CHAPTER 136: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Section

Litter

   136.01   Definitions

   136.02   Dumping or depositing of litter prohibited; exemptions

   136.03   Dumping or depositing litter from motor vehicle prohibited

   136.04   Accumulation of litter prohibited

   136.05   Presumption of violation by operator throwing litter from motor vehicle

   136.06   Receptacles required in public areas

   136.07   Power of court to order removal of litter

Possession of Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia

   136.20   Paraphernalia used with cannabis

   136.21   Prohibiting the sale and possession of items designed or marketed for use with illegal cannabis or drugs

   136.22   Possession of cannabis prohibited

Fireworks

   136.35   Possession of fireworks

   136.99   Penalty

LITTER

§ 136.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   LITTER. Any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. LITTER may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste; newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers, or other packaging construction material, abandoned vehicle, as defined in 625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq., motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind; any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard; potentially infectious medical waste as defined in 415 ILCS 5/3.360; or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of improperly.

(415 ILCS 105/3)

   MOTOR VEHICLE. As defined in Chapter 70 of this code of ordinances.

(2000 Code, § 136.01)