[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Corinth 2-23-1983 by L.L. No. 1-1983 (Ch. 94 of the 1983 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared and found that litter carelessly deposited
in the Village is the cause of civic disgrace; that litter is a health,
fire and safety hazard and pollutant; that an all-out litter control
campaign can result in substantial savings to taxpayers of the Village;
and that litter is a matter affecting the public interest and consequently
should be subject to supervision and administrative control for the
purpose of safeguarding the health, safety and general welfare of
the people of the Village.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, circular,
leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise
reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature which:
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing.
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.
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.
While containing reading matter 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.
Any store or group thereof, including shopping centers, shopping
plazas and other similar places, wherein mercantile activities and
services are offered to the public, and further including all parking
areas thereat.
Putrescible 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 the public health, safety and welfare
or creates unsightliness.
Any newspaper of general circulation, as defined by law;
any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the
United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation; and
any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer, as provided
by law. In addition thereto, "newspaper" shall mean and include any
periodical or current magazine regularly published with not fewer
than four issues per year and sold to the public.
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, 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 definitions of "commercial
handbill" and "newspaper."
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the Village, owned or used by the Village,
devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any 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, including
any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox
belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other
structure.
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other
public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds
and buildings.
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead
animals, abandoned automobiles, shopping carts and solid market and
industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as 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 deposit or throw litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the Village except in public
or private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public or 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 or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the Village the accumulation of litter from any
building or litter from any public sidewalk or driveway.
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the Village
or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the Village unless such vehicle is so operated, constructed and loaded
as to prevent any 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 Village 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 throw or deposit litter in any park within the
Village 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 in any river, fountain,
pond, lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
within the Village.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbills in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within
the Village.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall
not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute,
without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to
any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any private premises which is temporarily or continuously
uninhabited or vacant.
A.Â
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by
handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant
or other person then present in or upon such private premises.
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The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution
of mail by the United States or to newspapers, as defined herein,
except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such
a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any street or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall affix any handbills, posters, signs, etc., to
any utility pole or tree either on public or private property within
the Village of Corinth.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property
or commercial place within the Village, whether owned by such person
or not, except that the owner or person in control of such private
property or commercial place may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such manner that litter will be prevented from being
carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or other public
place or upon any private property.
Each owner or person in control of any commercial place, including
shopping centers and delivery and parking areas thereat, shall keep
said places, parking fields, parking areas, delivery areas and other
open areas which are a part of such commercial place free from litter.
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
private property within the Village, whether owned by such person
or not.
[Amended 11-13-1996 by L.L. No. 10-1996]
No person may place trash for collection by trash collectors
under contract to the Village of Corinth unless the trash so placed
shall have been generated by the residents of the premises at which
the trash is placed for collection.
Any person committing an offense against the provisions of this
chapter shall be guilty of a violation under the Penal Law and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine
of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or both.
