613.01 Definitions
613.02 Litter on Public Property; Feeding Birds
613.03 Placement of Litter in Receptacles to Prevent Scattering
613.04 Upsetting Public or Private Receptacles
613.05 Depositing Litter Grass or Leaves in the Street
613.06 Littering From Motor Vehicle
613.07 Truck Loads Causing Litter
613.08 Litter in Parks
613.09 Litter in Lakes, Rivers and Watercourses
613.10 Discharging Oily Refuse
613.11 Throwing or Distributing Handbills in Public Places
613.12 Placing Commercial and Noncommercial Handbills on Vehicles
613.13 Litter on Occupied Private Property
613.14 Owner to Maintain Premises Free of Litter
613.15 Litter on Vacant Land
613.16 Release of Balloons
613.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Depositing garbage on public or private property, CO 551.26
Drifting debris prohibited on City waters, CO 483.03
Littering at airports, CO 571.16
Littering enforcement by Traffic Engineering and Parking Division employees, CO 403.08
Obstructions and trash in parks, CO 559.29
Vehicle loads dropping or leaking, CO 439.11
Depositing garbage on public or private property, CO 551.26
Drifting debris prohibited on City waters, CO 483.03
Littering at airports, CO 571.16
Littering enforcement by Traffic Engineering and Parking Division employees, CO 403.08
Obstructions and trash in parks, CO 559.29
Vehicle loads dropping or leaking, CO 439.11
As used in this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the following meanings. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely directory.
(a) “Commercial handbill” means any printed or written matter, any sample or devise, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature:
(1) Which advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
(2) Which directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales; or
(3) Which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit.
(b) “Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(c) “Litter” means “garbage”, “refuse” and “rubbish” as defined herein and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
(d) “Noncommercial handbill” means printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforementioned definitions of a commercial handbill.
(e) “Park” means a park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or any other public area in the City, owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation.
(f) “Public property” or “public place” means all property owned, operated or controlled by any governmental agency, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, tree lawns, parks, playgrounds, parking lots, schools, libraries, post offices, municipal transit facilities and other public lands and buildings.
(g) “Private property” or “private places” means all property not included in the definition of “public property” including, but not limited to, vacant land or to any land, building or other structure designed or used for residential, commercial, business, industrial, institutional or religious purposes, together with any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, fence, porch, steps, vestibule, mailbox and other structure appurtenant thereto.
(h) “Refuse” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
(i) “Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, dirt, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
(j) “Vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
(a) No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City except in public receptacles or in authorized receptacles for collection.
(b) No person shall litter public property by the feeding of pigeons, starlings, sparrows or other birds, nor shall any person place food for the feeding of such birds on any public property so as to increase the hazard of rodent infestation.
(Ord. No. 767-49. Passed 6-27-49)
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
(a) No person shall throw, deposit or sweep into any gutter, sidewalk, street or other public place within the City the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or in control of or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
(b) No person shall blow, dump or deposit leaves, grass clippings, or other lawn debris onto any public street or alley, provided that nothing in this division (b) shall prohibit depositing leaves onto a public street or alley as part of a City-sponsored leaf pick-up program.
(Ord. No. 791-06. Passed 7-12-06, eff. 7-14-06)
(a) No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
(b) No operator of a motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway shall allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded or deposited from the motor vehicle, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
(c) As used in this section, “litter” means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(RC 4511.82; Ord. No. 2823-89. Passed 3-19-90, eff. 3-22-90)
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