[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
(a)Â
No person in possession, charge of or control of any
premises shall keep, cause to be kept or allow the keeping of refuse
on any premises within the City in such manner that it will probably
become offensive or deleterious to health or will likely cause disease.
The same is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(b)Â
Any condition or act in violation of a provision of
this article, or a provision of applicable state law, is hereby declared
to be a public nuisance.
(c)Â
Public nuisances may be abated, removed or enjoined,
and damages assessed therefore, in any manner provided by law.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
No person, other than the owner or person lawfully in control
of any premises, any authorized employee of a person licensed by the
City for the collection, transportation or removal of refuse, or an
authorized official of the City of Corunna, shall interfere with receptacles,
containers or plastic bags used for the accumulation or handling of
refuse, remove any such container form the location where it has been
placed by the owner or person lawfully in control of the premises,
or disturb or remove refuse placed for collection. No person shall
maliciously damage or steal waste receptacles.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
No person shall cast, spill, place, sweep or deposit anywhere
within the City any refuse in such a manner that it may be carried
or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, alley, sewer,
parkway or other public place, or onto any other premises within the
City.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
Property owners found to be in violation of the requirements
of private backdoor refuse pickup, in addition to all other remedies
herein provided, shall be automatically and involuntarily assigned
to the City curbside refuse pickup.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
The remedies provided for in this article are cumulative, not
exclusive, and shall be in addition to any and all other remedies
available in law or in equity to prevent or remedy any violation herein.
[Amended 10-1-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
Violators of this article or any person who shall violate this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as provided
in this Code. This section refers to corporation, co-partnership,
or other such artificial entities, as well as to natural persons.
Each day a violation occurs is considered a separate offense.
