Section
8.12.010 Definitions
8.12.020 Deposit in public places
8.12.030 Prevention of scattering
8.12.040 Sidewalks; duty of property owners
8.12.050 Sidewalks; duty of merchants
8.12.060 Throwing from vehicles prohibited
8.12.070 Truck loads causing litter
8.12.080 Parks
8.12.090 Bodies of water
8.12.100 Posting notices
8.12.110 Occupied private property
8.12.120 Owner to maintain premises free of litter
8.12.130 Vacant lots
8.12.140 Notice to property owner to remove litter
8.12.150 Non-compliance; abatement by town
8.12.160 Abatement by town; charge added to tax bill
8.12.170 Prohibition against the release of balloons
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE. A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and authorized in Chapter 8.08 of this title.
GARBAGE. Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER. Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined in this section, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
PARK. A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the town, owned or used by the town and devoted to active or passive recreation.
PERSON. A natural person, firm, co- partnership, association or corporation.
PRIVATE PREMISES. Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to the dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
REFUSE. All putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and non-combustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, overgrown grass, brush and weeds, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
TOWN. The Town of Fairfax.
VEHICLE. A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Prior Code, § 8.12.030)
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.
(Prior Code, § 8.12.032)
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