(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, organization, association,
or any other legal entity to litter or to dump, place, leave, release
or deposit trash, rubbish, garbage, metal cans, refuse, scrap material,
offal, dead animals or junk, on or upon any property, lot, street,
alley, sidewalk, branch, creek, ditch, or gutter, or along or upon
the sides thereof, or the leaving of carcasses of any dead animal
on any property in such a way the same is or becomes an unsanitary
condition or a danger to public health.
(b)
A
person commits an offense if the person allows or permits another
to violate the provisions of this section.
(c)
For
the purposes of this section, trash, rubbish, or garbage includes
but is not limited to paper, rags, cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture,
rubber, plastics, glass, crockery, tin cans, aluminum cans, metal
furniture, sludge, and other discarded material, including solid,
liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
municipal, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations
(Ordinance 2005-1114-03 adopted 11/14/05)
Any person, corporation, organization, association, or any other legal entity violating this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code for each offense.
(Ordinance 2005-1114-03 adopted 11/14/05)
The enforcement of the provisions of this article shall be cumulative
of any other remedy, whether allowed by state law or other ordinances.
(Ordinance 2005-1114-03 adopted 11/14/05)
