A. 
A person commits the offense of abandonment of airtight icebox if he/she abandons, discards or knowingly 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 semi-airtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half (1½) 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 semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouseman or repairman.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 4396 §1, 4-17-2006]
A. 
The disposal or placement of yard waste, including leaves and limbs, or trash of any kind into any ditch, creek or other waterway within the City limits is prohibited.
B. 
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.
A. 
If any person or persons shall put any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, the offal or any other filth into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond or lake, every person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
B. 
If any person shall remove or cause to be removed and placed in or near any public road or highway, or upon premises not his/her own, or in any river, stream or watercourse any dead animal, carcass or part thereof, or other nuisance to the annoyance of the citizens of this City, or any of them, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined for every offense not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and if such nuisance be not removed within three (3) days thereafter, it shall be deemed a second (2nd) offense against the provisions of this Section.
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.
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.
[Ord. No. 3067 §1, 8-4-1980]
It should be unlawful to light or maintain any fire anywhere in the City so close to any building or structure or any flammable material other than that to be burned as to cause a fire hazard. The term "fire", as used in the Section, shall not be construed to mean or include a fire in a furnace, stove, boiler or fireplace.
[Ord. No. 3067 §2, 8-4-1980]
It shall be unlawful to burn rubbish of any kind, other than papers, paper goods, cardboard or leaves, anywhere in the City except in a stove, furnace or incinerator inside a building.
[Ord. No. 3067 §§3 — 4, 8-4-1980; Ord. No. 4201 §§1 — 2, 9-3-2002]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to burn off leaves, grass or other vegetation from any vacant lot or unimproved field in the City without previously obtaining a permit to do so from the Fire Chief of the City of Dexter.
B. 
In issuing permits for any burning allowed on vacant lots or unimproved fields in the City, the Fire Chief shall use the following guidelines:
1. 
All burning shall be done during daylight hours unless the particular circumstance dictates that the public health and safety would require otherwise.
2. 
No permit shall be issued for the burning of a lot or field which would endanger any structure or property or property of another person.
3. 
Any application shall contain the exact location of the property and the permit shall not be issued until personally inspected by a member of the Fire Department.
C. 
Whenever deemed necessary for the public safety, the permit may require emergency vehicles to stand by during the burning and, if required by the permit, the cost of said standby equipment and men shall be paid for by the applicant. No permit issued shall be good for more than twenty-four (24) hours and at the discretion of the Fire Chief may be valid for a period of time so designated on the permit.
D. 
Whenever deemed necessary for the public safety, the Mayor may authorize a ban on all burning during periods of high risk.
[Ord. No. 5003, 8-2-2021]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the emergency telephone service commonly known as "911." Misuse of the emergency telephone service includes, but is not limited to, repeatedly calling 911 for non-emergency situations causing operators or equipment to be used when emergency situations may need such other operators or equipment, and "repeatedly" means three (3) or more times in a one-month period.
B. 
Any person who is convicted of violation of this Section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 100.220.