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Troy Alabama Code of Ordi nances

CHAPTER 11 HEALTH amp SANITATION

ARTICLE IV LITTERING

Sec 11-47 Unlawful posting of handbills signs notices and advertisements

No person whether or not a licensed bill poster shall paste post paint print or in any way fasten any handbill sign notice advertisement of any kind or character (to include political posters) on any curb sidewalk street or any bridge or any structure within the limits of any street in the city and no person shall paste post paint print or in any way fasten any handbill sign notice or advertisement of any kind or character upon any private wall window door gate fence advertising board or upon any other private structure or building unless such person is the owner or otherwise legally in possession thereof without the consent of the owner or the owners authorized agent in writing Nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to the posting of legal notices by public officers and attorneys in the manner and places prescribed by law not to the circulation and distribution by any merchant or advertisement of such merchants own private business or of articles for sale exclusively by such merchant (Ord No 84 sect 7 8-27-91)

Cross references Posting handbills placards and advertisements sect 14-5

ORDIH ftCE NO ~4

AN ORDINAHCE kELATIHG

TO LITTERING iH THE CIT UF TROY

llHEltEAS The City Councll 01 the Cl ty of Troy recoJnizps the

euroX1st-enCE of a Beri ouB l itter prob elll JO toe i 1y o f Tr oy nc

WHEREAS as a result o f t is prob ea there are are B of the

C1 ty Thich are unsight y cnd unat tracti e there~y advPTmiddotoegtJ v

ar fe-ct1ng the health and veIl-being oj t ne c1tizens 0 ~h 15

comMunity and

WHEREAS the City o f T r oy 18 desirous of enac~ l n q a

c o mprehensive o r d1narce regulatio g and cantrolling llt er LO the

e l ty of Troy

NOw THEREFORE 9E IT ORDAI HED BY THE CIT COUNCIL )F THE

C Tt OF TROY 15 FOLLOS

Se-ction 1 bull Deiin l L i o ns

bull Ll t ter Garbage refuse aste Lncl udiog b t rot lli t ed t o a n y paper c artons cans etal g la e p lasti cs wr a ppinge boxes or cardboard hether or not i t i s of v u e and 1 urther Y eth er ar no t t he same is per i s hable OT non-perishable The ter~ shell al 0 include an y abandoned unatte nded or diSshycarde d ice bo x ~frigerator or other conta 1ner wbich h a s an airt igh t d o or or Lid snaploc k or o t her de lce whicb lIIight be re Dved iro t he inSldE washer dryer o r any at-her appliance~

- Goe r c ial pre l ses Any 101 r any bui din or a ny part there of used 10 c onnect1on wi th ar 1 r the car Ylng o n of an y USlness trade OCCUpamptAon or prafeBslon for which a 11cense ~s required by the City

middot c tat i on A notice specifying a v i olat i on of the proYlsions 01 th is ordina nce which directs th vlolator to appea r in the uniclpal Court to n wer to the charge o r c herges bull

middot Corrective Rotice A written Hot-i c e infor ming the reclplent thereof of a violation of the provisJ~DS o f this o rdinanc e a n d spec lfyiog a period 01 tl1ftE l n which ~o correct said violat onmiddot

-Garbage andlor rubhisl can A Watertght recep t acle or container or s ubst- ntial consTruction made 01 reLoforced or ribbed plastiC o r 01 galvanlzeo iron or r ust proo~ etal having a c apacity of not iEBB than ten nor ore than ninety gallons with t gh t fitting lid or cover with not less than one iardlE o n the lld o r cover and two handles on the receptacle OT container b7 which sae ay be ~o~ shy

venient l y lifted or ~oved middot

middotPerson Any person tir part lersh lp corpora _on

assacia1 ion c o pany businesE or organizat3on of any k1nd bull

Pla st i c Bag A P Batie bag OT ho lder of suffi c ie n t th3cknes anc nrenqth t_o be lifted ard loaded i thshyout tear~ng o r eaking and capab e 01 bei ng securely closed or t ied s hut- lII

middot Prem3seos Any u110 n g o r r eal p r operty and sbaJl l nclude public or private T Oper1Y c ity streets and puhliC 19h e y s shy

middot Pumiddot 1u Pr-o p e rt Y Shall incl d e p roper 1Y Dyn e-a b the C1ty coun1 or state and aLL street s and t i~ hshy

