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Prohibitions
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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
The following Regulations
re enacted
by the Town of Pasadena
pursuant
to Section 414(
2)(
pp)
of the
Act
9
NL 1999, c M-
24,
as amended.
Mayor
Short Title
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Town of Pasadena
Anti - Litter Regulations.
Definitions
2.
In these Regulations:
a) "
Authorized
Receptacles" shall mean
a storage or collection receptacle designed
for the collection
of Litter.
b) "
Commercial Property" means any property or building that is used or designed
for
use for business, commercial, industrial, or institutional
purposes.
c) "
Council" shall mean the Town
Council of the Town of Pasadena.
d) "
Litter" means
refuse, debris, litter, garbage
or
any unsanitary, offensive
or
injurious
substance
or
article
of
any
kind, including
but
not
limited
to
any
dilapidated
or unsightly vehicle, machine, article or thing.
e) "
Municipal
Enforcement
Officer" means
any
individual
appointed
pursuant
to
Section
179 of the Act.
f) "
Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.
g) "
Occupant" means any Person who:
i)
owns or resides at;
ii)
conducts business at;
iii)
is in physical possession of; or
iv)
has responsibility for, or has lawful control
over the condition of or activities
conducted
on
any real property within the jurisdiction of the Town of Pasadena.
Person" means a natural person or any other legal entity.
Regulations" means these Anti -Litter Regulations.
Removal Order" has the meaning
set forth in Section 11.
Town" means the Town of Pasadena.
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3.
No Person
shall throw, place, dump, deposit, or permit to be thrown, placed, dumped, or
deposited
any Litter in or upon any public place within the Town, including
but not limited
to streets, roads, sidewalks, parks, and bodies of water.
4.
No Person shall throw, place, dump, deposit, or permit to be thrown, placed, dumped, or
deposited any Litter in or upon any private property within the Town regardless
of whether
that Person is the Occupant of the property or not, except to the extent that the Occupant
of the property
maintains Authorized Receptacles
for the collection
of Litter in accordance
with Section 8.
5.
All Persons
shall
keep their respective property and the sidewalk fronting
their property
free of any Litter.
6.
The Occupant of a Commercial
Property shall keep the street, sidewalk, and drainage
ditch
or curb and gutter abutting
or adjacent to their Commercial Property free of all Litter.
7.
No
person
shall
post or affix any notice, poster, or similar
instrument
to any lamp post,
public
utility
pole, tree, or upon
any
public
structure
or building
except
as
may
be
authorized
by Council
or required by law.
Use of Authorized
Receptacles
8.
All Persons shall ensure that Litter is stored only in Authorized Receptacles and shall do
so in such
a manner as to prevent
the Litter from being carried, deposited, or otherwise
distributed
throughout
any public space
or private
property
of another Person within the
Town.
Disposal Notices
9.
A Municipal
Enforcement
Officer may issue
a notice in writing to an Occupant who fails to
comply
with
these
Regulations (
a " Notice"). The Notice shall
require that, within
a
prescribed time, the Occupant(
s)
dispose
of any Litter located
or improperly
stored upon
such property.
10.
If an Occupant cannot be located such that a Notice cannot be served upon them despite
the reasonable efforts
of the Municipal Enforcement Officer and/
or the Town, the Notice
may be affixed or posted
to any door of any building on the property or, if there
are
no
buildings, any visible location
on the property. A Notice served
in accordance
with this
Section
10 shall be deemed
to have been property
served
on the Occupant
after the
expiration
of Seventy -Two ( 72) hours after it was so posted
or affixed.
Removal Orders
and Enforcement
11.
If an Occupant fails to comply with a Notice issued pursuant to Section 9, the Council may,
by a majority vote, cause the Litter to be removed
and disposed of (a " Removal Order").
12.
The Council
may also, by majority vote, require the Occupant(
s)
to reimburse the Town
for all reasonable expenses
incurred in relation to a Removal Order.
13.
A Municipal
Enforcement
Officer
or any other person duly assigned by the Council
to
enforce these Regulations
shall be responsible for the enforcement
of a Removal Order.
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Penalties
14.
A Person
who contravenes
or fails to comply with these Regulations is upon
summary
conviction
guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $ 100 and not more
than $ 1,
000 or to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months or to both the fine
and the imprisonment.
15.
Prosecution
under these Regulations
may be taken
summarily
by any member
of the
Council
or by any police authority or by any Person authorized
by the Council.
Coming Into Force
16.
These Regulations
were adopted and passed by Council at a meeting held
on the 3rd day
of October, 2022, and are effective
as of that date.
a)
Amended `,
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