§ 18-2. Definitions as to littering.

Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.

Furthermore, the following words and phrases as used in sections 18-1 et seq. shall have the following meanings, to-wit:

Commercial garbage means litter improperly discarded by a business, corporation, company, association, partnership, sole proprietorship or any other entity conducting business for economic gain or by an employee, representative, officer or agent of the entity. Discharging means any placing, putting or dropping of garbage.

Ditch means any natural or dedicated area which provides the containment or flow of water from rain or adjacent drainage areas of waterways such as streams, creeks, ponds, lakes or rivers.

Drainage area means an area maintained for the purpose of channeling or preventing accumulation of water from surrounding land.

Easement means a designated right to use the property of another for a specific purpose, for example, drainage, utility easement or road easement.

Garbage means any refuse, animal or vegetable matter, including bones, skin, hide, viscera or any animal organ or tissue, any waste material of any nature, kind or description, specifically including but not limited to any paper, metal or glass item, any rubbish, any worn out, broken or worthless item of matter.

Littering means any throwing, dropping, depositing, discarding or permitting the intentional or careless accidental ejection, emission or escape of or otherwise disposing or placing, putting or unloading of garbage in any public place in Tangipahoa Parish, or upon any private property located in the parish whether from a vehicle, boat or otherwise, including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forest land, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street or alley, except in an area designated for regular garbage pickup or the legal disposal of garbage at the parish landfill or when litter is placed into a litter receptacle.

Median/neutral ground means the area divided or separating a roadway and not used for right of passage.

Person(s) used herein refers to both an individual human being and/or a juridical entity such as a corporation, company, association, partnership and/or any other type of entity.

Public highways means any public way for vehicular traffic including the entire area dedicated thereto and the bridges, culverts, structures, appurtenances and features necessary to or associated with its purpose. The term public highway shall include the right-of-way, ditch, shoulder of the road and all other servitudes, easements, drainage areas and/or neutral grounds associated with the said right-of-way for public highway.

Right-of-way means any public way, street, road, alley, easement, servitude or access which was dedicated to or acquired by the public to provide means of access to abutting properties, whether paved, improved or unimproved, including those areas dedicated for proposed or future usage.

Roadside/road shoulder means a natural or dedicated area or areas which are parallel, contiguous to, abut, adjoin, border, edge, connect or approach any public right-of-way, road, street or highway.

Servitude means a right-way through or across property belonging to another.

(Ord. No. 06-60, 9-25-06; Ord. No. 18-48, 8-27-18)