§ 17-4. Definitions.

[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:]

City of Sulphur shall mean the jurisdictional area where the offense was committed.

Dispose shall mean to throw, discard, place, deposit, discharge, burn, dump, drop, eject, or allow the escape of a substance.

Litter shall mean all waste material, including but not limited to disposable packages, containers, sand, gravel, rubbish, cans, bottles, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead animals, furniture or appliances, automotive parts including but not limited to tires and engines, trailers, boats and boating accessories, tools and equipment, and building materials, or discarded materials of any kind and description, agricultural products that are being transported from the harvest or collection-site to a processing or market site and recyclable cardboard being transported in compressed bundles to processing facilities. Agricultural products, as used in this definition, means all crops, livestock, poultry, and forestry; and all aquacultural, floricultural, horticultural, silvicultural, and viticultural products.

Local governing authority shall mean the city council in and for the City of Sulphur.

Public or private property shall mean the right-of-way of any road or highway, levees, any body of water or watercourse or the shores or beaches thereof, any park, playground, building, refuge, or conservation or recreational area, and residential or farm properties, timberlands, or forests.

(Ord. No. 228, 1-26-81; Ord. No. 095, 3-18-91; Ord. No. 923, 6-8-09)