For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DUMPOUT. Any material emptied from a vehicle or building upon streets, roadsides, or public places other than that emptied in appropriate litter receptacles.
HANDBILL. Any printed or written material excluding newspapers, which advertises for sale any commodity, or thing, or which directs attention to any business or other activity, or event of any kind.
LITTER. Any solid waste, including but not limited to, containers, packages, wrappings, printed matter or other material thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, but not including the wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
LITTER BAG. A bag, sack, or other container made of any material which is large enough to serve as a receptacle for little inside the vehicle or watercraft of any person.
LITTER RECEPTACLE. A container meeting the requirements of the department for natural resources and environmental protection.
NEWSPAPER. Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law.
PARK. A reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other areas in the city devoted to active or passive outdoor recreation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY. Any property not publicly owned or held for use by the public.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any area that is used or held for use by the public, whether owned or operated by the public or private interests.
SOLID WASTE. Any putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semi-solid waste, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles or parts thereof, and discarded commodities.
STREETS. Synonymous with and includes any highway, road, alley, collector, local, arterial or freeway within the political subdivision.
SWEEPOUTS. Any collection of debris, resulting from clean-up operations, that is deposited in or around a public place.
VEHICLE. Includes every device capable of being moved upon a public street and in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public street.
(Ord. 594, passed 10-4-11)