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It shall be unlawful and hereby declared a public nuisance to litter or cause litter to be deposited or remain on any lot or piece of ground within the city of within one mile of the corporate limit of the city except in approved dumpsters.
(1973 Code, § 4-403) (Ord. 709, passed 6-7-2001) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) Approved methods of disposal for garbage, litter, refuse, and waste materials are as follows:
(1) By disposal of garbage into an approved dumpster provided by garbage franchisee; and
(2) By hauling to the sanitary landfill transfer station and dispensing there as directed by the person in charge.
(B) Approved methods of disposal for yard waste are as follows:
(1) By utilizing the yard waste in an approved backyard composting site; and
(2) By hauling to the city provided dumpster specifically maintained for yard waste and by dumping into the same.
(1973 Code, § 4-404) (Ord. 709, passed 6-7-2001) Penalty, see § 91.99
It shall be the duty of every owner and person in possession, charge, or in control of any dwelling, flat, rooming house, apartment house, hospital, school, hotel, club, restaurant, boarding house, or eating place, or in possession, in charge, or in control of any shop, place of business, or manufacturing establishment, where garbage, litter, refuse, yard waste, or other waste material is created, or accumulated, to remove or cause to be removed from the premises where accumulated the garbage, litter, refuse, yard waste, or waste material. It shall be unlawful to place garbage, litter, refuse, yard waste, or waste material in any alley, easement, property, or public place.
(1973 Code, § 4-405) (Ord. 709, passed 6-7-2001) Penalty, see § 91.99
(A) If the owner, occupant, or agent in charge of any lot, building, or other premises, or the person responsible for the maintenance of a nuisance, fails to abate the nuisance ten days after a notice to abate has been mailed by ordinary first-class mail and certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the person or persons, the City Attorney's office may, with consent of the Mayor, bring legal action to obtain abatement of the nuisance.
(B) In the event legal action to abate a nuisance is commenced on behalf of the city, the City Attorney shall request that the court enter the order as is appropriate to expeditiously and completely abate the nuisance and that the order be of a continuing nature, permanently enjoining the defendant from continuing, maintaining, renewing, or restoring a judgment against the defendant(s) for the cost incurred by the city in abating the nuisance conditions.
(1973 Code, § 4-406) (Ord. 449, passed 12-1-1977; Ord. 693, passed 7-8-1999; Ord. 709, passed 6-7-2001)