The DDC would like to remind downtown businesses and property owners of the City Anti-litter bylaw (section posted below). Businesses and Commercial property owners are responsible for any litter, refuse or garbage of any kind on the street, sidewalk and drainage ditch or curb and gutter abutting or adjacent to his or her property.

The result of little snowfall has seen the increasing build-up of litter on downtown sidewalks and streets. The City of St. John's "Hand Cart" Street Cleaning program has ended for the season as of Decemeber 1st, 2005 and will be in place again in the Spring of 2006.

Anti-litter Bylaw:

Commercial Property shall mean any property or building that is used or designed for use for business, commercial, industrial or institutional purposes.

No person shall obstruct, litter or befoul any street, sidewalk or public place in the City of St. John's with any refuse, debris, litter, garbage or any unsanitary, offensive or injurious substance or article of any kind, or place, leave or keep on any street, sidewalk or public place in the City of St. John's any dilapidated or unsightly vehicle, machine, article or thing.

The owner of Commercial Property shall keep the street, sidewalk and drainage ditch or curb and gutter abutting or adjacent to his or her property free of refuse, debris, litter, garbage, and any unsanitary, offensive or injurious substance or article of any kind.

The Director of Building and Property Management may cause any article or thing placed, left or kept in or upon any street, sidewalk, drainage ditch, curb or gutter, or public place in contravention of this By-Law to be removed and disposed of at an appropriate sanitary disposal location.

The Director of Building and Property Management may cause the cost of any such removal and disposal as provided for in subsection (1) to be billed to the property owner responsible pursuant to the provisions of sections 4 and 5 and such cost shall then become a debt owed to the City of St. John's.

For more information on this and other City Bylaws visit www.stjohns.ca