Way s with in he city whe ther or not lhEY are p Lb J i c highways

middotDis~antleO Junked or Abandoned veh i cles Shall includE maJ or parts thereof jnc l uding b odies engi nes t ran slIli esions rEer ends e tc

middot Vehicle Legal ly o r Physically Incapable Of Bein~l

Operated~ Shall include a vehicle which does nct have at t ached a urrent li c ense tag according to l a w or whi ch lacks t he equipment in good Dperat ~r~ condi t ~on as r~qu1red by l awshy

Section 2 SPLl ing Veh3cle Loa ds LittEr Thrown F r o ta Ve-hic~Egts

t a ) 1t shall bE un~aful r or any person to ar l v(~

oper te or permiddotmi t to ~e opera ted a ny veh ~_c e

upon the public str eets or other public ways of the City or its PoLi ce Jurisd~ctjon vhpn ouch vehicle ~e so corstructed maintained or loaded that graYel cement l i quid asphat petroleum products t a T trasb pape r debr is er li tter of any kind i s per i tted 10 be thro yn ~rD blow sp l or veste fro~ such veh i c_e upo n the pub1tc strmiddoteets or other public way s

(b) 11 shall be unlaw~ul ior any person 1 irm or corpora~~on to h aul garb g e p aper or li~ ~er as defined hereinabove unless the truck or veh~cle ~s covered secured or sealed to ~he extent that there vil l be no 1 DSS or spi llg e durLng haulage to cause ~ittering of stree~s highY2ls or cause a nuisance or hazard to -he publ i e heal th_

(c) I t shall be unlaf ul for any person to throw drop or allow t o ~ all any type of litter Yhatsoever from a ny t ypE of veh i cle upon t he public streets a lleys thoroughfare-g or )lher publ~c ways o f the C1ty

(dl Neither s ub-section 2 ( a J 2(0 ) or 2t c) or t uS ordina~ce s hall apply to the deposit of s and or other substances o n the streets of the Citmiddot Eor the purpose of 1ncreasing tractio n s~reet

repair aT ma~ntenance of utilities aT the JS~ 01

vat e r or o t h e r subs tances in c leani~g o r ma~ shyta1n Lng publ~c ~treets or public ways when 3uch acLs aTe perforllled by the C~ ty or c antractor conduct~ng such actions purs uant to vali d contract wi~h the City

(poundo j Any person opera t ing or permitting to be operated a veh1cl e ~n Violat ion of sub-se~t lon 2 (al 2 b) o r 2(c ) s hall immediately cause the PUbl i c street o r yay to be clear~d of such objects and s hall bear t h e c osts therof

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Sectlon 3 11 shall De nlawfu f or any perso OYrI ) Dg r es ~ding on or having ~harge or con~rol 01 any pre~ises or vacant 10 y)t~in the Clty to ~lloy

any accuula1)on of I l t1er or 1rasn ltexcept for collectlon purposeB on r -Ec-gu rl y 9che-du ed coll ec1i on day and Jn a manner as c uthor zed 0 n sa1d p ree1 SES or vacant lot

Section 4 Whenever there is any a ccumulatlon of tras~

debr1s o r l itter on pny suc h reEl- S ES o r v ae 01

l o t (except for collectlon purposes on reg larly scheduled collection days and in a manner as auth orized) t h e Litter Control Of f i cer s hall give notice in vr ting 10 t he PEgtTSOII owning residing on o r h a ving charge or c ontrol thereof t hat such t rash or dehr s JnUst be removec Yith~n four~een (14) days ~or t hEgt da te ~

deli ver y 0 amp cb no~xce Such Notice may b e served upon t he person to Yho~ it is direct eo by r egistered or ce~t~Xied ~ail return recei rt requested If the oyner at the land lS no~ ~

reSident of the Cly and no person Teslde-d thereon or has c harge or OOll1 r middot 1 of the- pre-Il~ses

or vacant lot and the address of t he owner ~r

perBon baving contro l thereof 1-5 unknown and cannot by reasonable diligence he aElcertainegte the notice an 1 be se rved by posting a copy thereof 0 the property _ Any person who o~ns OT

has charge or c ontrol o any of any pre ~poundlES or vacanl lot a n d who after h a ving rec eived rot~c~ as provided for 1 n this s ection and fails tc re DYe the trash d ebr is or 1jtter therefr an shall be gui l~y f a ~ iBdEmeanor

