[Code 1964, § 14-2; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
No person shall sweep, throw, cast, lay or direct, or suffer or permit any servant, agent or employee, to sweep or throw, cast, lay, place or deposit any ashes, offal, vegetables, garbage, fruit skins, cinders, shells, straw, excelsior shavings, paper, dirt, filth, broken glassware, handbills, crockery, bottles, carcass of any animal, or rubbish of any kind whatsoever, on or in any street, lane, roadway, sidewalk or public place in the City except that ashes, cinders, sand or sawdust may be lightly sprinkled on slippery sidewalks or thoroughfares as a measure of safety.
[Code 1964, § 14-3; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
The littering of streets and public places in the City by motorists and pedestrians is prohibited.
[Code 1964, § 14-16; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
All carts, trucks, wagons or other vehicles used for conveying of cinders, ashes, garbage, coal, stone, mortar or other lose material likely to fall from such vehicle to the City streets, shall have boxes of such form and construction and shall be loaded in such manner that the contents thereof shall not extend higher than the tops of such boxes so as prevent their contents dropping upon the streets and all such vehicles shall have end gates the height of the sides of the box and shall be so constructed that the contents will not leak or spill onto the street.
[Code 1964, § 14-17; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
All persons employing or using trucks, wagons or other vehicles in making excavations for building purposes and in conveying earth, rubbish or other material from such excavations, or from any other place along the public highways of the City, shall at once remove from the pavements and sidewalks adjacent to such excavations or from any public place where same may be deposited, all earth, rubbish or other material that may fall from the wheels up, or from such trucks, carts, wagons or other vehicles, and shall employ and keep employed a sufficient number of sweepers or workmen, or use such other means as may be necessary, to keep all such payments and sidewalks in a clean condition and free from earth or other material.
[Code 1964, § 14-4; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any lot or public place within the City, any glass, crockery, scrap iron or any other refuse, the placing of which would in any way endanger the life or property of any person, or in any way not authorized by law.
[Code 1964, § 14-8; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
Owners, tenants, occupants or other persons having control of the exterior of premises owned or occupied by them (commercial, private dwellings and apartment houses), shall keep the front of their buildings extending to the outer part of the curbs and gutters fronting their property clean and unlittered at all times, and all small debris shall be placed in plastic bags or containers for collection at the curb at the scheduled time and date.
[Code 1964, § 14-18; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
(a) 
Each person, building contractor, construction contractor or subcontractor, engaged in the construction or repair or demolition of any building or structure or part thereof shall remove or cause to be removed all construction and demolition debris from the premises serviced by such person. If the contractor fails to remove the debris, the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises shall cause the debris to be privately removed. In cases where the contractor, owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises fails to remove or cause to be removed said debris, the City shall initiate action as prescribed under Section 2-22-7.
(b) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a) above, where a property is being serviced by the public collection service, such waste may be put out for public collection to the extent allowed by law.
[Code 1964, § 14-19; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
No person shall transport refuse to a City park for the purpose of depositing such refuse in a trash receptacle located within the park.
[Code 1964, § 14-20; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, occupant and person in charge of all properties not using the public collection service to dispose of all refuse produced at such property by contracting for the collection, conveyance and disposal with a commercial collector or collecting, conveying and disposing of such refuse with such person's own vehicles. Storage and accumulation of such refuse must be in accord with the other conditions of this chapter.
[Code 1964, § 14-22; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of or cause to be disposed of any refuse or solid waste materials upon any property other than a permitted disposal site as designated by the City.
[Code 1964, § 14-23; Ord. No. 264 of 1989, 4-19-1989]
Every nurseryman or other person who cuts trees or trims shrubs or grass as an independent contractor and not as a regular employee of the occupant of the premises shall remove or cause to be removed all refuse and green waste from the premises serviced by him. In the event that the contractor fails to remove said cuttings, the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises shall cause said refuse to be privately removed. In cases where the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises fails to remove or cause to be remove said refuse, the City shall initiate action as prescribed under Section 2-22-7.
[Ord. No. 144, §§ 1—7, 10-1-2008]
(a) 
The definitions set forth in this Subsection govern the construction of this section.
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
A restaurant that sells food products for immediate consumption on or near a location at which parking facilities are provided for the use of patrons in consuming the products purchased at the restaurant.
FAST FOOD OUTLET
A restaurant that sells food products primarily on a "takeout" or "to go" basis.
GROCERY STORE
Includes, but is not limited to, convenience markets that sells groceries, drug stores that sell groceries.
LITTER
All improperly discarded waste material, including, but not limited to, convenience food, beverage, and other product packages or containers constructed of steel, aluminum, glass, paper, plastic, and other natural and synthetic materials, thrown or deposited on the lands and waters of the City.
LITTER RECEPTACLE
Any metal or plastic trash container with no less than a twenty-gallon capacity.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any area that is used or held out for the use of the public, whether owned and operated by public or private interests, but not including indoor areas. For purposes of this section, "indoor area" means any enclosed area covered with a roof and protected from moisture and wind.
SHOPPING CENTER
A group of two or more stores that maintain a common parking lot for patrons of those stores.
(b) 
Litter receptacles shall be placed in all public places in the City, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) 
Drive-in restaurants and fast food outlets;
(2) 
Gasoline service stations;
(3) 
Shopping centers;
(4) 
Grocery stores;
(5) 
Takeout areas;
(6) 
Parks;
(7) 
Outdoor parking lots that have a capacity of 50 or more automobiles and that are contiguous to the public places listed in this section.
(c) 
The common council may further define "public place" by specifying in its regulations particular types of places that are subject to the requirements of this section.
(d) 
Litter receptacles shall be placed in the public places specified only during the times when the places, or events held at them, are open to the public. The placement of litter receptacles subject to this section shall be in conformance with any applicable law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation pertaining to fire, safety, public health, or welfare.
(e) 
Any person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles are required by this section shall procure, place, and maintain those receptacles at that person's own expense on the premises in accordance with this law.
(1) 
A public agency is responsible for the removal of litter from a receptacle placed at a publicly owned place subject to this section.
(2) 
If a litter receptacle is placed on private property, the owner of the property or, if the owner is not in actual possession of the premises, the tenant of that property is responsible for the removal of litter from the receptacle.
(f) 
A person may not damage, deface, abuse, or misuse any litter receptacle required pursuant to this section so as to interfere with its proper function or to detract from its proper appearance.
(1) 
A person may not deposit leaves, clippings, prunings, or gardening refuse in any litter receptacle required pursuant to this section.
(2) 
A person may not deposit household solid waste in any litter receptacle required pursuant to this section. However, this section does not prohibit the wastes of food consumed on the premises at any public place from being deposited in litter receptacles.
(g) 
Any person violating this law is guilty of a violation and shall be liable to punishment by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500.