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 municipality, or upon or into any river, lake, pond, or other stream or body of water in the municipality unless:
(A) The property has been designated by the municipality 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;
(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; or
(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 any litter when the emergency situation no longer exists, including, but not limited to, potentially infectious medical waste as defined in section 3.84 of the Environmental Protection Act.
(ILCS Ch. 415, Act 105 § 4)
(F) (1) On public property, owned by the City, where the City has posted a sign indicating “Private Landscape Waste Only,” people may dump, deposit, drop, leave or discard private landscape waste only, but nothing else, during the hours and on the days so specified on said sign or signs.
(2) Private landscape waste is hereby defined as leaves, brush, grass clippings, timber smaller than four inches in diameter from any private property located in the City of Tuscola, County of Douglas, and State of Illinois. Any of said specified items generated or emanating from private or public property located outside the City of Tuscola, County of Douglas, and State of Illinois, for purpose of this exemption, shall not be considered private landscape waste and its deposit on public property within the City is hereby prohibited.
(Am. Ord. 98-05, passed 5-26-98)
Penalty, see § 136.99