SE-ct i o 5 It shall he unl awf~l for the occupa nt of a y s tore shop cr bVi l ding ar t o an y other jeJElon to pace any t rash lAtter or other vaste ~ctEr1al

on the pre ispoundgts outside of such bUAlding e gt CEpt i t be 1 n a s uitab l e receptacle or plastic t ilpound or conta~ner ~t the readily convenient place e asily accessible to t he trash collector It s h al l be the dut y o t the occupant af any SLct store shop room h ouse or bu Iding to keef ~ny

walkway BidewalIt thruway al ley or other pubic vay adjacen t theretc and t_he lot on which the sallie i s l o c atE-ct clean and free iru all traSh litter ane yaste ~ater~al exce=t that which 1s p lace d u proper receptacles on ~te prelllisEs It sha ll be the duty 01 the ocepmiddotmiddot n t of any such storE shop room ho ge or bUllclng to sore all sue gaT t-age vale and middottrapound~ E ~

middotthat it ca nn gtt bee o e scatter ~d by wind dc gpound Dr

othervise

SE-ction 6 It sh51l be unlayful Jar any pers on i chargEmiddot or c on trol or any preiaes La alloy ar permit garbage o r t rash container to be ope n or Lnmiddot covered a nd it shall be nlayul fOT any ouch person t perit or allov an accutaulation c i gar shybage t rash or l i tter i n th v ci ity Gi an garb ge r t rash containe _ SerYl0 such prE~lses

S ect ion 7 No person he tner o r rlCl t a licensed bil pcsier s hall pasl( post p3 nt p7 T t or en a y a fasten yny handbil sign notice a~vertl~e~~nt of any k l nd or character ( to lnclude ~o llt ~c a pOSLera) on a ny c~rb s)oewa lk s t reet or ary bridge or any structure wlth1n the 1iml a c f any street in the City and no person shall paste post pa1nt print or in any wa fasten any hmiddotnd h i ll sign not~ce or edvertis~ment o f c n

_ raa or ellal ctE U OL ltgt7 f Pll va te a 1 _ Vl nc oy door gate nCE aave-tls~ng bOe-O or u pcn an other prlvate s~ructure or oULlding unless ~ch

person ~s toe ovner or otnery~se lega~ly iiO possession ~hereot Ylthout ~he consent oj tre o n er or the a neT s authorized agent ~n vT1ting o~hin9 herelD cant lnec snal l be constPJec io

apply to Lhe post~ng o f leg l nOL 1CeS by ptbllC otficers and atto--neys n the anner and pl ates prescr ibed by l ay n o t to the clrculatl0n Eno dlstrlbu-lon by any erchant or advertise~middotnt at suen merc nan~ s ovn private b UBi ne-ss or of art shy~ cl es for sale exclus Jvely by such merchant

(a) It shall be unlawful t o r all Y person to le~vp

any partlally disantled a bandoneltl nono pe--rltJtlng vrecked or junked vehicle on any streett~gbway a ley thoroughfare publ1c r1ght - o f lay 07 any ower publ~c vay v1thln the cJty of 1tS p( l~ce

] urisd~ction

( b I I t Bha~ be u n avf t 1 t or a n y person J n c hltgtr qe or c ontrol of any rea property within t hE c 1 ty vhether BS oyner tenant occupant Jes seE or otherwlse t o el1o any par t ialy d1smant Jeti nonopera t 1 ng anaononed wrecked j u nked 01

dlBC raed v e hicle to relllaln an such rea pro e rty longer than forty-e1ghL 118) h o zs except tnet section shall not apply with Ieg ard t O a vehlcle in an enclosed bui ding a e-hJc le o n the prealaes Df a bUSiness enter prlse opera ted in a lawful place and aanner vhEn n e cess ary to the ope-r a t 1on o f such b usin e O g e-nte-rprise or a vehicle io ar appropriat t storage place or depos itory aintained 1n a lawful p ace a nd a n Tle-r by thE city

