[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rhinebeck 8-13-1991 as L.L. No. 1-1991. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall sweep, throw, cast, drop, put or place
or, having accidentally dropped, fail to pick up any bag, bottle cap,
box, container, garbage, paper, piece of paper, wrapper or any other
trash or litter in or upon any public street, place, park or building,
except in receptacles provided for such purposes, or permit any person
under his control or employ to do the same.
B.
Cleansing.
(1)
No person shall sweep, throw or deposit or cause to
be swept, thrown or deposited any ashes, dirt, stone, brick, leaves,
grass, weeds or any other debris or rubbish of any kind or any water
or liquid of any kind, except for purposes of cleansing the same,
into any public highway, street, gutter or public place or upon any
sidewalk within the Village.
(2)
This subsection shall not apply to water or liquids
running into streets as a result of fire fighting or flushing of fire
hydrants by authorized personnel or the use, in a reasonable manner,
of ashes, salt or other material for the purpose of reducing the hazard
of or providing traction on snow, ice or sleet.
No truck or other motor vehicle or trailer or
other motor conveyance shall be operated or loaded in such a manner
that any part or portion of its load, whether sand, gravel, stone,
dirt, rubbish, paper, boxes, trash or other material, shall be dropped,
blown or caused to fall or drop upon any public street, highway, public
place or thoroughfare in the Village.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
or who knowingly permits a violation of this chapter shall be deemed
to have committed an offense and, if convicted of the same, shall
be subject to a fine of not more than $250.
