CHAPTER 557
Rubbish and Waste Disposal; Anti-Litter
557.01    Scattering rubbish.
557.02    Polluting rivers.
557.03    Definitions.
557.04    Litter in public places.
557.05    Placement of litter in receptacle so as to prevent scattering.
557.06    Sweeping litter into gutters prohibited.
557.07    Merchants’ duty to keep sidewalks free of litter.
557.08    Litter thrown by persons in vehicles.
557.09    Truck loads causing litter.
557.10    Litter in parks, lakes and fountains.
557.11    Throwing or distributing handbills in public places.
557.12   Placing handbills on vehicles prohibited.
557.13   Depositing handbills on uninhabited or vacant premises.
557.14   Prohibiting distribution of handbills where properly posted.
557.15   Distributing handbills at inhabited private premises.
557.16   Dropping litter from aircraft.
557.17   Posting notices prohibited.
557.18   Litter on occupied and vacant private property; owner’s duty.
557.19   Clearing of litter from open private property by City.
557.99   Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
   Water pollution - see Ohio R.C. 715.08, 743.24 et seq.
   Disposal and transportation upon public ways - see Ohio R.C. 4513.31
   Vehicle loads dropping or leaking; tracking mud - see TRAF. 339.08
   Littering and deposit of garbage, rubbish, junk, etc. - see GEN. OFF. 521.08
   Polluting park waters - see GEN. OFF. 565.02
   Littering parks - see GEN. OFF. 565.04 (a)(5)
   557.01 SCATTERING RUBBISH.
   No person shall deposit in or upon, or scatter over or upon any of the streets, parks or public grounds within the City any paper, paper waste, rags or waste material of any kind. No person who is the owner or lessee of any lot or land within the City shall deposit upon any such lot or land, or allow to be deposited thereon, any paper or paper waste so that the same shall subsequently be blown by the wind, upon or over any of the streets, parks or public grounds of the City. (1938 Code §272)
   557.02 POLLUTING RIVERS.
   No person shall deposit any rubbish, paper, paper waste, rags or waste material of any kind in any river, stream or natural waterway or upon the banks of same.
(Ord. 238-1963. Passed 10-14-63.)
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