[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy 5-17-1993 as §§ 9.12.070 to 9.12.110, 9.12.150 and 9.12.160 of the 1993 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Advertisements — See Ch. 101.
Alcoholic beverages — See Ch. 109.
Animals — See Ch. 113.
Public entertainment — See Ch. 138.
Public meetings — See Ch. 205.
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 222.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 234.
School grounds — See Ch. 266.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 305.
Tree protection — See Ch. 311.
No person shall climb, peel, deface or injure any ornamental or shade tree, shrub or vine growing in any of the streets or public grounds of the City without a permit in writing from the board or officer having such street or public grounds in charge.
No person shall wantonly or carelessly set fire to any tree, bush, grass, leaves, brushwood, rubbish or other substance in any place in the City.
No person shall walk, stand or lounge upon any portion of any street or public grounds in the City especially prepared and devoted by the officers in charge thereof to the growing of grass or flowers, nor in any way dig up, injure or deface the same.
[Amended by Order No. 95-112; Order No. 96-321]
A. 
No person shall willfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, awning, lamppost, lamp or lantern in any street or public place in the City.
B. 
Drinking fountains. No person shall, in any way, injure any of the drinking fountains in the streets and public grounds of the City, nor throw or place any substance into the same.
C. 
No person shall willfully injure, mar or deface with graffiti any public property in the City of Quincy. Anyone who violates this subsection shall be punished with a fine of $200.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
D. 
With regard to graffiti on privately owned buildings, the Department of Public Works shall give 30 days' notice to the owners of said property to have the graffiti removed.
(1) 
At the option of the property owner after the execution of an appropriate release by the property owner, the Department of Public Works shall remove the graffiti forthwith.
(2) 
Failure of the property owner to execute the appropriate release and failure by the property owner to remove graffiti following receipt of the thirty-day notice shall result in the property owner being fined the sum of $200.
E. 
The Department of Public Works shall remove graffiti on municipally owned buildings with 30 days of notification.
No person shall allow any sink water, or other impure water, to run from any house, barn, garage or lot occupied by him or under his control into any highway or public place.
No person shall place or keep any table, stall, booth or other structure in any street or sidewalk, nor place or keep the same in any of the public grounds of the City, for the sale of fruit or other things, without permission in writing from the City officer or board having the same in charge.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order No. 2020-012]
Any person breaking, smashing or otherwise destroying a bottle, glass or other sharp instrument on any park, parkland or other lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources or other public place, including all public places, streets and right of access, shall be punished by a fine of $250.