Ordinance 1610ORDINANCE NO. 1610
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 3.32 IN THE EDMONDS CITY CODE;
ADOPTING THE STATE UNIFORM LITTER CONTROL CODE
ORDINANCE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY; PRESCRIBING DESIGN AND PLACEMENTT FOR
LITTER RECEPTACLES; PROHIBITING DAMAGING LITTER
RECEPTACLES; PROVIDING FOR LITTER REMOVAL AND
MANDATORY LITTER BAGS; REGULATING LITTER CONTROL
IN PUBLIC PLACES, SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND PRIVATE
RESIDENCES AND PROPERTY; REGULATING THE DISTRIBU-
TION OF COMMERCIAL AND NONCOM14ERCIAL HANDBILLS;
PROHIBITING THROWING OF LITTER FROM VEHICLES,
WATERCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT; PROVIDING FOR CITY
INSPECTIONS FOR LITTER CONTROL COMPLIANCE AND
RECEPTACLES; PRESCRIBING ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
AND PROCEDURES; GENERALLY REGULATING AND PROHIBITING
LITTER; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF SAID ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 3.32.010 Short title. This Ordinance shall
be known and may be commonly referred to and cited as the "Uniform
Litter Control Code".
Section 3.32.020 Definitions. As used in this
uniform litter control code, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. All
words used in the present tense include the future and past tense;
all words in the plural number include the singular number, and
all words in the singular number include the plural number. The
word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
(1) "City" means the city of Edmonds , Washington.
(2) "Commercial handbill" is any printed or written
matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet,
paper, booklet, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced
original or copies of any matter of literature, excluding NEWS-
PAPERS:
(a) Which advertises for sale any merchandise,
product, commodity, or .thing; or
(b) Which directs attention to any business or
mercantile or commercial establishment, or other activity,
for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting
the interest thereof by sales; or
(c) Which directs attention to or advertises any
meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition, or event of
any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the
purpose of private gain or profit; but the terms of this
clause shall not apply where an admission fee is charged
or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying
the expenses incident to such meeting, theatrical perfor-
mance, exhibition, or event of any kind, when either of
the same is held, given or takes place in connection with
the dissemination of information which is not restricted
under the ordinary rules of .decency, good morals; public
peace, safety and good order; -Provided, that nothing
contained'in this clause shall be deemed to authorize the
holding, giving or taking place of any meeting, theatrical
performance, exhibition, or event of any kind, without a
license, where such license is or may be required by any.
law of this State, or under any ordinance of this City; or
(d) Which, while containing reading matter other
than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially
an advertisement, and is distributed or circulated for
advertising purposes, or for the private benefit and gain
of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
(3) "Highway" for the purpose of this ordinance is
synonymous with and includes STREET, ROAD and alley.
(4) "Litter" means all solid wastes including but not
limited to containers, packages, wrapping, printed matter or
other material thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, but
not including the wastes of the primary processes of mining, log-
ging, sawmilling, farming. or manufacturing.
(5) "Litter bag" means a bag, sack, or other container
made of any material which is large enough to serve as a receptacle
for LITTER inside the VEHICLE or WATERCRAFT of any PERSON.
(6) "Litter receptacle" means those containers meeting
minimum requirements of STATE REGULATIONS of the state department
of ecology.
(7) Newspaper is any newspaper of general circulation
as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the
Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with
Federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded
with any recording officer as provided by general law; and in
addition thereto, shall mean and include any periodical or current
magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per
year, and sold to the public.
(8) "Non-commercial handbill" is any printed or written
matter, any sample, or device, dodger, circular, leaflet pamphlet,
newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet, or any other printed or
otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature
not included in the aforesaid definitions of a COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
or NEWSPAPER.
(9) rr Park is a park, reservation, playground, beach,
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recreation center or any other area in the CITY, devoted to
active or passive outdoor recreation.
(10) "Person" is any individual, political subdivision,
government agency, municipality, industry, public or private
corporation, co -partnership, association, firm, or other entity,
whatsoever.
