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AN ORDINANCE creating a separate infraction for disposing of burning material
improperly and amending Chapter 6.28 of the Bremerton Municipal Code.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 6.28.050 of the Bremerton Municipal Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
6.28.050 LITTER IN GENERAL.
(a) No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard or otherwise dispose of litter upon any
public place in the city or upon any 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 disposal or 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
6-9 public place or any private property: or
(3) \Vhen such person is the owner or does have control or custody of the property,
or [las prior consent of the 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
(b) It is a cMl infraction for a person to discard, in violation of this section, a cigarette, cigar,
or other burning refuse that is capable of starting a fire. Thc n~aximum fine. not including statutory
assessments, is Five ftundred Dollars ($500.00).
LC) Penalty Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a ~ civil
infi-action and in addition to or in lieu of any other penalty, such person may, in the sound discretion
of tile court, be directed by tile court to pick up and remove fi-om any public place or any private
property, with permission of the owner or the person in possession of the property upon which it is
established that such person has deposited liner, any and all litter deposited thereon by anyone prior
to the date of the execution of sentence.
Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days from passage and
publication.
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ~ day ofzJqv~-..a.~_~.1997.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ~ day of./~/v'w~,.,v 1997.
DAVID FARR, Council President
APPROVED tt~i~ day' of~u/..g;Es4.,.zA.~' , 1997.
Lh~'~N H73RTON, Mayor
~t~ Clerk
EFFEC 'IVF. DATE_
pUBLICATION DATE
ORDINANCE NtJt BER