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.
[CC 1978 §64.020]
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon private property.
[CC 1978 §64.040]
No person shall burn any litter, as defined in Section
210.174, in any street, gutter, or other public place within the City.
[CC 1978 §64.080; Ord. No. 95-798, 11-20-1995]
A. No
person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within
the City, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner
or person in control of private property may maintain authorized private
receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter will be prevented
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon any private property owned by another.
1. Within the meaning of this Section the word "litter" shall include,
without excluding other substances, eggs, fluid filled balloons, projectiles
or debris of any type which can be thrown or deposited upon private
property whether solid, liquid or gas.
2. Within the meaning of this Section any person or persons who have in their possession any "litter", as defined in Subsection
(1), with the intent to litter shall be in violation of this Section and shall be fined.
3. The penalty for violation of this Section shall be as provided in Section
100.220 of this Code.
4. Normal curfew for minors may be adjusted upon the professional judgment of the Chief of Police if incidents of violations of Subsections
(1) and
(2) are considered hazardous to the general public good.
[Ord. No. 16 §1, 7-18-2011]
A. No
person shall urinate or defecate in, from or upon any street, highway,
sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, public property, private
parking lot or any place open to the public or exposed to public view.
This Section shall not apply to urination or defecation utilizing
appropriate fixtures in any restroom or any other facility designed
for the sanitary disposal of human waste.
B. Any person found in violation of this Section shall be punished pursuant to Chapter
100, Article
III, Section
100.220 General Penalty.
A person commits the offense of abandoning a motor vehicle if
he/she abandons any motor vehicle on the right-of-way of any public
road or State highway or on or in any of the waters in this State
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 any political subdivision 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.