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(a) Definitions. The following terms shall have the meaning stated unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning.
(1) "Litter" means any used or unconsumed substance or waste material which has been discarded whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber, paper, or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof, including, but not limited to, any bottle, jar, can, or any top, cap, or detachable tab of any bottle, jar, or can, any lighted or unlighted cigarette, cigar, match, or any flaming or glowing material, or any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings, or other lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers, or other packaging or construction material, fireworks and fireworks debris and material whether ignited and discharged, or not.
(2) "Litter receptacle" means a container suitable for the depositing of litter.
(3) "Person" means any individual corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm association, or other legal entity natural or otherwise.
(b) Prohibited Acts and Regulated Activities. It shall be unlawful for any person to aid and abet in, attempt, or to throw, drop, discard, or otherwise place any litter of any nature upon public or private property, other than in a litter receptacle, or having done so to allow such litter to remain. The operator, owner, or both, of a motor vehicle or a boat, from which litter is thrown or discarded is deemed to have violated this section. Any person with an ownership interest in the property, who has been notified by the Township and has failed to remove litter within forty-eight (48) hours from the notice to remove litter, shall be deemed to have violated this section.
(c) This section shall be enforced by the Charter Township of Clinton Police Department and by employees of the Charter Township of Clinton Building Department, or other employees, charged with zoning and code violation enforcement.
(d) Penalties. Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to penalties as provided within the Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 29. Passed 11-24-54; Ord. 184. Passed 8-31-64; Ord. 406. Passed 9-9-13.)
(a) No person shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or herself, or by his or her servant, agent or employee, bring or convey into the Township any vegetable substance, dead animal, fish shells, paper, rubbish, ordure slops, unclean or nauseous liquids, gaseous fluids, soot, garbage, putrid meat or any other substances which may cause an unwholesome or offensive odor.
(b) No person shall haul any vegetable substance, dead animal, fish shells, paper, rubbish, ordure slops, unclean or nauseous liquids, gaseous fluids, soot, garbage, putrid meat or any other substance which may cause an unwholesome or offensive odor, into the Township for deposit in other localities, unless said substances or articles are in a covered vehicle, or a vehicle so covered by canvas or other means as to prevent offensive odor.
(Ord. 8. Passed 8-28-50.)
If any land, excavation, cellar, crawl space underneath a structure, vault, sewer or drain placed on premises within the Township shall be damp, unwholesome, offensive or filthy, or be covered during any portion of the year with stagnant or impure water, or shall be in such condition as to produce offensive exhalations, the Superintendent of the Building Department may require the same to be drained, filled up, cleaned or purified by the owner, occupant or person in charge of such lot, premises or place.
(Ord. 184. Passed 8-31-64.)
(a) No person shall create, cause or maintain any nuisance within the Township by the unreasonable creation of dust, smoke, fly-ash or noxious odors, offensive or disturbing to adjacent property owners and residents of the area.
(b) The determination of whether any activity enumerated in subsection (a) hereof is a public nuisance and a violation of this section shall be in the absolute discretion of the Superintendent of the Building Department of the Township, subject only to review by the Township Board, upon proper application therefor made by the alleged violator within fourteen days after such determination by the Building Department Superintendent.
(Ord. 184. Passed 8-31-64.)
No person shall cause or permit to be left outside of any building or dwelling, or in any place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator, deep freeze, trunk or other container of any kind which has an airtight door or lock which is not designed to be released for opening from the inside of said article, without first removing the locks or doors therefrom.
(Ord. 227-A-4. Passed 2-23-81.)
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