recreation.
PRIVATE PREMISES
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 shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps,
vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house,
building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
REFUSE
All putrefactive and nonputrefactive solid wastes and domestic
animal feces (except human body wastes), including garbage, rubbish,
ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and industrial
wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrefactive 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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the Town, except in public receptacles,
in authorized private receptacles for collection or in official Town
dumps.
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 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 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
places of business within the Town shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their business premises free of litter.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the
Town, except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter
will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place.
Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be
carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence
and properly disposed of elsewhere, as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private
property within the Town, whether owned by such person or not, except
that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain
authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that
litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private
property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however,
that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
property within the Town, whether owned by such person or not.
[Added 3-4-1991 by Ord. No. 2-1-91; amended 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 6-1-14]
An owner or person having control of a domestic animal shall not allow the animal to defecate on public property or private property not belonging to the owner or person having control without having in the person's possession a suitable container for the removal and disposal of the waste. The owner or person having control of the animal must remove immediately any waste deposited by the animal and dispose of the waste in a proper and sanitary manner. A violation of this section is a municipal infraction (see §
245-30).