§ 9.24.080. Litter defined.

As used in the following sections, unless the context otherwise requires, "litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. "Litter" may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste, newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or other packaging construction material, abandoned vehicle (as defined in Section 4-100 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq.)), motor vehicle parts, furniture, oil, carcass of a dead animal, any nauseous or offensive matter of any kind, any object likely to injure any person or create a traffic hazard, infectious medical waste as defined in 415 ILCS 5/3.360, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, which has been discarded, abandoned or otherwise disposed of improperly.

(Prior Code, § 10:86-3; Code 1996, § 9.24.080)

State law reference

Similar provisions, 415 ILCS 105/3.