(A) LITTER is defined as any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste, including, but not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging material, motor vehicle parts, furniture, appliances, oil, carcass of a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, any object likely to injure any person or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature which exists upon any private property within the jurisdiction of the village. This definition specifically excludes used or antiquated farm equipment.
(B) It is declared a menace to the public safety and welfare and a public nuisance if litter exists upon real property. No owner or tenant in control shall permit litter to exist on his or her property unless:
(1) The property has been designated as an appropriate disposal site for litter by applicable federal, state and local government entities;
(2) The litter is placed in a receptacle or other container intended by the owner or tenant in lawful possession of that property for the deposit of litter;
(3) The person is acting under the direction of proper officials during special clean-up days; or
(4) The person is lawfully acting in or reacting to an emergency situation where health and safety is threatened and removes and properly disposes of the litter when the emergency situation no longer exists.
(C) No litter, garbage, filth, offal or refuse shall be thrown, dumped, deposited, or permitted to fall, leak or spill from a motor vehicle.
(D) Any person causing the violation of this section, and the owner, occupant or lessee of land on which any violation exists, are required to correct the violation as set forth herein and subject enforcement as set forth in § 92.99 of this chapter.
(2010 Code, § 96.21) (Ord. 13-05-04, passed - -2013) Penalty, see § 92.99