(A) The terms “person” or “persons responsible”, as used in this section shall mean the driver of the vehicle which deposited or tracked the mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter on the streets, alleys or other public places; or the driver's employer; or the owner of the real property or prime contractor in charge of the site from which the mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter originated or to which the offending vehicle was proceeding.
(B) Where mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter have been washed from, or tracked by vehicles going to or from the site of any construction, demolition, excavation, filling, trenching or grading, onto any street, alley or other public place, the City Administrative Officer is authorized to cause mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter to be removed and to charge the cost of removal and cleaning, including costs of equipment used and man hours expended, to the person or persons responsible. The cost of removal and cleaning shall be collected by civil suit.
(C) The city shall have a lien upon the entire property from which the mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter originated and to which the offending vehicle was proceeding to secure the costs of removing same and cleaning the street, alley or other public place pursuant to this section, and further to secure the expenses incurred by the city in the collection of the aforesaid costs. The lien may be enforced by an action for the foreclosure thereof.
('88 Code, § 150.16) (Ord. 1986-2, passed 4-7-86; Am. Ord. 2005-04, passed 4-18-05)