A. Litter:
1. General Prohibition: 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 the Village or upon or into any river, lake, pond or any other stream or body of water in the Village unless:
a. The property has been designated by the Village for the disposal of litter and the litter is disposed of on that property in accordance with local ordinances and the rules and regulations of the State Pollution Control Board.
b. 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.
c. 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.
d. The person is acting under the direction of proper public officials during special cleanup days.
e. The person is lawfully acting in or reacting to an emergency situation where health and safety is threatened and removes and properly disposes of such litter when the emergency situation no longer exists.
2. Motor Vehicles: 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 the Village except as permitted under subsections A1a through A1e of this subsection. 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 such material in, around or on top of trash barrels or other receptacles placed along public highways or at roadside rest areas.
3. Accumulation Of Litter: 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 onto the real property of another person.
4. Presumption Of Violation By Operator: 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 subsection A2 herein, which presumption may be rebutted.
5. Public Assemblage: 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. For purposes of this subsection, "property held out to the public for the transaction of business" shall be the same as that which is set out at 415 Illinois Compiled Statutes 105/10. (Ord. 354, 7-8-1985)
B. Littering On Highways: It is unlawful for any person to deposit in a public highway or rest area weeds, trash, garbage or other offensive matter or any broken bottles, glass, boards containing projecting nails or any other thing likely to cause punctures in the tires of motor vehicles and any person so offending shall be guilty of a petty offense; however, this subsection shall not apply to proper deposits of harmless materials made in good faith and in a proper manner to repair the roads or to the proper disposal of travel and picnic trash in the waste containers provided for such purpose at rest areas. (Ord. 615, 3-6-1995)