In this article:
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.
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 adopting Code)
A person commits an offense if the person throws or deposits
litter anywhere except in a container or a pedestrian litter container.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(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, parkways, curb and gutter, and drainage
ditches free of litter by removing litter and placing it in a container.
(Ordinance adopting Code)
(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 adopting Code)
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 adopting Code)
(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 adopting Code)
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 adopting Code)
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 in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section
1.01.009 of this code. Each day that a violation of this article occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance adopting Code)