(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote the health and general welfare of the people of the city by prohibiting the throwing, casting, or depositing of litter in or upon any private or public property within the city limits.
(B) Definition of litter. For the purpose of this section, LITTER is defined as ashes, filth, excrement, boards, slop cinder, old tires, sawdust, wood or metal shavings, rubber, lumber scraps, boxes, barrels, crates, cans, bottles, plastic, cartons, containers, paper, trash, rubbish, debris, garbage, manure, grass cuttings, tree limbs, discarded food, clothing, or any other offensive or disagreeable substance thrown, cast, dropped, discharges, or deposited by anyone in our upon public or private property, including streams and water courses.
(C) Violations.
(1) No person shall sweep, throw, cast, or otherwise place or deposit litter of any kind in or upon any curb, gutter, street, alley, boulevard, highway, right-of-way, viaduct, sidewalk, vacant, or occupied lot, vacant building, pond, stream, or water course, or other public or private property.
(2) No person within any vehicle shall throw, cast, place, drop, spill, or deposit litter upon any private or public property.
(3) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any real estate to maintain the sidewalk, lawn space and that portion of the street lying between the curb line, edge of road by curb, and property line free from litter. Such owner or occupant is prohibited from sweeping or otherwise moving litter from sidewalks into the gutters or streets, or onto adjoining property. Failure to comply with this division shall constitute an ordinance violation.
(4) The owner, lessee, agent, or their person having control, charge, authority, or management over vacant property shall keep said property free and clear of any and all litter. Failure to comply with this division shall constitute an ordinance violation.
(5) The owner, lessee, agent, or other person having control, charge, authority, or management over vacant property shall keep said property free and clear of any and all litter. Failure to comply with this division shall constitute an ordinance violation.
(6) No trash, refuse, or garbage shall be removed, hauled, or conveyed within city limits, unless the vehicle used for removal, hauling, or conveying is tightly covered by screen, wire mesh, or tarpaulin. Such a vehicle shall be loaded and driven in a manner that none of the contents may be spilled, dropped, or blown from it. Failure to comply with this division shall constitute an ordinance violation.
(7) Occupants of all premises shall be required to provide adequate receptacles for garbage disposal, equipped with tight lids or covers and such lids and covers shall be kept in place at all times. All receptacles shall be placed in easily accessible locations on the premises, but not on alleys where they may obstruct the circulation and operation of refuse and garbage collection. Failure to comply with this constitutes an ordinance violation.
(D) Enforcement. The City Legal Department, the Code Enforcement Officer, acting as agent of the City Legal Department, the Police Department, and the Fire Department, can and shall take immediate legal action to enforce this section.
(Ord. 10-2021, passed 6-8-2021) Penalty, see § 97.99