S ect1on 3 Removal Required (8) The owner or any veillcle descr~be-d In Seciun

8 of tn 19 ordinance sha ll re Dve the same vi~h1n seven (7 ) days af~er being ordered to do ~o in wrl ~ing by ~he owner lessee o r occupant ~f Lhe pre ~ses where the vEh lcle s h a ll be fOUIIO f tne owner 0 1 e cn v etncle 1S not knovn ar c annot rea d i ly be ascertaine-d notice to reaove Inay be given by a t tachi ng s uch notice to the o e hicle

(b) If the oyner of such vehicle 19 also ~he ( IVrer or uccupant of the pre Lses not1ce tO TealQv e shal l be g i vec by the litte~ entral ot~cel

(cl I f e ch vehlc l E 18 on a C1ty stre-et hlghmiddota a lle y thoroughpoundare publlC r ight - o i -way OI

o the r public yay forty-e1ght ( 48 ) h our nctlce to reave the SBRle shall be glven b y the 1 ~ termiddot contro_ afi1cer and the o vner thereof sh~ l l

remove middott he same 1 WleQ~ately

d) Ii s uch yehicle cons~itu~ee a presen~ hazamprc or ~s obstruct~ng traIf~c or ~s obstruct~ng iLngresB to or egress fr OID publl c or prlvate pro perty t h e litter control off~cer shall have said vehlcle reraoved imediatel) theref ro and the owner ther~of shall be respons ible f or ~nd s h al l pay to ~he city all costs for such remova l

(e) Any yeh1cle on prellllces n Ol ovned or 0 cuf JFd by the OYner of the vehicle whIch is present ~lthshyut thE OYne-T or occupant~ c u nsent rna) bE

deewlEgtd middotta be abanooned

SEct i on 10 Enforce-ae-nt tamp) The 10110v1ng are hereby des~gnateo as l~tte

conLTOl officere (1) All fol1ce Of flcers 01 the Gity of Tr~y (2) All _ployees of the L1cenSE afld lo9pec

1]on Departme-nt of 1 he 1 ty at Troy 3) The Pub11c _ rKS Direc~Dr ~na ~he

Operallons DirECto7 of Lheuro Cl -y ot r ry (4) A~y _ployee 01 the Llty as tne nay r

IRBy diTEct (h) Procedures

(1) Corr ect1VE Notice of VlO a~l n An ltter cont rol officer of the City j roy ma LBsue a corre-ct ve notlce ot vl01atlon to

any perBGfl found tc be In v 10lation of cn) of the citys 11ttering orciinancee Sa)d notice s hall 1nd~cate the nature of the v10lat lon and speclfy a def1nite percod oj 11me n which to corr CL the v101stion Sald cgtr1od 01 tiIIf so spEgtci f iEd shal r o bull tiP lese thar five t ~) day~ nOlO more che l 10 J

thj ty days provded however that UndeI specal clrcuIIstance s to be detE-ralned 111

1he sole d1Bcretion 01 the lltter control o fflcer art enlarged per10d of time may be al oyed up to a lIIaxilllUlD D i three (3) onth8 Fallure to comply ith such noticeurogt shal_ constitute ~ separate offense

(2) Issuance of ci tat100 In addl tioD ~ 0 the corrective notce 01 vc~ation prov1ded for here i nabove wnen any elllp1oye-e of the C tmiddot designated as a letter cortrol of fcer aB bereinabove defined ooservES fly vcla -2on of the prQViB~On at ~hi8 ord~ance s C~

