ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS

1. Truck Loads Causing Litter

No Person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Town unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded, and covered so as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, lane or public place or private property within the Municipality.

2. Litter in Parks

No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the Town except in authorized receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or any part of the park or any other public place or private property. Where authorized 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.

3. Litter in Waterways

No person shall throw or deposit litter in any ditch, pond or stream or other body of water in any park or elsewhere within the Town.

4. Posting Notices Prohibited

No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other matter or device calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamp post, public utility pole, tree or upon any public structures or building except as may be authorized by the Council or required by law.

5. Litter on Private Property

(a) No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within the Town, whether the property is owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized 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 within the Municipality.

(b) Car Wrecks

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to demolish or scrap any vehicle on private or public property within the Town, without first having obtained a permit in writing from Council for that purpose.

(2) The cost of a permit referred to in Subsection (1) of this regulation shall be $30 which amount shall be refunded if the demolished or scrapped vehicle is discarded or dumped at a site approved by Council, within twenty-one (21) days from the date of issue of the permit.

(3) Council shall have the right to remove from any private or public property any vehicle which has been demolished, abandoned or scrapped without a permit and recover the cost of doing so from the owner as a civil debt.

6. Order for Disposal of Litter

The Town Clerk is empowered and authorized to order the owner or occupier of any private property within the town to properly dispose of any or all litter located on such property. Such order shall be by means of a notice signed by the Town Clerk and served upon the owner or occupier.

7. Council May Carry out Directions

If any notice issued and served under Section 5 is not complied with or is not so far complied with as the Council regards as reasonable within the time named in the notice, the Council may carry out the directions contained in the notice through its officers, agents, employees or contractors and recover the cost of so doing as a civil debt from the person on whom the notice was served.

8. Enforcement

It shall be the duty of a Police Officer or any person assigned by the Council to enforce these regulations:
1. To report the name and address of any person observed or reliably reported to have violated any of the provisions of these regulations.
2. To report the time and nature of the violations of the Regulations, and any circumstances being relevant to the violation.
3. To serve upon the person violating any provision of these Regulations a serially numbered notice that the person concerned has violated a provision of the Regulations and instructing such person to carry out any order in regard to such violation.

Adopted: June 1, 1999
Motion No: 99-067
Mayor
Clerk