Bellingham Municipal Code, City of Bellingham, WA

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City of Bellingham Municipal Code

Title 8 PARKS, CEMETERIES, AND PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 04 GENERAL REGULATIONS

8.04.100 - LITTER IN PARKS

A. No person shall throw or deposit litter on any park property, except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park, or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all litter shall be carried away and properly disposed of.

B. No person shall use the Parks and Recreation Department litter receptacles in the following manner:

3. No person shall deposit household garbage in any litter receptacle; provided that this subsection shall not be construed to mean that wastes of food consumed on park property may not be deposited in litter receptacles.
C. Whenever litter dumped in violation of this chapter contains three or more items bearing the name of one individual, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the individual whose name appears on such items committed the unlawful act of littering.

D. For purposes of this section, "litter" means garbage, refuse, rubbish, or any other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this section tends to create a nuisance which annoys, injures, or endangers the health, safety, or comfort of the public.

E. A violation of this section is a civil infraction.

F. Any person littering in an amount less than or equal to one cubic foot the maximum penalty and the default amount shall be $50, not including statutory assessments; any person littering in an amount greater than one cubic foot the maximum penalty and the default amount shall be $250, not including statutory assessments. Unless suspended or modified by a court, the person shall also pay a litter cleanup fee of $25 per cubic foot of litter. The court may, in addition to or in lieu of part or all of the cleanup fee, order the person to pick up and remove litter from the property.

[Ord. 10612 §2, 1995]