It shall be unlawful for any person, or his agent, servant, or employee, while handling, using, or transporting any oil, salt water, brine, or other substance or liquid of any character in connection with any ice cream business, oil business, or other character or kind of business, or otherwise, to suffer or permit any of the substance or liquid to drip upon or be thrown or discharged into any street or gutter of any street, or on any sidewalk or parkway on any street, so that the substance or liquid may injure or likely or probably cause injury to any growing grass plot, shrubbery, or tree, or to discharge any of the substance or liquid into any gutter of any street or otherwise so that the substance or liquid may flow onto or near any growing grass plot, shrubbery, or tree so as to injure or likely or probably cause injury to the grass plot, shrubbery, or tree; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from discharging, throwing, or placing any substance or liquid described in this section into the inlet of any sewer that may be in any street where the substance or liquid will not cause injury to any shrubbery, grass, or tree, save and except that nothing shall be placed or discharged in any inlet that is likely to cause fire or combustion or that may be otherwise prohibited by this code or any other city ordinance. Any person, or his agent, servant, or employee, who violates any provision of this section shall is guilty of an offense. (Code 1941, Art. 87-16; Ord. 19963)