[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Fort Edward 2-25-1991
as L.L. No. 1-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared the policy of the Town of Fort Edward, County
of Washington, State of New York, to preserve and maintain the clean character
of its environs and to preserve and maintain the health and welfare of its
residents within the incorporated area of the town, and in so doing it is
necessary to enact this chapter restricting the disposal of waste and litter
within the Town of Fort Edward.
For the purposes of this chapter. the following terms shall have the
following definitions:
Any and all discarded materials, including waste, construction and
demolition debris, ashes, garbage, paper, empty containers, rubbish, refuse
and other debris of nondescript nature.
Any employee or officer of the Highway Department of the Town of
Fort Edward, and the Town Code Enforcement Officer or other designated personnel
assigned to such Department, whether on a permanent or temporary basis.
Any individual, partnership, corporation or unincorporated association,
society, joint-stock company, estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee
and any combination of the foregoing.
Any highway, road, street, avenue, alley, park, playground, public
parking area, public driveway or any property under the ownership or control
of the Town of Fort Edward, or any property serving the general public.
A.
No person shall dispose of litter or direct or permit
any servant, agent or employee, or any other person under his or her control,
to dispose of litter of any kind whatsoever in or upon any public place, vacant
lot or area within the Town of Fort Edward (outside the Village of Fort Edward
limits).
B.
Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant or person in
charge of any building or premises shall keep and cause to be kept the sidewalk
and all areas abutting the building or premises free from obstruction and
nuisance of any kind and shall keep said area free of any litter within the
Town of Fort Edward (outside the Village of Fort Edward limits).
C.
No owner, driver, person in control or passenger of any
vehicle shall throw or cause to be thrown from said vehicle, whether moving
or standing, any litter in or upon any public place or upon any vacant lot
or area within the Town of Fort Edward (outside the Village of Fort Edward
limits).
No person shall interfere with any municipal employee enforcing this
chapter or in the act of cleaning of any road or other public place or area
or in the performance of any of the municipal employee's regular or prescribed
duties or functions as related to sanitation services performed and enforcement
of the local laws and codes of the Town of Fort Edward.
Each violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.) for each offense or by imprisonment for not more
than ten (10) days, or by a combination of fine and imprisonment. A violation
of this chapter shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person found
to violate the same shall be declared a disorderly person.
