[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Hudson by Ord.
No. 11-88. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words
and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
A litter storage and collection receptacle authorized by the Municipal
Code.
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 public health, safety and welfare.
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any
other public area in the city owned or used by the city and devoted to active
or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company
or organization of any kind.
Any dwelling, building or other structure designed or used for private
purposes, whether inhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds
or driveway.
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 cleaning, dead animals, abandoned
automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible
wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, 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.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place within the city except in public receptacles maintained
for that purpose, in authorized private receptacles for collection or in any
city recycling container authorized to accept properly separated recyclable
items.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized 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 into or deposit in any gutter, street or other
public place within the city the accumulation of litter from any building
or lot, including ashes, lawn clippings, leaves or branches. Persons owning
or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free
of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or
deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the city the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway. Persons owning or occupying places of business within the city
shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or
deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the city or upon
private property.
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the
city unless such vehicle is so constructed or 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 city, 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 city
except in public receptacles and in such 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 pond, lake, stream or
any other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the city.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device
calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamppost, public
utility pole or shade tree or upon any public structure or building, except
as may be authorized or required by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property
within the city, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner
or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private receptacles
for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place
or upon any private property.
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 city, whether owned by such person or not.
No person shall throw or deposit any litter into any litter storage
and collection receptacle unless such person is the owner of said receptacle
or has the express permission of the owner to use said litter receptacle.
