(a) No owner or occupant of any premises lying within the City shall throw or deposit litter on any private premises within the City, whether owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of occupied private premises may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter shall be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
(b) The owner or person in control of any private premises shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter. Provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles for collection.
(c) "Litter", as used in this section, means debris, tin cans, waste paper, waste rubbish, garbage, filth, refuse, vermin, decaying or dead matter, abandoned automobiles, wrecked or dismantled automobiles, automobiles unusable and unmoved for ninety days, junk or industrial wastes.
(Ord. 83-6. Passed 1-13-83.)