(A) No person shall throw, drop, deposit, discard, allow leakage or otherwise dispose of litter, or liquid waste, upon any public place in the city, any dwelling or private property, or in any waters within the jurisdiction of the city, whether from a vehicle, building or otherwise, except:
(1) When the property is designated by the state or by any of its agencies or the city for disposal of solid waste, and the person is authorized by the proper public authority to so use the property;
(2) When depositing into a private receptacle, heavy use container, public receptacle or other authorized garbage can in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried away or deposited by the wind or other natural elements upon any part of a public place or any private property; or
(3) When the person is the owner or, agent of the owner and the litter or waste is created in connection with any remodeling, rehabilitation or repair; provided, the litter or waste will not cause a public nuisance or violate any other state or local laws, rules or regulations and so long as the litter or waste does not remain on this property for more than one week.
(B) Specific items prohibited under this subchapter include the following:
(1) No person, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw, discard or otherwise deposit litter upon any street, public place or private property;
(2) Dump-outs are prohibited;
(3) Sweep-outs are prohibited;
(4) Depositing newspapers, circulars, publications, advertising supplements or handbills on uninhabited or vacant property or on public property, including public sidewalks, except in authorized newspaper/publication boxes, is prohibited. No person shall post or affix, or cause to be posted or affixed, any handbill, notice, poster or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public to any lamp post, public utility pole, tree in the public right- of-way, on the ground or curb area in the public right- of-way or upon any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law;
(5) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom. However, salt, sand or gravel may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or some other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway surface in the cleaning or maintaining of the roadway by a public authority having jurisdiction for the roadway or by persons under contract or other authorization by the public authority. Any person owning or operating a vehicle from which any glass, metal or other objects of its load have fallen or escaped that would constitute an obstruction or damage a vehicle or otherwise endanger travel upon a street shall immediately cause the street to be cleaned of all the glass, metal or other objects and shall pay any cost therefor; and
(6) Temporary signage placed on streets, sidewalks and public places, including public rights- of-way, is prohibited, except as may be authorized or required by law.
(1984 Code, § 95.30) (Ord. O-40-08, passed 9-23-2008) Penalty, see § 95.999