(A) 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, constituting a hazard to the life, limb, or property of any person traveling upon those streets.
(B) The deposit of sand, salt, or the like 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.
(C) 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 afore-described 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.
(Ord. 17-1974, passed 9-20-74; Am. Ord. 1984-16, passed 1-10-85) Penalty, see § 91.99