(a) No person shall deposit or dispose of any garbage, trash or other waste matter, or any carcass or part thereof or any offal upon any street, sidewalk, public place or vacant lot, or upon private premises owned or occupied by another, except that garbage and trash may be set out in receptacles for collection a provided in this article. No person shall deposit or dispose of any garbage, trash or other waste matter or any carcass or part thereof or any offal in any pond, lake, spring, well or watercourse or in any gutter or drain.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply within the City, and within public places, other than an approved dump, and with respect to ponds, lakes, springs and watercourses in unincorporated places within one mile beyond the City in all directions. (1976 Code Sec. 9-2)