(A) Public ways, public places.
(1) It is an offense for any person to willfully throw or leave or deposit any garbage, grass or weed cuttings, refuse, litter or other items and matter, commonly referred to as trash, upon or into any public street, road, parking area, drainage ditch or other public place, not designated as a public dump ground established and under the control of the city.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the city, except in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection, or in official city dumps.
(B) Private property.
(1) It is unlawful and an offense for any person to willfully throw, leave or deposit any garbage, grass cuttings, refuse, litter or any other items and matter, commonly referred to as trash, upon or into any private property, ditch, drain or driveway, which is not owned by or under the control of the person committing such act. A conviction for violation of the provisions of this chapter shall not preclude the prosecution of the charge of trespass, should the facts involved include a violation of the crime of trespass as provided by the ordinances of the city.
(2) No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property except that the person in control of private property may keep private receptacles for collection of litter to be prevented from being deposited upon streets, sidewalks and other public places.
(C) Vacant property. It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant property within the city, whether owned by such person or not.
(Prior Code, § 4-6-2) Penalty, see § 91.99