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Town Seal


Garbage, Rubbish And Litter
Annual Town Meeting     March 1986

Article 18
To see If the inhabitants of the Town will vote to repeal the ‘Town
Ordinance Regulating Garbage, Rubbish and Litter’ adopted March 7,
1983 (Article 54), and enact the Ordinance titled ‘Town Ordinance
Regulating Garbage, Rubbish, and Litter’ as follows:

1.      No person or corporation shall keep, deposit or allow to accumulate garbage, rubbish, litter of any kind; or any old and discarded or worn out or junked motor vehicle or any parts thereof, on any property in the Town of fount Desert where such material Is visible to the general public.

2.      Any person or corporation who violates, disobeys, refuses to comply with, or resists the enforcement of any provision of this ordinance shall upon conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues after notification shall constitute a separate offense.

In addition, the Town may recover in a separate action all costs of such separate action plus costs of enforcement of this ordinance, including reasonable attorneys fees incurred in both proceedings.

3.      This ordinance, as amended, is adopted pursuant to Article VIII-A of the Name Constitution: 30 M.R.S.A., Chapter 201-A and specifically Section 1917: 30 M.R.S.A., Chapter 209 and 30 M.R.S.A., Chapter 239, Subchapter VI.

It was moved and seconded that Article 18 be adopted.   Carried


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