[Adopted 12-16-1968 as § 25-9 of Ch. 25 of the 1968 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw, deposit, scatter or drop, or cause to be thrown, deposited, scattered or dropped, in or upon any public highway, street, alley or in or upon any place or space within the corporate limits of the City of Seat Pleasant, any sawdust, shavings, vegetable matter, metal cans, bottles, glass of any description, pans or pails, rubbish, trash, any dead animal, offal matter, garbage, putrescible matter of any sort or any matter or thing injurious to public health.
[Added 4-14-2008 by Ord. No. 08-02]
A. 
As used in this section, "retail food establishment and commercial business" means any vendor of carry-out prepared food and drink for immediate consumption, including, without limitation, and to the extent that they sell such food or drink, a fast-food establishment, convenience store, delicatessen, grocery store, restaurant, bar and commercial business.
[Amended 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. O-22-05]
B. 
Each retail food establishment and commercial business shall place and maintain on the exterior of its premises, (if space permits) in places easily accessible by the public, receptacles for the deposit of paper and other litter, trash and refuse generated by or from the operation of the establishment.
[Amended 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. O-22-05]
C. 
The owner, operator and manager of each retail food establishment shall arrange for the receptacles required by Subsection B of this section to be dumped into the establishment's commercial bulk trash container at such intervals as required to prevent the overflow of litter, trash and refuse from the receptacles onto the adjacent and nearby grounds.
D. 
The owner, operator and manager of each retail food establishment shall keep the exterior of its premises and adjacent public ways and adjacent properties free from litter, trash and refuse generated by or from the operation of the establishment.
E. 
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine as provided in § 129-7.
[Amended 2-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-01; 11-1-2021 by Ord. No. O-22-05]
Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a maximum fine of $400 for the first violation and $1,000 for every subsequent violation in a six-month period or six months maximum imprisonment.