§ 12-102. Modifications.

Article 5: Section 5.7 of said Uniform Public Offense Code, relating to selling/giving/furnishing tobacco products to a minor, is hereby declared to be and is omitted and deleted.

Article 6: Section 6.8 of said Uniform Public Offense Code, relating to criminal littering, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Criminal Littering.

(a)

Criminal littering is recklessly depositing or causing to be deposited any object or substance into, upon or about:

(1)

Any public street, highway, alley, road, right-of-way, park or other public place, or any lake, stream, watercourse, or other body of water, except by direction of some public officer or employee authorized by law to direct or permit such acts; or

(2)

Any private property without the consent of the owner or occupant of such property.

(b)

Criminal littering is an unclassified offense punishable:

(1)

Upon a first conviction by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000;

(2)

Upon a second conviction by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000; and

(3)

Upon a third or subsequent conviction by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $4,000.

(c)

The provisions of Standard Traffic Ordinance Section 112.1, Littering from a motor vehicle, are excepted from the application of this section.

(Ord. No. 1006, § 2, 8-16-2018)

Editor's note

Section 2 of Ord. No. 1006, adopted Aug. 16, 2018, has been included as Section 12-102 at the discretion of the editor.