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All persons occupying any place of business, public building or private premises shall keep their place of business, public building or private property, as the case may be, including the sidewalk, parkway, gutter, catch basin, street or alley adjoining or abutting to the place so occupied, free and clear of litter and/or junk property. To this end:
(a) No person or authority owning, occupying or in control of a place of business, public building, or private premises shall sweep into or deposit, or cause to be swept or deposited in any sidewalk, parkway, gutter, catch basin, street or alley, or other public place within the City an accumulation of litter, including leaves from trees, from any place of business, public building or private premises, except the placing of leaves or bagged or bundled refuse for immediate collection by authorized refuse collectors as provided for elsewhere in this Code.
(b) The occupier of a place of business and the authority in control of a public building shall collect and dispose of all litter on the premises of the place of business or public building, as the case may be, in authorized receptacles, including the sidewalk and parkway adjoining or abutting to the premises.
(1) For the purpose of this subsection, the operator of any shopping center shall be deemed to be the occupier of all common areas of the shopping center, including, but not limited to parking areas, parking lots, and landscaped areas which are not leased or rented to any particular tenant, but not including any sidewalks, parkways or gutters adjoining or abutting to any premises rented to a particular tenant.
(c) The occupier of any private premises shall keep said premises free of all litter and/or junk property and shall dispose of the litter and/or junk property only in a manner consistent with this chapter and other laws.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992)
(a) No person, while an operator or passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the City, or upon private property, nor shall any operator of a vehicle allow or permit the throwing or disposing of any litter from the vehicle by himself or herself or by any passenger thereof upon any street or other public place within the City, or upon private property.
(b) In any prosecution under this section, proof of ownership of the vehicle involved shall constitute a prima facie showing that the owner allowed or permitted the throwing or disposing of any litter from the vehicle.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
No person shall drive or move, or direct or employ a driver to drive or move, any truck or other vehicle within the City unless the truck or other vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public right-of-way; nor shall any person drive or move or direct or employ a driver to drive or move, any vehicle or truck within the City, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place, mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
Cross-reference:
Vehicles hauling garbage and the like, see § 30-5
No person shall throw or deposit litter and/or junk property in any park within the City except in public receptacles and in such a manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978; Ord. 3206, passed 6-8-1992)
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any sidewalk, parkway, gutter, street, or other public place within the City, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any handbill in any public place unless the handbill is distributed without charge to the receiver thereof, only to any person willing to accept it.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle; however, it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to the receiver thereof a handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)
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