(a) No person owning, in possession of, or in control of real property shall discard or dump garbage, waste, debris or litter on the open land of such property or adjacent properties or permit the same to be discarded, dumped or accumulated on such properties, whether public or private, except as the same shall be contained in proper waste containers.
(b) For the purposes of this section, garbage, waste, debris, and litter shall be deemed to be those materials of the type as would constitute material acceptable for collection under the rules, regulations, and contract provisions governing the public collection of garbage by the Municipality or by collectors under contract to the Municipality.
(c) A person owning, in possession of, or in control of real property shall remove all matter described in (a) and (b) above within three days after written notification to such effect has been made by the City Manager. The notice required hereunder shall be deemed complete on delivery to the owner or person in possession or control personally; to the owner by mail addressed to him under his last known address; to any tenant when the address of the owner is unknown; or on posting the notice on any vacant premises when the address of the owner is unknown.
(d) On the failure of any such person to comply with the order of the City Manager, the Municipality shall, without prejudice to the operation of (e) below, have the right to go on the property of such person and remove all matter the subject of such order. In such event, such person shall pay to the Municipality, within ten days after receipt of notice of the amount thereof, its costs of such removal and shall remain liable to a fine for noncompliance with this section.
(e) Whoever fails to comply with an order of the City Manager issued hereunder shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and shall be fined $25.00 for each day of noncompliance with the order of the City Manager, in addition to any cost of removal assessed in accordance with (d) above.
(Ord. 1978-38. Passed 8-22-78; Ord. 1984-69. Passed 11-27-84.)
(f) Use of the City-owned property on Harper Avenue for disposal purposes shall be limited to those items approved by the County Board of Health and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Disposal of items at the Harper Avenue property must be approved by the City Manager or his/her representative. Anyone disposing of items without permission of the City Manager or disposing of items not approved by the Board of Health or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency shall, upon notice, remove those items and, in addition, shall be subject to a fine established and set forth in Codified Ordinance Chapter 111 Schedule of Fees, Fines and Other Charges, plus the cost of cleanup and restoration.
(Ord. 2012-63. Passed 7-10-12.)