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 the City, or on any private real property owned by another
without his/her consent.
[R.O. 2010 §225.110; CC 1970 §25-11; Ord. No. 912 §1, 3-9-1951]
No person shall drive over or along any street, road or highway
any wagon or other vehicle containing dirt, earth, clay, stone, macadam
or any other material, or coal, garbage or refuse of any kind, which
wagon or vehicle shall be so constructed or loaded that any portion
of the contents thereof shall drop, be spilled or thrown upon such
street, road or highway.
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.
[R.O. 2010 §215.170; CC 1970 §19-14.1; Ord. No. 26-80 §1, 11-25-1980; Ord. No. 02-02 §1, 2-4-2002]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale,
expose for sale, use, discharge or explode any blank cartridge, toy
pistol, toy cannon or cane in which explosives are used; or the type
of toy balloon which requires fire underneath to propel the same;
or firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, aerial salutes,
bombs, colored fires or colored torches or displays or other fireworks
of any kind whatsoever. Nothing herein shall prohibit a duly authorized
fireworks display by City permit subject to Chapter 31 of the 1999
BOCA Fire Prevention Code.