(a) As used in this section
WASTE means all trash, rubbish, garbage, wastepaper, nails, pieces of glass, boards, fruit parings, ashes, cans, bottles, glass, oil, plastics, automobiles without license plates valid in the State, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature and all other refuse or discarded
matter. However, the word does not mean or include recognized by-products of any business or industry having commercial value and regularly handled in the ordinary course of business, unless such by-products are a nuisance or menace to public health.
(b) No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any waste.
(c) No person shall store, throw or sweep any waste into any street, avenue, alley, park or public ground, or place any waste on any sidewalk, street crossing or driveway, or upon the floor, stairway or hallway of any public building, theater, railroad depot or platform, or along, on or near any public or private property in the Village.
(d) No person operating a motor vehicle shall knowingly or unknowingly permit any passenger in such motor vehicle to throw any waste into any street, avenue, alley, park or public ground.
(e) All loose wastepaper, rags and other waste material of such kind as to be subject to be blown about by the wind or otherwise scattered, must be hauled in such a manner as not to litter the streets. Such materials shall not be loaded or unloaded along the public streets or sidewalks, except in suitable containers, cans, boxes, bags or pails.
(f) No person shall dump or store any combustible waste on any public or private property. No person shall dump dirt or other noncombustible material of any kind on public or private property without proper written authority therefor from the Village.
(g) No person having the care of any premises or property in the Village shall be permit gas, oil, liquid dye, chemicals, paints, brine or any other injurious matter to drain or otherwise come in contact with any adjoining premises.
(h) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.