It is unlawful for any person to permit or to allow to accumulate in or about any yard, lot, place or premises; or upon any street, alley or sidewalk adjacent to such lot, yard, place or premises owned or occupied by such person, any solid waste so as to cause such yard, lot, premises, or street, or alley or sidewalk adjacent thereto to be or remain in such condition as to cause or create a nuisance, obstruction, hazard to the public health, or offensive odor or rodent harborage or thereby to be or to become, or to cause or create, a public or private nuisance within the limits of the City. (Ord. 265 § 9, 1987)