(a) (1) No person shall place or knowingly drop, deposit or throw upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, alley or right-of-way, hereinafter collectively referred to as highway, any construction debris, landscape debris, building materials, earthen debris, dirt, stone, rock, snow, ice, metal objects, tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles, hereinafter collectively referred to as destructive or injurious material, which may injure any person or animal traveling or may damage any vehicle or other mode of transportation along or upon the highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(2) Any person who drops, deposits, places, throws or permits to be dropped, deposited, placed or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.
(3) Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(4) No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a highway without proper authority.
(b) No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or a vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop, deposit or throw upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, alley or right-of-way any construction debris, landscape debris, building materials, earthen debris, dirt, stone, rock, snow, ice, metal objects, tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates division (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2014-099. Passed 12-15-14.)