(11) "Private residence" shall mean any privately owned
yard, grounds, walk, driveway, dwelling, house, building or other
structure, including appurtenant porches, steps or vestibules, used
or designed either wholly or in part for private residential pur-
poses, whether single familyjduplex or multiple, and whether in-
habited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
(12) ''Public place" means any area that is used or held
out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or
private interests.
(13) "Road" for the purpose of this ordinance is synonymous
with and includes STREET, HIGHWAY and alley.
(14) "Solid Waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible
solid and semisolid wastes including garbage, rubbish, ashes, in-
dustrial wastes, swill, demolition and construction wastes,.abandoned
vehicles or parts thereof, and discarded commodities.
(15) "State regulations" means the regulations duly pro-
mulgated and adopted by the state department of ecology pursuant
to Chapter 34.04 RCW and codified or prepared for codification as
part of the Washington Administrative Code, copies of the applicable
portions of which are attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and by this re-
ference are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
(16) "Street" for the purpose of this ordinance is
synonymous with and includes ROAD, HIGHWAY and alley.
(17) "Vehicle" includes every device capable of being
moved upon a public STREET and in, upon, or by which any PERSON
or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public
STREET, excepting devices moved by human or animal power or used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(18) "Watercraft" means any boat, ship, vessel, barge,
or other floating craft.
Section 3.32.030 Litter in general. No PERSON
shall throw, drop, deposit, discard or otherwise dispose of
LITTER upon any STREET, alley, sidewalk or any other PUBLIC PLACE
in the CITY or upon a PRIVATE RESIDENCE or other private property
not owned by him, or in any waters within the jurisdiction of
the CITY whether from a VEHICLE or otherwise except:
(1) When such property is designated by the state or
by any of its agencies or the CITY for the disposal of GARBAGE
and REFUSE, and such PERSON is authorized by the proper public
authority to so use such property; or
(2) Into a LITTER RECEPTACLE or other container in such
manner that the LITTER will be prevented from being carried away
or deposited by the elements upon any part of said PUBLIC PLACE,
PRIVATE RESIDENCE or other private property; or
(3) When such PERSON is the owner or does have control
or custody of'the property, or has prior consent of the owner or
tenant in lawful poss%sion of such property, or unless the act
is done under the personal direction of said owner or tenant and
provided said litter will not cause a public nuisance or be in
violation of any other state or local laws, rules or regulations.
Penalty. Any PERSON violating the provisions of this
section shal =e guilty of a misdemeanor and the fine or bail
forfeiture for such violation shall not be less than ten dollars
for each offense, and, in addition thereto, in the sound discretion
of the court, such PERSON may be directed by the court to pick up
and remove from any PUBLIC PLACE or any. PRIVATE RESIDENCE or other
property, with permission of the legal owner or other PERSON having
legal possession, upon which it is established by competent evidence
that such PERSON has deposited LITTER, any and all LITTER deposited
thereon by anyone prior to the date of execution of sentence.
Section 3:32.040 Placement of litter receptacles.
(1) LITTER RECEPTACLES shall be placed in all PARKS,
trailer parks in respect to the service of transient habitation,
gasoline service stations,.tavern parking lots, shopping centers,
grocery store parking lots, marinas, boat launching areas,
beaches, bathing areas and other such PUBLIC PLACES in numbers
appropriate to need as specified by STATE REGULATION.
(2) It shall be the responsibility of any PERSON owning
or operating any establishment or PUBLIC PLACE in which LITTER
RECEPTACLES are required by this section to procure and place
and maintain such LITTER RECEPTACLES at their own expense on
the premises in accord with such STATE REGULATIONS.
(3) Penalty. Any PERSON who fails to place such
LITTER RECEPTACLES on the premises in the numbers and design
required by STATE REGULATION, violating the provisions of this
section, shall be subject to a fine of ten dollars for each day
of violation.
Section 3.32.050 Use of receptacles.
(1) PERSONS placing LITTER in LITTER RECEPTACLES shall
do so in such manner as to prevent it from being carried or de-
posited by the elements upon any STREET, sidewalk or other PUBLIC
PLACE or upon any PRIVATE RESIDENCE or other private property.
(2) LITTER RECEPTACLES placed on sidewalks and other
PUBLIC PLACES shall be used only for such LITTER material as
PERSONS may have for disposal while passing along the street or
other PUBLIC PLACES and in no event shall be used for the disposal
of other SOLID WASTE accumulated in residences or places of
business.
