A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of an airtight or semiairtight container if he/she knowingly abandons, discards, or permits to remain on premises under his/her control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semiairtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering such equipment harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to be confined therein.
B. 
Subsection (A) of this Section does not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semiairtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse operator or repair person.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
D. 
The offense of abandonment of an airtight or semiairtight container is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering if he/she places, deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited, 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 the owner's consent.
A. 
A person commits the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal if he/she knowingly places or causes to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal:
1. 
Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lake; or
2. 
On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse or upon premises not his/her own for the purpose of annoying another or others.
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a water supply if he or she purposely:
1. 
Poisons, defiles, or in any way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook, or reservoir used for domestic or municipal purposes; or
2. 
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 his/her, their or its use.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
[Ord. No. 2437, 4-1-2014]
A. 
Burn bans are issued by the Fire Chief or National Weather Service due to increased fire danger due to warmer temperature, low humidity and high winds.
1. 
General Prohibition. All setting of fires or blasting on any land in the City is prohibited, except as provided in Subsection (A)(2). This shall include burning or causing to be burned any leaves, brush, grass, wood, rubbish or other combustible materials on any street, alley, or sidewalk within the City at any time.
2. 
Exceptions. Setting of fires shall be allowed in any of the following situations, provided applicable State regulations are followed:
a. 
Any non-recyclable paper products not covered by the City's recycling regulations in this Code of Ordinances may be burned in an indoor or outdoor incinerator or covered container.
b. 
The burning of standing or razed buildings, or fires which have been set under the control and supervision of the Fire Chief are permitted if approved in writing by the Fire Chief or his/her designee.
c. 
Fires set for the sole purpose of cooking food are permitted. This shall include but not be limited to the burning of charcoal or similar substances outdoors in vessels designed for cooking purposes only, when such burning does not constitute a fire hazard.
d. 
Burning of wood (not building materials) is permitted subject to the following restrictions:
(1) 
The perimeter of the fire must be at least twenty-five (25) feet from any lot line, building, utility pole, overhead wires or any other combustible material.
(2) 
No burning will take place in City streets, curb sides, in roadside ditches, or so close to surface waters as to allow for ash runoff into the surface waters.
(3) 
No burning will take place between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
(4) 
Persons utilizing and maintaining outdoor fires shall be responsible for monitoring atmospheric conditions, and shall be responsible for any liability resulting from damage caused by the fire.
(5) 
All outdoor fires will be attended at all times.
B. 
Violators could be fined up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) and be responsible for the cost of damage done by a prohibited fire.