City of Davenport, IA LITTERING

[Ord. 77-1012 § 1; prior code § 35-1]

Unless expressly permitted by a department of the City, no person, firm, association, corporation or general contractor shall:

Store, discard, cast, deposit, strew, scatter, or lay or cause to be stored, discarded, cast, deposited, strewn, scattered or laid any shavings, ashes, mud, paper, garbage, dung, rubbish, dirt, earth, stone, crushed rock, gravel, sand, cement, plaster, cement or lime mixtures, coal, wood, glass, metal, snow, ice or other debris, filth, refuse matter or material on any public property in the City; or

Cause or allow the erosion from real property controlled or possessed by them, whether control or possession is by ownership, lease, lawful possession, or contract, of mud, dirt, shavings, ashes, garbage, rubbish, earth, stone, crushed rock, gravel, coal, wood, glass, metal, cement or lime mixtures, sand or other debris, filth, refuse matter, or material onto public property in the City. Erosion shall be deemed to have been caused or allowed by a person, firm, association, corporation or general contractor if real property controlled or possessed by them has been allowed to remain in such a condition that erosion has occurred therefrom during a rain period.

Each day that any of the above substances are allowed to remain on public property after having been stored, discarded, cast, deposited, strewn, scattered or laid thereon or after having eroded onto it, shall constitute a separate offense for which the penalties provided for in Section 12.84.010 shall be imposed.

[Ord. 77-1012 § 2; prior code § 35-2]

Any shavings, ashes, mud, paper, garbage, dung, rubbish, dirt, earth, stone, crushed rock, gravel, sand, cement, plaster, cement or lime mixtures, coal, wood, glass, metal, snow, ice or other debris, filth, refuse matter or material which is allowed to remain on public property after having been stored, discarded, cast, deposited, strewn, scattered, or laid thereon or after having eroded onto it is declared to be a public nuisance, and the person, firm, association, corporation, or general contractor causing the nuisance in violation of Section 12.64.010 shall completely abate the nuisance within 48 hours of its occurrence.