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.
[R.O. 2006 §220.050; CC 1978 §64.050; Ord. No. 1802 §I, 9-2-2008]
A. Any
person owning, renting or otherwise occupying any premises within
the City shall keep and maintain the public sidewalks in front of
such premises in a condition free and clear of all gravel, loose stone
and other debris or obstructions whatsoever which imperil or might
tend to imperil public safety of persons walking over and along such
public sidewalks.
B. It shall be the duty of the Police Department to be constantly vigilant in the detection for violations of Subsection
(A) hereof, requiring him/her to cause the violation to be forthwith remedied under penalty of citation to the Municipal Court; provided however, that any person once served with any such notice shall not be entitled to a second (2nd) notice upon further violation of the Subsection
(A).
C. Any
person found to be in violation of this Section shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Whoever willfully or maliciously poisons, defiles or in any
way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used
for domestic or municipal purposes, or whoever willfully or maliciously
diverts, dams up and holds back from its natural course and flow any
spring, brook or other water supply for domestic or municipal purposes,
after said water supply shall have once been taken for use by any
person or persons, corporation, Town or City for their use, shall
be adjudged guilty of an ordinance violation and punished by a fine
not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall
be liable to the party injured for three (3) times the actual damage
sustained, to be recovered by suit at law.
See Section
235.020 of this Code for regulations concerning abandonment of motor vehicles, trailers or vessels.