Section 3.32.060 Damaging receptacles. It shall be
unlawful for any PERSON to wii u y damage or deface any LITTER
RECEPTACLE of another PERSON.
.Penalt . Upon conviction for such violation such violator
shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars for each such
violation.
Section 3.32.070 Removal of litter. It shall be the
responsibility of the local municipality, FEFer agency or PERSON
owning or maintaining the same for the -removal of LITTER from
LITTER RECEPTACLES placed in PARKS, beaches, campgrounds, and
other PUBLIC PLACES.
Section 3.32.080 Mandatory litter bags. The owner and
PERSON in possession of all VEHICLES or WATERCRAFT shall keep
and use a LITTER BAG in said VEHICLE or WATERCRAFT at all times
which LITTER BAG shall be maintained in such VEHICLE or WATERCRAFT
in a place in which the same may be viewed from the outside of such
VEHICLE or WATERCRAFT whether or not said VEHICLE or WATERCRAFT
is locked or otherwise secured from entry.
Section 3.32.090 Sweeping litter into gutter prohibited.
No PERSON shall sweep into or.deposit in any gutterSTREET, alley
or other PUBLIC PLACE 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 sidewalks in front of
their premises free of LITTER.
Section 3.32.100 Merchants' duty to keep G;dewalks free of
litter. No PERSON owning or occupying a place of business shall
sweep into or deposit in any gutter, STREET or other PUBLIC PLACE
the accumulation of LITTER from any building or lot or from any
public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying
places of business within the CITY shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their business premises free of LITTER.
Section 3.32.110 Owner to maintain premises free of
litter. The owner or PERSON in control of any PRIVATE RESIDENCE
or other private property shall at all times maintain the premises
free of LITTER.
Section 3.32.120 Throwing or distributing commercial
handbills in public places. No PERSON shall row or deTosit any
COMMERCIAL or NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL in or upon any sidewalk,
STREET or other PUBLIC PLACE within the CITY. Nor shall any PERSON
hand out or distribute or sell any COMMERCIAL HANDBILL in any
PUBLIC PLACED Provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful
on any sidewalk, STREET, or other PUBLIC PLACE within the CITY
for any PERSON to hand out or distribute, without charge to the
receiver thereof, any NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL to any person
willing to accept it.
Section 3.32.130 Placing commercial and non-commercial
handbills on .vehicles. No PERSON shall throw or deposit any
COMMERCIAL or NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL in or upon any VEHICLE. Pro-
vided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in any PUBLIC PLACE
for a PERSON to hand out or distribute without charge to the re-
ceiver thereof, a NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL to any occupant of a
VEHICLE who is willing to accept it.
Section 3.32.140 Depositing
handbills on uninhabited or vacant proper
commercial and non-commercial
or aeposit any uuivinEhLiRi, or NuA-mvimE uiRL
PRIVATE RESIDENCE or other private property
or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
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HANDBILL in or upon any
which are temporarily
Section 3.32.150 Prohibiting distribution of handbills
where properly posted. No PERSON shall throw, deposit or distri ute
any COMMERCIAL or NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL upon any PRIVATE RESIDENCE
or other private property, if requested by anyone thereon not to do
so, or if there is placed on said residence or property in a con-
spicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sin bearing the
words: "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents,` "No Advertisement,
or any similar notice, indicating in -any matter that the occupants
of said residence or property do not desire to be molested or have
their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any such handbills left
upon such premises.
Section 3.32.160 Distributing commercial and non-commercial
handbills at inhabited private resi ences. No PERSON shall row,
deposit or distribute any COMMERICAL or NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILL in or
upon PRIVATE RESIDENCE which is inhabited, except by handing or trans-
mitting any such HANDBILL directly to the owner, occupant, or other
PERSON then present in or upon such PRIVATE RESIDENCE. Provided,
however, that in case of inhabited PRIVATE RESIDENCE which is not
posted, as provided in this Ordinance such person unless requested
by anyone upon such residence not to do so, may place or deposit
any such HANDBILL in or upon such inhabited PRIVATE RESIDENCE, if
such.HANDBILL is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent
such HANDBILL from being blown or drifted about such residence or
sidewalks,.STREETS, or other PUBLIC PLACES, and except that mail-
boxes may not be so used when so prohibited by Federal postal law
or regulations.
