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(A) No person shall dump, deposit, drop, throw, discard, leave, cause, or permit the dumping, depositing, dropping, throwing, discarding, or leaving of litter upon any public or private property in this city, or upon or into any river, lake, pond, or other stream or body of water in this village unless:
(1) The property has been designated by the city or any of its agencies for the disposal of litter, and the litter is disposed of on that property in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the state Pollution Control Board;
(2) The litter is placed into 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 the owner or tenant in lawful possession of the property or has first obtained the consent of the owner or tenant in lawful possession, or unless the act is done under the personal direction of the owner or tenant and does not create a public health or safety hazard, a public nuisance, or a fire hazard;
(4) The person is acting under the direction of proper public officials during special cleanup days; and/or
(5) The person is lawfully acting in or reacting to an emergency situation where health and safety is threatened, and removes and properly disposes of any litter, including but not limited to potentially infectious medical waste as defined in 415 ILCS 5/3.360, when the emergency situation no longer exists.
(B) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $750 for any one offense. A separate offense is committed upon each day such violation continues. In addition, an individual convicted of violating this section by disposing of litter upon a public highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to maintain litter control for 30 days over a designated portion of that highway, including, at the discretion of the agency having jurisdiction over the section of highway in question, the site where the offense occurred, as provided in Section 50 of the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act (620 ILCS 120/50).
(Am. Ord. 08-01, passed 1-7-08)
Statutory reference:
Dumping or depositing of litter, see 415 ILCS 105/4 and 8
Cross reference:
Courtesy Citation Program, see § 34.30
(A) No person shall dump, deposit, drop, throw, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter from any motor vehicle upon any public highway, upon any public or private property or upon or into any river, lake, pond, stream, or body of water in this city except as permitted under § 136.02 (A)(1) through (5). Nor shall any person transport, by any means, garbage or refuse from any dwelling, residence, place of business, farm, or other site to and deposit the material in, around, or on top of trash barrels or other receptacles placed along public highways or at roadside rest areas.
(B) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $750 for any one offense. A separate offense is committed upon each day such violation continues. In addition, an individual convicted of violating this section by disposing of litter upon a public highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to maintain litter control for 30 days over a designated portion of that highway, including, at the discretion of the agency having jurisdiction over the section of highway in question, the site where the offense occurred, as provided in Section 50 of the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act (620 ILCS 120/50).
(Am. Ord. 08-01, passed 1-7-08)
Statutory reference:
Dumping or depositing of litter from motor vehicle, see 415 ILCS 105/5 and 8
(A) No person shall allow litter to accumulate upon real property, of which the person charged is the owner or tenant in control, in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance or in such a manner that the litter may be blown or otherwise carried by the natural elements on to the real property of another person.
(B) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $750 for any one offense. A separate offense is committed upon each day such violation continues.
(Am. Ord. 08-01, passed 1-7-08)
Statutory reference:
Accumulation of litter, see 415 ILCS 105/6 and 8
Cross reference:
Courtesy Citation Program, see § 34.30
(A) Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped, or dumped from any motor vehicle not carrying passengers for hire, the presumption is created that the operator of that motor vehicle has violated § 136.03, but that presumption may be rebutted.
(B) Any person guilty of a violation of this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $750 for any one offense. A separate offense is committed upon each day such violation continues.
(Am. Ord. 08-01, passed 1-7-08)
Statutory reference:
Throwing litter from motor vehicle, see 415 ILCS 105/9
(A) In order to assist the public in complying with this chapter, the owner or person in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation, or as a public way shall cause to be placed and maintained receptacles for the deposit of litter of sufficient volume and in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of the numbers of people customarily coming on or using the property.
(B) For purposes of this section,
PROPERTY HELD OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS includes, but is not limited to commercially operated parks, campgrounds, drive-in restaurants, automobile service stations, business parking lots, car washes, shopping centers, marinas, boat launching areas, industrial parking lots, boat moorage and fueling stations, piers, beaches and bathing areas, airports, roadside rest stops, drive-in movies, and shopping malls; and PROPERTY HELD OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR ASSEMBLAGE, RECREATION, OR AS A PUBLIC WAY includes, but is not limited to any property that is publicly owned or operated for any of the purposes stated in the definition in this division for PROPERTY HELD OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS but excludes state highway rights-of-way and rest areas located thereon.
(C) If no litter receptacles are placed on property described in this section, the owner or person in control of the property shall be fined $100 for violating this section. If the owner or person in control of the property has placed litter receptacles on his property but the number or size of the receptacles has proved inadequate to meet the needs of the numbers of people coming on or using his property as indicated by the condition and appearance of that property, and the owner or person in control has failed to provide sufficient or adequate receptacles within ten days after being made aware of that fact by written notice from the police, he shall be fined $25 for each receptacle not so provided and maintained.
(415 ILCS 105/10)