For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED AND/OR JUNK VEHICLES.
(1) A vehicle located on public property illegally;
(2) A vehicle left on public property continuously without being moved for three days;
(3) A vehicle located on public property in such a manner as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the movement of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a public right-of-way;
(4) A vehicle that has remained on private property without the consent of the property owner or person in control of the property without the consent of the property owners or persons in control of the property for more than 48 hours;
(5) A vehicle from which there has been removed the engine, transmission, or differential or that is otherwise partially dismantled or inoperative and left on public property;
(6) A vehicle that has been removed by a towing service or a public agency upon request of the Town Marshal and/or Deputy Town Marshals enforcing a statute or ordinance other than this chapter, if the vehicle once impounded is not claimed or deemed by the owner or his or her agent within 15 days of its removal; or
(7) A vehicle that is six or more model years old and mechanically inoperable, and is left on private property continuously in a location visible from public property for more than 30 days.
AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance not known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation or for flight in the air, and includes but is not limited to helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
AUTHORIZED PRIVATE RECEPTACLE. A litter storage and collection receptacle as required and authorized in this subchapter.
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL. Any newspaper or similar publication containing substantial amounts of matter advertising articles or things for sale or any businesses or services for profit which newspaper or similar publication is in normal course distributed without charge and without subscription therefore by the recipients, and includes, but is not limited to, any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, booklet, paper or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original and copies of any matter or literature which:
(1) Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or things;
(2) Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial establishment or activity for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales;
(3) Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of profit; or
(4) While containing reading matter other than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes or for private benefit and gain for any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
LITTER. Garbage, refuse, and rubbish and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited in a manner prohibited by this subchapter, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare or significantly reduces the aesthetic appearance of public or private property or the public right-of-way.
LITTER RECEPTACLE. A dumpster, trash can, trash bin, garbage can or similar container in which litter is deposited for removal.
NEWSPAPER. Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with the federal statute or regulation, any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law and includes but is not limited to any newspaper, periodical or current magazine regularly published and sold to the public by subscription.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL. Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the definitions of a commercial handbill.
PARK. A park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public area in the town owned or used by the town and devoted to recreation.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PRIVATE PREMISES. Any dwelling, house, building, multi-family structure 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 includes but is not limited to any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such 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, wrecked or junked vehicles or parts thereof and solid market and industrial wastes.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly-maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
RUBBISH. Non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, metal, wood, glass, crockery, bedding and similar materials.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
(Ord. 2002-5A, passed 5-28-02; Am. Ord. 2008-2A, passed 3-17-08)