For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
Container.
A city-approved receptacle used for the disposal of waste.
Litter.
Any wastepaper, used beverage or food container, rubbish, trash, or garbage not placed in a container.
Littering or to litter.
The act of placing, throwing, depositing, disposing or dropping of litter.
Pedestrian litter container.
A container provided on public or private property for the disposal of litter by pedestrians.
Person.
A natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
Private property.
Includes, but is not limited to, yards, grounds, driveways, entrances, passageways, parking areas, working areas, storage areas, vacant lots, and recreation facilities owned by private individuals, firms, corporations, institutions and organizations.
Public property.
Includes, but is not limited to, streets, medians, roads, road medians, catchbasins, sidewalks, strips between streets and sidewalks, alleys, lanes, public rights-of-way, public parking lots, school grounds, parks, publicly owned recreation facilities, and municipal bodies of water and waterways.
(Ordinance 2011-06-14 adopted 6/27/11)
A person commits an offense if said person causes, permits, suffers, or allows litter to be thrown or deposited on any public or private property, except in a container or a pedestrian litter container.
(Ordinance 2011-06-14 adopted 6/27/11)
(a) 
It shall be the duty of the person who owns, occupies, or leases or is engaged in construction on any private or public property to keep the exterior property free of litter.
(b) 
Persons who are owners, occupants or lessees of private property which abuts city sidewalks, streets, parkways, drainage ditches, or curb and gutter shall keep those sidewalks, streets, parkways, curb and gutter, and drainage ditches free of litter by removing litter and placing it in a container.
(Ordinance 2011-06-14 adopted 6/27/11)
(a) 
All residential and commercial containers may be open for ease of use, but shall be designed in such a way as to reasonably prevent their contents from becoming litter.
(b) 
All persons placing containers for collection and removing them after collection shall take the necessary precautions to prevent the contents thereof from becoming litter.
(Ordinance 2011-06-14 adopted 6/27/11)
A person commits an offense if the person causes, permits, suffers, or allows any household or commercial garbage, refuse, trash, debris, rubbish, solid waste or junk to be deposited in a pedestrian litter container.
(Ordinance 2011-06-14 adopted 6/27/11)
The city supports a zero tolerance of litter and authorizes the city police officers and code enforcement officials to strictly enforce chapter 365 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which applies the following penalties under the Texas Litter Abatement Act:
(1) 
Class C misdemeanor: 15 pounds or less or a volume of 13 gallons or less.
(2) 
Class B misdemeanor: More than 15 pounds but less than 500 pounds, or a volume of more than 13 gallons but less than 100 cubic feet.
(3) 
Class A misdemeanor: 500 pounds or more or a volume of 100 cubic feet, or litter from a commercial entity weighing more than 5 pounds or has a volume of more than 13 gallons.
(2002 Code, art. 6.300)