Anti-Litter By-Law 2025 — full text

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## PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ## ANTI LITTER BY-LAW 2025 The following Regulations have been made by the Town Council of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights under the Provisions of Towns and Local Service Districts Act and were approved by Council on the \_day of August, 2025.   ## ANTI LITTER BY-LAW Interpretations: In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) "Act" means the Towns and Local Service Districts Act - (b) "Council" shall mean the Town Council of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights. - (d) "Authorized Receptacle" shall mean a litter storage or collection receptacle as required by the Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights. - (c) "Town" means the Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights. - (e) "Hand Bill" shall mean a printed or written matter, circular sample, advertisement, leaflet or paper other than a newspaper of Her Majesty's mail. - (f) "Litter" shall mean: - (f) (I) Any obnoxious substance, waste or unsanitary matter, refuse, garbage, rubbish or any other matter of things which is discarded, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited tends, or is likely to cause, unsightliness within the Town or creates a danger to health and/or public safety. - (F (II) Wrecked, discarded, dismantled inoperative, unused or apparently abandoned vehicles, trailers and other vehicle trailers and other machinery or any parts thereof. - (g) "Persons" shall mean any person, business, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind. - (h) "Town Manager" shall mean the Town Manager of the Town of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights. 1. Litter in Parks, Walking Trails, and other Public Places: No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, road, lane, park, walking trail or other public place within the Town except in an authorized receptacle in such a manner Walter Keating, Mayor gs5e Juanita Gosse, Town Manager  that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, road, lane or any part of the park, walking trail or any other public place or private property. Where authorized receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park, walking trail or other public place by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein. No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw or deposit litter of any description upon any street or other public place or upon private property within the Town. ## 2. Litter in Waterways No person shall throw or deposit litter in any ditch, pond or stream or other body of water within the Town. ## Truck Loads Causing Litter No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Town unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded, and covered so as to prevent any load contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, lane or public place or private property within the Municipality. ## Posting Notices Prohibited No person shall post or affix any notice, poster, or other matter or device calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamp post, public utility pole, tree or upon any public structures or buildings except as authorized by the Council or required by law. ## Order of Disposal of Litter The Town Manager is empowered and authorized to order the owner or occupier of any private property within the town to properly dispose of any or all litter located on such property. Such order shall be by means of a notice signed by the Town Manager and served upon the owner or occupier. ## Council May Carry out Direction If any notice issued and served under Section 5 is not complied with or is not so far complied with as the Council regards as reasonable within the time named in the notice, the Council may carry out the directions contained in the notice through its officers, agents, employees or contractors and recover the cost of so doing as a civil debt from the person on whom the notice was served. ## 7. Enforcement It shall be the duty of any person assigned by the Council to enforce these regulations: 1. To report the name and address of any person observed or reliably reported to have violated any of the provisions of these regulations. 2. To report the time and nature of the violations of this By-law and any circumstances being relevant to the violation. 3. To serve upon the person violating any provision of this By-Law a notice that the person concerned has violated a provision of this By-law and instructing such person to carry out any order in regard to such violation.  ## 8. Penalty Every person served with a notice of violation shall carry out the instruction contained in such notice. Failure to comply with instruction within the time stated in such notice will make the person liable to fine, on conviction, not exceeding $50.00 and in default of payment of such penalty, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days. Not withstanding anything in the foregoing; any person guilty of throwing bottles or glass from a vehicle or breaking or throwing bottles or glass on public streets or in parks, on walking trails or on other public property within the Town shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100.00 and in default of payment of such penalty, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days. This By-law shall come into effect on the 21 day of August, 2025 and may be cited as the Town Council of Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights Anti Litter By-law.