(a) Exemption for mail and newspapers. The provisions
of this Section shall not apply to the distri tion of mail by the
United States, nor to NEWSPAPERS (as defined herein) except that
NEWSPAPERS shall be placed on PRIVATE RESIDENCES or other private
property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or de-
posited by the elements upon any STREET, sidewalk or other PUBLIC
PLACE or upon PRIVATE RESIDENCES or other private property.
Section 3.32.170 Litter thrown by persons in vehicles.
No.PERSON, while a driver or passenger in a VEHICLE, shall row
or otherwise deposit LITTER upon any STREET or other PUBLIC PLACE
or upon any PRIVATE RESIDENCE or private property.
Section 3.32.180 Vehicle loading.
(1) No VEHICLE shall be driven or moved on any public
STREET unless such VEHICLE is so constructed or loaded as to prevent
any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise
escaping therefrom, except that sand or gravel may be dropped for
the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be
sprinkled on a roadway surface in the cleaning or maintaining of
such roadway by public authority having jurisdiction for the same
or by PERSONS under contract or other authorization by such public
authority.
(2) Any PERSON owning or operating a VEHICLE from which
any glass or other objects of its load have fallen or escaped,
which would consititute an obstruction or injure a VEHICLE or
otherwise endanger travel upon such public STREET shall immediately
cause said public STREET to be cleaned of all such glass or other
objects and shall pay any cost therefore.
Section 3.32.190 City inspections for litter receptacles.
(1) At such times as.the fire department or other local
fire control agency makes routine or other fire inspections within
the CITY, it shall also be the duty of the fire department to inspect
all such inspected premises to assure compliance with the requirements
for placing and maintaining LITTER RECEPTACLES as required by this
Ordinance. In the event violations of this Ordinance are found,
members of the fire department are authorized to issue citations
and the other legal process authorized in this Ordinance as in
the case of police and other law enforcement personnel.
(2) The building department shall not approve occupancy -
of any building, structure or other improvement for new construction
or modification to any existing building, structure or other improve-
ment for which a building permit is required,.nor give final inspection
approval to any such building, structure or other improvement, until
LITTER RECEPTACLES as herein required have been set in place on the
subject property. In the event violations of this Ordinance are
found, members of the building department are 'authorized to issue
citations and other legal process authorized in this Ordinance as
in the case of police and other law enforcement personnel.
Section 3.32.200 Enforcement officers and procedures.
Enforcement of this ordinance may be by any police officer or other
- law enforcement officer, fire department and building department
personnel, jurisdictional health department personnel, and those
public employees charged with the responsibility of operating
and maintaining all PUBLIC PLACES within the provisions of this
ordinance. All such enforcement officers are hereby empowered to
issue citations to and/or arrest without warrant, PERSONS violating
the provisions of this ordinance. Said enforcement -officers may
serve and execute all warrants, citations, and other process issued
by the courts. In addition, mailing by registered mail of such
warrant, citation, or other process to the last known place of
residence of the offender shall be deemed as personal service upon
the PERSON charged. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
citizens' complaints or arrests as may be otherwise permitted
under applicable state regulations, state statute, ordinance, or
court rule.
Section 3.32.210 Purpose. The purpose of this
ordinance is to accomplish LITTER control in the CITY and pur-
suant to the general laws of the State of Washington to adopt
basically uniform and coordinated LITTER control local legis-
lation throughout the state. This ordinance is intended to
place upon all PERSONS within the CITY, in a cooperative and
coordinated statewide effort, the duty of contributing to the
public cleanliness of the CITY and appearance in order to pro-
mote the public health, safety and welfare and to protect the
economic interests of the people of the CITY against unsanitary
and unsightly conditions. It is further the intent of this
ordinance to protect the people against the health and safety
menace and the expense incident to the LITTERING OF THE STREETS
and PUBLIC PLACES by the promiscuous and uncontrolled distribution
of advertising matter and COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILLS.
