(A) Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premises is a nuisance and prohibited.
(B) No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley, or public place or upon private property except in proper containers for collection or other lawful disposal. No person shall throw or deposit refuse in any stream or other body of water.
(C) No person shall deposit, anywhere within the city, any refuse in a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any public place or any other premises within the city.
(D) No person shall bury any refuse in the city except in an approved sanitary landfill. This division (D) does not prevent anyone from composting leaves, grass clippings, and other easily biodegradable, non-poisonous garbage on his or her own premises. Composting of garbage shall be allowed only when application has been made to, and approval granted, by the Council on a finding that composting will be done in a rodent proof structure and in an otherwise sanitary manner.
(Ord. 109, passed 5-5-1986) Penalty, see § 53.99