[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Hilton 11-6-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 172.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Litter
Control Law."
Littering creates visual pollution, creates health and safety
hazards and imposes a financial burden on the taxpayers of the Village.
The purpose of this chapter is to exercise control over littering
of the Village by residents and nonresidents and to reduce and eliminate,
if possible, the above problems.
The following terms used in this chapter shall have the following
meanings, unless the context requires or indicates a different meaning:
(Noun) Includes the following items of personal property
left, posted, thrown, dropped, discarded, abandoned, cast aside, blown
or dropped from vehicles or otherwise, without the intention of reclaiming
the same, within the Village; paper products, plastics, tobacco products,
food products, waste and residue therefrom, newspapers, magazines,
handbills, and similar products, rags, cans, bottles, boxes, cartons,
wrappers, and containers of any sort with or without contents, garbage,
refuse, trash and any and all materials customarily collected and
disposed of by trash collection companies and/or the Village.
One who litters or permits littering on his property.
(Verb) To intentionally or negligently leave, post, throw,
drop, discard, abandon, cast aside, permit to be blown or dropped
from a vehicle or otherwise any litter within the Village or to place
any litter in any trash receptacle owned or maintained by the Village,
for the use of the Village, without prior written approval of the
Village. The depositing of litter in public or private receptacles
intended for that purpose shall not constitute littering.
Any real property not constituting public premises as hereinafter
defined.
Any real property owned or leased by the State of New York
or any of the subdivisions thereof, including the Village, the Town
of Parma, and the Hilton Central School.
The Village of Hilton, New York.
A.
No person shall litter within the Village, whether on public or private
premises and whether or not owned by such person, and no person shall
knowingly permit the accumulation of litter on his premises, whether
placed there by him or others.
B.
No person shall affix any handbills, posters, signs, etc, to any
utility pole or tree, either on public or private property within
the Village.
A.
No notice shall be required to a litterer who litters on public premises
to make the sanctions imposed by this chapter effective.
B.
Owners of private property who litter or permit littering on their
property shall be entitled to a three-day notice to remedy the condition
before the sanctions imposed by this chapter shall be effective. Such
notice shall be addressed to the owner as shown on the most recent
tax rolls and shall be either personally served on him or served on
him by certified mail at the address shown on the tax roll.
Each and every violation of this chapter shall constitute an
offense as defined in the Penal Law of the State of New York and shall
be punishable, for each offense, by a fine of not more than $250 or
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
