It shall be unlawful for any person or any tenant or occupant of any building or premises, in person or by his servant, agent or employee, to cast, throw, place or deposit any yard or garden debris, such as grass cuttings, leaves, shrub cuttings, vine cuttings, branches, tree limbs or tree cuttings, onto any public street or into any alley so as to hinder or block passage through such alley.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-28)
It shall be unlawful for any commercial tree trimmer or commercial yard and garden service to leave in the city any tree limbs, tree cuttings, grass clippings, leaves and other yard debris cut or removed by such commercial tree trimmer or commercial yard and garden service from trees, lawns and gardens in within the city. A commercial tree trimmer is any licensed, registered or incorporated business or entity who cuts or removes tree limbs or branches from trees on residential or commercial property for hire. A commercial yard and garden service is any business or entity, other than an individual person, who cuts grass, does pruning of bushes and shrubs, or other yard and gardening work on residential or commercial property for hire. City employees shall not pick up or remove tree limbs, tree cuttings, grass clippings, bush and shrub trimmings or other yard and garden debris left in the city by commercial tree trimmers or commercial yard and garden services. Sections 9-81 and 9-82 of this Code shall apply to any property owner who permits accumulation of tree limbs, tree cuttings, grass clippings, bush and shrub trimmings or other yard and garden debris within the city.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-29; Ordinance 1557 adopted 9/13/2004)
Yard and garden debris generated by the private property owner or other person, and not by a commercial yard and garden service, such as grass cuttings, leaves, shrub and bush cuttings, and vine cuttings, in order to be picked up by the city, shall be placed in a container, such as a sack, bag, cardboard or wooden box, or can which does not exceed forty (40) pounds in combined weight of container and contents, and is such that it can be placed into a city truck while intact. Tree limbs and tree cuttings generated by the private property owner or other person, and not by a commercial tree trimmer, and not containerized as provided in the preceding sentence, shall be picked up by the city only if such tree limbs and tree cuttings are cut into lengths not exceeding three (3) feet and are not left by commercial tree trimmers.
(1965 Code, sec. 11-30; Ordinance 1557 adopted 9/13/2004)