EllIP oye-e may ssue cm o r prov1oed )DI be C1ty a C1 tat1 0n and de11ver I t to the e~so~ claimed to be In vlolctlon oi thE- C1t

ord1nanc e Sa1d Cita~i on aball epeclty tE

v1alation or violat1ons observed by the litter c ontr a 0f i 1cer and shal furthr direct the per s on to vhow thE- cJ tet on s issue d to appear 1 n the un1cipal Co Tt of the City of Troy at a t e and on a dat~ apec1= i e d in the c 1 tation to answer the ch~rge or charges speciiJed in the ctat1~n Sa~d citation is not an arrest and ~ae reshycipi ent cf lhe citation shal not ~e detaLned e xcept pursuant to a laviu arrest made by a pol~ce o f f1cer II the event the ~ersc~ so c1ted 1a119 to appear ~n the ftuoic~pal ourt 00 the Gate and tll11E speclflEd ~n tne notice then ttll Iitter centrol o1fice-r shall obta1n a varrant for tne arrest of lhe persoIl so c1ted a n the varrant v i be procease1 through the nunicipal Court i n the sz me lIIanrre-r as any ether varrant returnable t o theshy~uDicipal Court

(3) The polJce- oft1cers and other el1lp1oyees or the Citydesignated as litter control officers and authorized to issue c11at10D9 as aboYEgt pro ide-d aTpoundgt hereby ur1he-r aushythori zed to obta1r ar-eoet lIarran15 c1ar 9 lng persons or corporatl00S with vl0latlc~s cf the JlltpoundgtTlng ard3na~ce o~ the City Yhpt~pr

or not a citation fo E~ch Vl0 a~iDn has beE~ j ssuec

(4) In lleu ot appearing 1n c ourt to answer to the c1tation any person lllay after slgning a waiver 01 trial and gUllt plea pay a fine or fines in accorda nce vth the Code 01 the

C1ty 01 Tr o y ~nd the or~0rs n rU lE-pound o 1he

n nlc~pal Luurt

SecC_on 11 _ Any p~rsofl who ShEd ial to coap y v- th al) nf

the prov ~son9 of tn1s ordinance shall be ~u tV ot a ml sde-taetsnor a (1 u~on CO~1 ct lon there-oj shell be ~unlshEd apound follows

t E i F1rst of fensE Not ess ~h3n Ole ztuna-pc Do 1 51~~ ~~ ) nor mOFe ~han Th~e ~ ndrec _0 __ amp15

t$ e 0tn ~

b Secane oi eSE ~ct ~ eES tha Tyo Bundr-ed he 1 ax-s

( ~ 00 fII j lor melr ther Fotr -Iundec )G1 a-~

~~00 001 (c Tn rd o=- BubsE-quent oif nse- Hot 1 ESS than Tlreot~

HundreCl DO Llars ($300 00) [or Tlcre ban F~ V~middot

Hundred lJol~ars ( $010160 ) EGlon oays- V~OLa1Hm

o~ the prov~B~ons of L~l8 ordinance shall constl-tute- a se-arate ai l e-rIse punlStlable a~

hereln provldPd

Segte t or 12 Trtis ordlnance exprE-ssl-y does not Cpoundpeal an oLher prD~1s~on 01 the Ci~y CDO~ lncuc~nc

those relatlng ge-nralJy or sp~ciccly to tIP

ubjec~ OT traeh q- rbaqe or ~l~~el ~

S e ct_ on 13 t 13 the lntEnt)on of lne C~t) Counc11 Ila s parate prov~s~on 01 th~s od1nance shall e deeued independent at all at-her pro ~S1 ena 1ElelCl

and ~t 16 iurttHI the 1ntentJLon 01 tbe Coun(1 that f any p r OVlS10n ot this ordinance be de cl ared 1 Dva ld or urlcofJst~ tut lollal all at PI

p r 017iS1005 thereot snal rema1 n vallC~ ald eld 1 ce ble

Sect~on 14 A l ordinances and part o f crdina~ces In coni llct her~p J th a re- to t he- e~tent ct SlC

conji1ct her~by repedl~

~_C~~8n l~ h 9 ord~ ancp sha~l b~come eJiect1ve Jan~~lY 1 ~~~2 nd pub11cat~on ~s provloed ~y ~EV