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(A) Any person who deposits, throws, discards, or otherwise disposes of any litter on any public or private property or in any waters commits the offense of littering unless:
(1) The property is an area designated by law for the disposal of that type of material and the person is authorized by the proper public authority to so use the property; or
(2) The litter is placed in a receptacle or container installed on the property for that purpose.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LITTER. Includes all waste material susceptible of being dropped, deposited, discarded, or otherwise disposed of by any person upon any property in the state, but does not include wastes of primary processes of farming or manufacturing.
WASTE MATERIAL. Any material appearing in a place or in a context not associated with that material’s function or origin.
(C) Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped, or dumped from any motor vehicle or watercraft in violation of this section, the operator of the motor vehicle or watercraft commits the offense of littering.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-523) Penalty, see § 91.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to build, erect, continue, or keep up any dam or other obstruction in any river or stream of water in the village and thereby raise an artificial pond or produce stagnant waters which shall be manifestly injurious to the public health and safety.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. 28-1303) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) Any person who shall violate or refuse to comply with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter set forth at full length herein or incorporated by reference, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 for each offense. A new violation shall be deemed to have been committed every 24 hours of such failure to comply.
(B) (1) Whenever a nuisance exists as defined in this chapter, the municipality may proceed by a suit in equity to enjoin, abate, and remove the same in the manner provided by law.
(2) Whenever, in any action, it is established that a nuisance exists, the court may, together with the fine or penalty imposed, enter an order of abatement as a part of the judgment in the case.
(Prior Code, § 4-401) (Ord. 2002-16, passed 10-16-2002; Ord. 2004-18, passed 10-6-2004)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 17-207, 17-505, 18-1720, and 18-1722