CHAPTER 92: LITTER
Section
   92.01   Definitions
   92.02   Throwing or depositing in or upon streets, sidewalks or public or private places
   92.03   Sweeping into gutters, streets or other public places
   92.04   Litter not contained prohibited
   92.05   Hauling
   92.06   Construction sites
   92.07   Loading or unloading options
   92.08   Distribution of handbills
 
   92.99    Penalty
§ 92.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For purposes of this subchapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings:
   GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the storage, distribution, handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
   HANDBILL. Any printed or written matter, any sample, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet, or any printed or otherwise reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature.
   LITTER. Any quantity garbage, trash, refuse, rubbish, debris or other waste material including, but not limited to, cans, bottles, jars, treated or untreated paper, wrappings, ashes, cigarettes, cardboard, rags, yard clippings, leaves, grass, wood, glass, crockery, dead animals, scrap metal, salvaged metal and motor vehicle parts that is not in a container.
   LITTER TO BE CONTAINED. Any litter which is not enclosed within a building or placed securely in a container designed or reasonably adapted for use as a place for storing litter for the purpose of collection for disposal.
§ 92.02 THROWING OR DEPOSITING IN OR UPON STREETS, SIDEWALKS OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PLACES.
   No person shall throw or deposit any litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or any private property except in public or private containers designed and intended for the collection of litter. Persons placing litter in such containers shall do so in such manner as to prevent its being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, or other public place or private property.
Penalty, see § 92.99
§ 92.03 SWEEPING INTO GUTTERS, STREETS OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
   No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, or other public place within the municipality any accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Penalty, see § 92.99
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