Fontana Municipal Code Art. VII Litter

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Aircraft means any contrivance used or designated for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft" shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.

Garbage means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.

Litter means garbage, refuse and rubbish and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited by this article, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.

Park means a park, reservation, playground, recreation center or any other public area in the city owned or used by the city and devoted to active or passive recreation.

Private premises means any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or vacant, and shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure, and any business or professional establishment.

Private receptacle means a litter storage and collection receptacle upon private premises.

Public place means any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.

Public receptacle means a litter storage and collection receptacle on any public place.

Refuse means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.

Rubbish means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.

Vehicle means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Weeds means wild grasses of a wingy or downy nature such as those commonly known as foxtails, tumbleweeds, devil thorn, hoarhound, gourd vines and other wild grasses.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the city except in public receptacles, in private receptacles for collection, or in official city dumps.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property. Such receptacles shall have lids or covers.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the city the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

Persons owning or occupying places of business within the city shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises free of litter.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the city, or upon private property.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the city unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the city, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit, in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall throw or deposit litter in any part within the city except in public receptacles in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided in this article.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within the city any litter, handbill or any other object.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamppost, public utility pole or shade tree, or upon any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property within the city, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the city, whether owned by such person or note.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

All public or private receptacles for the deposit or collection of litters shall have lids or covers which shall fit securely thereon or thereto and shall be kept securely fastened upon such receptacle while it contains litter.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

(a) The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain that property free of litter and weeds. Where street curbs are in front of, behind or alongside of any such property, the owner or person in control of the property shall at all times keep that area between the curb and property clear of litter and weeds. Where there are no curbs between the paved street and the private property, the owner shall at all times keep the area between his property and that portion of the street right-of-way which is maintained by the city for vehicular use clear of litter and weeds.

(b) This section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in private receptacles for collection.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

The accumulation of litter and weeds in any yard or lot, or upon any premises within the city, where such use for such property is not expressly provided for and permitted by law, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and dangerous to public health and the safety of the inhabitants of the city and may be abated in accordance with article 1 of chapter 18 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)

The provisions of this article shall not be interpreted as exclusive remedies available to the city, but may be applied cumulatively or alternatively to any other provision or provisions of this Code or any applicable law.

(Ord. No. 1427, § 1, 8-19-03)