A person commits the offense of littering if he/she throws or
places or causes to be thrown or placed any glass, glass bottles,
wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish
of any kind, nature or description on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this City or
on the banks of any stream or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the State, any board, department, agency or commission
thereof or on any land or water owned, operated or leased by the Federal
Government or on any private real property owned by another without
his/her consent.
[CC 1991 §225.100; CC 1970 §9-43; Ord. No. 274 §§1, 3 — 4, 11-2-1959]
A.
No
person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place within the City except in public receptacles
or authorized private receptacles.
B.
No
person shall sweep into or deposit into any gutter, street or other
public place within the City an accumulation of litter from any building,
place of business or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or
driveway.
[CC 1991 §225.110; CC 1970 §9-44; Ord. No. 274 §§3 — 4, 11-2-1959]
Persons owning or occupying property or places of business within
the City shall keep the sidewalk in front of their business premises
free of litter.
[CC 1991 §225.120; CC 1970 §9-45; Ord. No. 274 §5, 11-2-1959]
No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or any public place within the City
or upon any private property.
[CC 1991 §225.130; CC 1970 §9-46; Ord. No. 274 §6, 11-2-1959]
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the City unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent
any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any
street, alley or other public place, nor shall any person drive or
move any vehicle or truck within the City, the wheels or tires of
which shall carry onto or deposit in any said street, alley or other
public place mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter
of any kind.
A.
If
any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof,
the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch,
creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall on conviction
thereof be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B.
If
any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near
any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in
any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part
thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this
City or any of them, every person so offending shall upon conviction
thereof be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars
($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such
nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall
be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
