(A) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck within the city, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley, or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter, or foreign matter of any kind.
(B) No person, firm, corporation, or agent thereof shall deposit or cause or permit to be deposited upon the streets of the city any mud, dirt, litter, trash, or other debris. No person, firm, corporation, or agent thereof shall operate a motor vehicle in such a manner that mud, dirt, litter, trash or other debris is left upon any streets which my constitute a hazard to the life, limb, or property of any person traveling upon those streets.
(1) The deposit of sand, salt, or other chemicals on ice or snow on public streets by duly-authorized emergency crews to make the streets safe for travel shall not be deemed a violation of this section.
(2) All of the owners of any interest in any real estate in the city from which any mud, dirt, litter, trash, or other debris has been removed and deposited upon any city street shall be jointly and severally liable and obligated to the city for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by, and the reasonable value of all labor and equipment provided by, the city in the removal thereof. The city shall have a lien upon the entire lot or parcel of real estate from which the mud, dirt, litter, or debris was removed to secure the aforedescribed obligation and liability, and all costs, fees, and expenses incurred by the city in the collection thereof, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney fees. The lien may be enforced by civil actions for the foreclosure thereof.
(3) The City Building Inspector is authorized to withdraw all building permits where debris is identifiably deposited in a location where new construction is being performed.
(Am. Ord. 1988-1-1, passed 2-11-88) Penalty, see § 94.99
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Cross-reference:
Materials on streets and sidewalks, see § 91.32