In this article:
A city approved receptacle used for the disposal of waste.
Any wastepaper, used beverage or food container, rubbish,
trash, or garbage not placed in a container.
The act of placing, throwing, depositing, disposing or dropping
of litter.
A container provided on public or private property for the
disposal of litter by pedestrians.
A natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership,
association, club, company, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee
of any of them.
Includes, but 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.
Includes but is not limited to streets, medians, roads, road
medians, catch basins, sidewalks, strips between streets and sidewalks,
alleys, lanes, public right-of-way, public parking lots, school grounds,
parks, publicly owned recreation facilities, and municipal bodies
of water and waterways.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
A person commits an offense if the person throws or deposits
litter except in a container or a pedestrian litter container.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
(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 curbs and
gutters, shall keep those sidewalks, streets, parkways, curbs and
gutters, and drainage ditches free of litter by removing litter and
placing it in a container.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
(a)
All
residential and commercial containers shall be closed with a well-fitting
lid (cover) when any garbage, refuse, trash, debris, rubbish, solid
waste or junk is in such container. If bags are utilized as a container
they shall be tightly sealed with a fastener. Pedestrian litter 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 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
A person commits an offense if the person deposits household
or commercial garbage, refuse, trash, debris, rubbish, solid waste
or junk in pedestrian litter containers.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
(a)
Every
vehicle used to transport manure, garbage, swill, ashes, cinders or
other loose material on any of the streets of the city shall be fitted
with a tight and sufficient cover to prevent the cargo of the vehicle
from becoming litter.
(b)
Failure
to utilize such a cover which results in the cargo of the vehicle
becoming litter, shall constitute littering.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
If littering occurs from a motor vehicle, proof that the particular
vehicle was the origin of the litter, together with proof that the
defendant was, at the time of such violation, the registered owner
or lessee of the vehicle, shall constitute prima facie proof that
the registered owner or lessee is the person who committed such littering.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
It is unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of this
article. Any such violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a maximum fine of two thousand
dollars ($2,000.00). Each day that a violation of this article occurs
shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 504-2010 adopted 6/17/10)
