[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Geneseo as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 10-15-2012 by L.L. No. 2-2012]
The purpose of this article is to promote the public health
and, for the public good, to preserve property values, create a more
attractive economic and business climate, to reduce the risk of disease,
vermin and other unhealthy consequences associated with garbage, trash
or waste and, for other aesthetic considerations, to provide for the
regulation of the depositing of materials in the village public litter
receptacles.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
Includes single newspapers, food, gum, candy wrappers, ice
cream bags and stickers, individual sheets of paper, empty paper or
plastic bags or like items that a passerby might carry and discard,
such as tissues or food containers from which the discarding person
consumed the food. Casual trash does not include commercial, business
or household garbage, trash or waste.
Waste receptacles placed by the Village of Geneseo on Main
Street and in Village parks for the convenient disposal of casual
trash.
Persons placing litter in public litter 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 deposit any material other than casual trash
in the Village-owned public litter receptacles on Main Street and
in Village parks. Such casual trash shall not exceed 1/2 cubic foot
of volume or two pounds of weight within any twenty-four-hour period.
No person shall direct or suffer or allow his employee, agent
or contractor to deposit any material other than casual waste in the
Village-owned public litter receptacles on Main Street and in the
Village parks. Such casual trash shall not exceed 1/2 cubic foot of
volume or two pounds in weight within any twenty-four-hour period.
If nonpermitted material is found in a public litter receptacle
and the owner or custodian of such materials is identifiable from
such material, a rebuttal presumption of such person's intent
to violate this article shall arise.
Enforcement shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Office
and/or the Geneseo Police Department, and each is hereby given the
power and authority to enforce the provisions of this article personally
and by their delegates.
For each and every failure to comply with the provisions of
this article, the owner or of the material shall be guilty of a violation
against this article, which violation shall be punishable by a fine
of not less than $50 and not to exceed $250 for each twenty-four-hour
period of violation.