Section 3.32.220 - Severabil'ity. If any section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, words or word of this
ordinance is for any reason found to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall
not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, it being hereby expressly declared
that each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, words
or word would have been prepared, proposed, adopted, approved and
ratified irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, words or word be declared or
otherwise found unconstitutional or invalid for any reason.
Section 3.32.230 Interpretation. In the event any
other CITY ordinance, whether or not codified, is in conflict
with`any of the terms of this ordinance the more stringent shall
be construed as applicable.
'Section 3.32.240 Penalties. Every PERSON convicted
of a violation of this ordinance for which no penalty is speci-
fically provided within the specific section violated shall be
punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars for each such
violation. Each day that such violation continues shall be
considered a separate offense.
Section 3.32.250 Effective Date. This ordinance shall
take effect 104 days after publication, to wit, November 21, 1972.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: August 1, 1972
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: August 1, 1972
PUBLISHED: August 9, 1972
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
WAC 173-310-010 PURPOSE. By the provisions of chapter 70.93 RC14,
the department of ecology has been delegated authority to conduct a per-
manent and continuous program to control and remove litter from this state
to the maximum practical extent possible. The purpose of this chapter is
to provide minimum standards -For litter receptacles and to prescribe the
use, placement and distribution of litter receptacles throughout the state,
pursuant to the authority set forth in RCW 70.93.040 and RC14 70.93.090
14AC 173-310-020 DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases as
used herein shall have the following meanings, unless context clearly dic-
tates otherwise:
(1) "Anti -litter symbol" means the standard symbol
adopted herein by the department.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of
ecology.
(3) "Litter" means all waste materials including, but not limited
to, disposable packages or containers susceptible to being
dropped, deposited, discarded or otherwise disposed of upon
any property in the state, but not including the wastes of
primary processes of mining, logging, sawmillinq, farminq
or manufacturing.
(4) "Litter receptacle" means containers for the disposal of
litter of not more than 60-gallon capacity; provided that
special containers of larger capacity such as those referred
to as "dumpsters", and garbage containers or other waste
containers serving single or multi -family residences are not
included within this definition and their use is in no way
regulated or affected by this chapter.
(5) "Person" shall mean any industry, public or private cor-
poration, copartnership, association, firm, individual,
or other entity whatsoever.
(6) "Public place" means any area that is used or 'yield out for
the use of the public whether owned and operated by public
or private interests, but not includinca indoor areas. An
indoor area shall be construed to mean any enclosed area
covered with a roof and protected from moisture and wind.
14AC 173-310-030 KESPONSIBILITY TO PROCURE AND PLACE LITTER
RECEPTACLE. It shall be the responsibility of any person ownino or
operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles
arerequired by this chapter to procure, place and maintain such recep-
tacles at their own expense on the premises in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
WAC 173-310-040 LITTER RECEPTACLES, WHERE REgUIRED. Litter
receptacles meeting the standards established by this chapter shall be
placed in the following public places in the state:
(1) Along the right-of-way of those stretches of public
highways lying outside the limits of incorporated cities
and towns
(2) Parks
(3) Campgrounds
(4) Trailer parks in respect to the service of transient habitation
(5) Drive-in restaurants
(6) Gasoline service stations
(7) Tavern parking lots
(8) Shopping centers
(9) Grocery store parking lots
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(10) Marinas
(11) Boat launching areas
(12) Boat moorage and fueling stations
(13) Public and private piers
(14) Beaches and bathing areas
(15) Outdoor parking lots, other than those specifically designa-
ted above, having a capacity of 50 or more automobiles
(16) Fairgrounds
(17) Schoolgrounds
(18) Racetracks
(19) Sporting event sites with facilities accommodating 200 or
more spectators
(20) Sites for carnivals, festivals, circuses, shows or events
of any kind to which the public is invited
Litter receptacles need be placed in the above public places only
during times such places or events held at them are open to the public.
Placement of litter receptacles shall be in conformance with laws,
ordinances, resolutions or regulations pertaining to fire, safety, public
health or welfare.
WAC 173-310-050 NUMBER OF LITTER RECEPTACLES REQUIRED.
Pending adoption of specific density formulae, the number of litter recep-
tacles placed in locations set forth in the preceding section hereof shall
be sufficient to accommodate the litter loads reasonably anticipated by
the owner or operator according to the nature of public use of any such
location.
