(a) No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any lawn clippings upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property so as to constitute a hazard to the public.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any dirt or mud upon any public street, alley, sidewak or other public property so as to constitute a hazard to the public.
(c) (1) For a first offense of this section, the offender shall be issued a written warning by a police officer and shall promptly remove all items constituting a hazard to the public.
(2) A. For a second offense of this section committed within one (1) years of a first offense under this section, the offender shall be issued a notice of a violation of this section by a police officer. Each such offender may, within seventy-two (72) hours of the time when such notice of a second offense is issued, pay to the Police Department, or any other means that the City might provide for payment of such sums, fifty dollars ($50.00) for all second offense violations under this section in full satisfaction of such violation. Additionally the offender shall promptly removal all items constituting a hazard to the public upon receipt of such notice.
(3) For a third offense of this section and for each and every additional offense committed within one (1) year of a first offense under this section, the offender shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be issued a citation by a police officer for the same, and upon any and all such conviction(s) for a third or subsequent offense shall receive a mandatory court fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) which may not be suspended or waived, in whole or in part, in any manner whatsoever. Additionally the offender shall promptly remove all items constituting a hazard to the public upon receipt of such citation.
(Ord. 27-18-0. Passed 1-14-19.)