(A) Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, willfully or negligently, to dump, deposit, leak, drip, spill or throw, or to cause or permit the dumping, depositing, leaking, dropping, spilling or throwing, of any sand, gravel, concrete, water or any other fluid, dirt, mud, rock, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance, in or upon any part or portion of any street, highway, alley or other public thoroughfare, or in or upon any part or portion of any private road or driveway, within the corporate limits of the city, from any part or portion of any motor or other vehicle in or upon any part or portion of such thoroughfare or way, in any quantity sufficient to constitute a hazard or imminent danger to the safety or health of persons or vehicles using any part or portion of any such thoroughfare or way, or to be injurious or detrimental to any part or portion of any such thoroughfare or way.
(B) Where any person has violated the provisions of this section by unlawfully dumping, depositing, leaking, dropping, spilling or throwing or by unlawfully causing or permitting the dumping, depositing, leaking, dropping, spilling or throwing of any such sand, gravel, concrete, water or any other fluid, dirt, mud, rock, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or other substance in or upon any part or portion of any such street, highway, alley or public thoroughfare, or in or upon any part of portion of any such private road or driveway, the owner or lessee of any such vehicle from which the same was so dumped, deposited, leaked, dropped, spilled or thrown shall forthwith collect and remove the same from any such street, highway, alley or other thoroughfare, or private road or driveway, upon learning of the presence and location of same, and it shall be unlawful for the owner or lessee of the vehicle from which the same was dumped, deposited, leaked, dropped, spilled or thrown to fail or refuse to collect and remove the same forthwith upon actual notice of the presence and location of same given to any such owner or lessee by any officer or employee of the city.
(C) The provisions set forth and contained in divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall have no application to the dumping, depositing or pouring of any substance or material necessary and essential to the construction or repair of any part or portion of any such thoroughfare, or any structure or facility thereon, at the site thereof.
(D) As used herein, the words “motor vehicle,” “street,” “highway,” “private road,” “private driveway” shall have the definitions and meanings prescribed for them as contained and set forth in Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d. [See also § 70.01 of this code of ordinances.]
('68 Code, § 25-10) (Ord. 12-1974-47, passed 12-10-74) Penalty, see § 99.99