WAC 173-310-060 MINIMUM STANDARDS. Litter receptacles procured
and placed in public places as required by this chapter shall meet the
following minimum standards:
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(1) General Specifications.
a. The body of each litter receptacle shall be constructed
of a minimum of 24-gauge galvanized metal or other
material.of equivalent strength, that will with normal
wear and tear, reasonably resist corrosion and acts of
vandalism.
b. All outside edges of each litter receptacle shall be
rounded.
c. Openings in covered litter receptacles shall be readily
identifiable and readily accessible for the deposit
of litter.
d. Contruction and general configuration of litter receptacles
shall be in conformance with all pertinent laws, ordinances,
resolutions or regulations pertaining to fire, safety,
public health or welfare.
(2) Color and Marking:
a. The entire outer surface of each litter receptacle shall
be colored medium green conforming with Federal Color
Standard No. 595A, Color No. 24424, or Color No. 34424.
b. Each litter receptacle shall bear the official anti -litter
symbol, as adopted herein. The symbol shall be colored
deep blue conforming with Federal Color Standard No. 595A,
Color No. 15180. The symbol shall not be distorted as
to proportion and shall not be incorporated into a commer-
cial advertisement on the receptacle. For litter receptacles
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along the right-of-way of public highways, the symbol shall
be of a size so as to be distinguishable from a minimum
distance of 75 feet.
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c. The words "DEPOSIT LITTER" shall be placed on the litter
receptacle. Lettering used for these two words shall be
Block -type capital letters to be readily legible at a
distance of 30 feet.
d. No commer0al advertisement shall.be placed on any litter
receptacle. However, the person owning any receptacle
may place a single line on the receptacle identifying his
ownership,and a single credit line designating any donor
of the litter receptacle other than the owner may also be
placed on the receptacle; provided that the lettering does
not exceed the size specified for the words "DEPOSIT LITTER",
and does not interfere with or distract from the prominence
of the anti -litter symbol.
(3) Maintenance:
Compliance with these minimum standards shall include
proper upkeep, maintenance and repair of litter recep-
tacles sufficient to permit such receptacles to serve
the functions for which they were designed and to pre-
vent the appearance of such receptacles from becoming
unsightly. Inadequately maintained or unsightly litter
receptacles shall be in violation of these minimum stan-
dards.
(4) Wherever litter receptacles are placed in any public
place other than where required by this chapter, such
receptacles shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
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14AC 173-310-070 ANTI -LITTER SYMBOL. The official state
anti -litter symbol shall be the symbol depicted in Appendix A to this
chapter conforming to the Federal Color Standard No. 595A, Color No. 15180,
which appendix is hereby .incorporated into this chapter and made part hereof.
Permission to use this symbol in the manner required by this chapter has
been d)tained from the copyright holder and any other use without the
express permission of the copyright holder is prohibited.
►.dAC 173-310-080 PROHIBITED ACTS. (1) No person shall
damage, deface, abuse or misuse any litter receptacle not owned by him
so as tointerfere with its proper function or to detract from its proper
appearance.
(2) No person shall deposit leaves, clippings, pruninns or
gardeningrefuse in any litter receptacle.
(3) No person shall deposit household oarbage in any litter
receptacle; provided that this subsection shall not be construed to mean
that wastes of food consumed on the premises at any public place may not be
depositedin litter receptacles.
14AC 173-310-090 PENALTIES. Penalties for violation of this
chapter shall be in accordance with chapter 70.93 RC14.
WAC 173-310-100 EFFECTIVE DATE AND COMPLIANCE. (1) This
chapter shall become effective on September 1, 1972.
(2) All litter receptacles in any public place designated
in this chapter which are placed after the effective date hereof shall
conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Litter receptacles in any public place designated in
this chapter which were in place prior to the effective date hereof shall
be modified to conform with marking requirements of this chapter E14AC 173-310-060
(2)(b) (c)] no later than January 1, 1973.
(4) All litter receptacles in any public place desiqnated
in this chapter shall be modified or replaced so as to fully conform
withall requirements of this chapter no later than July 1, 1975.
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Appendix A