CHAPTER 30: NUISANCES *
Section
   30-1   Acts declared a nuisance; abatement
   30-2   Throwing glass, rubbish and the like
   30-2.1   Same — reward for information resulting in conviction of perpetrator
   30-3   Keeping animals or vegetable matter which cause offensive conditions
   30-4   Maintenance or construction of privy or privy vault
   30-5   Vehicles hauling garbage and the like
   30-6   Abatement
   30-7   Discharging foul or nauseous liquids, steam, gas and the like
   30-8   Placing or discharging waste matter into rivers or streams
   30-9   Cement — unloading; causing dust
   30-10   Definitions for §§ 30-11 – 30-36
   30-11   Litter or junk in public places
   30-12   Same — on private property
   30-13   Same — on vacant lots
   30-14   Placement of litter to prevent scattering
   30-15   Streets and sidewalks to be free of litter
   30-16   Litter thrown by persons in vehicles
   30-17   Truck loads causing litter
   30-18   Litter or junk in parks
   30-19   Litter in lakes, rivers and fountains
   30-20   Throwing or distributing handbills in public places
   30-21   Placing handbills on vehicles
   30-22   Depositing handbills on uninhabited or vacant premises
   30-23   Distributing handbills at inhabited premises; exemption for certain items
   30-24   Dropping litter from aircraft
   30-25   Posting notices
   30-26   Unlawful storage of building materials
   30-27   Removal of junk, litter or building materials from public premises
   30-28   Removal of trash from public premises
   30-29   Removal of junk property, litter, abandoned property or building materials from private premises
   30-30   Removal of trash from private premises
   30-30.1   Violations deemed nuisance; authority of City to abate
   30-30.2   Reserved
   30-30.3   Dangerous or hazardous substances or materials
   30-30.4   Leakage or spillage of dangerous or hazardous substances and materials to be cleaned up
   30-30.5   Failure to comply with responsibility for costs
   30-30.6   Failure to pay costs of cleanup; remedies of City
   30-31   Limitation
   30-32   Prosecution for violation of §§ 30-1 – 30-30; issuance of appearance ticket
   30-33   Penalty and designation of certain sections as municipal civil infractions
   30-34   Increase in fine or imprisonment for second or subsequent violation
   30-35   Notice of violation
   30-36   Provisions of §§ 30-10 – 30-35 not to constitute permission to do acts prohibited by other law
   30-37   Findings with respect to drug use
   30-38   Use of controlled substances or drug paraphernalia; public nuisance; notice of hearing
   30-39   Abatement of nuisance; costs
   30-40   Persuasive presumption of public nuisance
   31-41   Drag racing
Cross-reference:
   Burial in unauthorized area, see § 13-2
   Dangerous fences, see § 17-5
   Dumping ground, see § 39-41
   Filling station, operating without permit, see § 12-142
   Trees and shrubs, obstructions at intersections, see § 45-3
   Wells, contaminated, see § 46-28
§ 30-1 ACTS DECLARED A NUISANCE; ABATEMENT.
   The acts, conditions and the like described in this chapter are hereby declared to be nuisances and may be abated in the manner prescribed by law.
§ 30-2 THROWING GLASS, RUBBISH AND THE LIKE.
   No person shall himself or by another throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane, alley, public place or square or any private place or premises any glass, unbroken or broken, or any matter, stone, earthenware, tacks or other substances of any nature likely to cause injury to travelers or pedestrians, to carriages, automobiles, bicycles or other vehicles, or injure any horse or other animals or which might injure, cut or puncture any pneumatic tire, nor shall any person shall himself or for another throw, place, deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane or alley, public place or square, or in any private place or premises, any animal or vegetable substance, dead animal, fish, shavings, paper, dirt, rubbish, filth, slops, unclean or nauseous water, liquid or gaseous fluids, hay, straw, soot, offal, garbage, swill or any other article or substance whatever.
(Ord. 297, passed 5-8-1939)
Cross-reference:
   Duty to keep sidewalks and the like free of litter, see § 30-15
§ 30-2.1 SAME — REWARD FOR INFORMATION RESULTING IN CONVICTION OF PERPETRATOR.
   Where information furnished by an individual to the Police and/or Public Works Department has resulted in a fine for unlawful dumping, the City Council may authorize and direct the Finance Director to pay the individual a reward in the amount of 50% of any fine collected from the offender. The Chief of Police, the Director of Public Works and the Chief Legal Officer or their respective designee shall constitute a committee to investigate all claims for such rewards and shall make recommendations for payment or nonpayment of the rewards to the City Council. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to give false information to the police or Department of Public Works relative to illegal dumping. No employee of the City Council, the Police, Public Works or Law Departments shall be entitled to any rewards under this section.
(Ord. 2884, passed 8-8-1983; Ord. 2997, passed 6-23-1986; Ord. 3236, passed 6-28-1993)
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