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(a) No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond or any other body of water or natural watercourse in a park or elsewhere within the City.
(b) No person shall deposit, throw or dump any septic tank effluent, refuse, rubbish, wood, stone, earth or other waste into Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River or any other body of water or watercourse, except when done under the supervision and control of the City or the United States Government.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
(a) No distiller, refiner or person dealing in or handling petroleum, having his or her refinery, yard, building or dock situated within the limits of the City, or within the watercourse jurisdiction of the City, shall cause or permit to be discharged into the Cuyahoga River, or into any stream running into the same, any petroleum, tar, residuum, gasoline or other refuse matter, not including spent acid or alkali, when the same has been entirely freed from tar, residuum or oily matter.
(b) The absence of proper apparatus for taking care of and preventing the flowing of these substances into the River, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of violation. Any works, refineries, docks or yards, so found without such apparatus, shall be suspended from operating until such time as they are provided with the necessary apparatus for preventing such nuisance.
(c) All refineries, docks, yards or works where oils or tar are refined, treated or handled, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all waste, oils, tar, residuum or other waste matter, and kept free from the same. However, such waste or refuse matter may be stored in tanks or barrels.
(Ord. No. 63410-A. Passed 9-22-24)
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the City. Nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place. However, it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or other public place unless specifically prohibited by the controlling governmental agency, for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it, and provided further that the person making the distribution shall not hamper or interfere with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle. However, it shall not be unlawful in any public place unless specifically prohibited by the controlling governmental agency for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
No person shall throw or deposit any litter on any occupied private property except in properly maintained receptacles. The owner or person in control of private property must provide sufficient private receptacles for collection of litter. No person shall deposit litter in receptacles in such a manner that it will be carried or deposited by the elements upon private property or any sidewalk, street or other public place.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
(a) No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the City whether owned by such person or not.
(b) No person shall throw or deposit food, including any food intended for animals, on any open or vacant private property within the City whether owned by such person or not.
(Ord. No. 633-04. Passed 6-7-04, eff. 6-11-04)
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