4-1-4: MAINTENANCE OF SANITARY CONDITIONS:
   A.   Throwing, Depositing Or Accumulating Prohibited: No person shall throw or deposit or permit to accumulate any solid waste in any building or any premises, improved or vacant, or any lot or area either public or private, within corporate limits so that it is or is likely:
      1.   To attract flies or fly breeding;
      2.   To afford food or harborage for rodents or rats; or
      3.   To be a source of noxious or offensive odors or conditions inimical to public interest or health.
   B.   Accumulation Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or to suffer to accumulate solid waste in or about any yard, lot, place or premises, or upon any adjacent street, alley or sidewalk, owned, leased, used or occupied by such person.
   C.   Interpretation: No section or provision of these regulations shall be construed to prohibit anything permitted or authorized under other applicable regulations.
   D.   Vacation Of Premises: It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling, storeroom, or any other building situated in an urban area to fail to remove, once it has been vacated, all solid waste from such building and premises and also the grounds appurtenant thereto; or to fail to place the same in a thoroughly sanitary condition within seventy two (72) hours after the said premises shall be vacated.
   E.   Compost Piles: Compost piles may be maintained for fertilization purposes, and matter used for fertilization purposes only may be transported, kept and used, provided the same shall not constitute a nuisance. (Ord. 432, 4-23-1997, eff. 6-1-1997)