HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-78-02ORDINANCE: .NO.
CHAPTER NO.
AN 'OR~I:NANCEi ON LITTERING.,,' SET.TING .FINE,S.
FOR .VIO.LATION ARD. SET. TING AN EFFE.CTI.VE DATE
BE. 'IT ORDAINED. BY THE '.CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN,
FLORIDA, .as 'follows :'
SeCtion 17'14 .of the Ordinances 'of the '.City of Sehasti:an
i.s h-erebY..amended to include ithel .following provisions:
1 .' De~i!nltiOns :'
('_a.} Litter means 'any. garbage ,'..rubbish,'..lawn clippings ,'
cans., hottl'es,' containers, trash,' .refuse,~ .and papers, including
but not .limited to: discarded machinery, building materials,' furni-
ture ,'..applianceS,' .automobile~ 'and other, vehlcleS, .and similar
ohjeC.ts:.' An item s~all be Consider.ed to be. 'discarded when it can
no longer be used for the. purpos~ ifor which '.it was 'originally'
or
manufactured,/when, it :i.s incapable :of locomotion under its' 'own
or
power,/when it 'has, 'been suJ~atanti.a'lly wrecked or demolished as 'a
result of a collision ~or ~pset,'. for when it has :only salvage-Value.
w. he.r.eby parts :thereOf are kePt :and. used for the. rePlacement '.and
repa'i:r of other items.
(~,}i person means 'any in~_.divi'dual,' .firm, corporation, .
or unincorporated association.
2. It '.shall be Unlawf.ul 'for any person to' throw,, discard,
place,'..or deposit .litter in any mann,er or amount whatsoever in or
on any puhlic high~ay, .road, stree~, alley., thOroughfare ,'..public
righ~.-:of-way.,, sidewalk,'..vacant or adjoining lot,', parks. 'or other
public PlaceS, .except '.in containers 'or areas lawfully provided
therefor, It shall be '.unlawful 'for any person to throw,, discard, .
place .or dePosit any~ litter .in .or on any lakes., rivers, streams,
canals-, basins, coastal waters 'or other body of Water or any part ~
thereof.
3.' Any person violating any ·seCtion of this ordinance ··shall
be '.guilty of a violation of a municipal 'ordinance ~of the. ·.City of
Sehaatia. n, .and upon conviction .may~ be '.fined by. imprisonment no.t.
to exceed six (6.~' montk~ 'or fine not to' eXceed $500.'.'.00,. [or both.
4. Ail 'ord~~,
W~h. '~s 'ordin~,.. or tncon~ist~t wi~. '.the. ~provisions 'of ~is ·
ordinance,' are, 'h~y
5 .',, T~s ordinal..~11 he, me ':effeCtive. ';i~ediate',iy: upon~
its. passa'ge .~
Pak '·Plo'od, Qr,, .Mayor
ATTEST:.
Cilty .cI~rk,'
I HEREBI CERTIFY tkattke'.abOve~ordinance'was 'enacted as'
an emergenc~' ordinance Pursuant '.to F.$.~ 16'6,041,'('4.):, andadopted by
tw~tk~rds 'of the member~'of the',Counci!.of the'.cityof sebastian
on tke /~day'of March,'. !978,
City clerk