(a) No person shall throw, drop, pour, deposit or, having done so, permit to remain in or on any public street or highway or public ground, any nail, tack, glass, crockery, scrap iron, tin, wire, bottle, thorn, clipping or any article or thing likely to injure the feet of any person or animal or the tire of any vehicle.
No person shall throw or cause to be deposited or permit to be thrown or deposited dirt, debris or offal in or upon any street, lane, alley, tree lawn or any other public ground or the premises of another. This provision shall not apply to fill dirt, top soil or similar dirt which is deposited in connection with the construction, grading or seeding of any premises.
This section shall apply to debris or mud deposited from tires of vehicles as well as leaking loads.
(b) No person shall dump, throw or cast any material upon the property of any other person without permission. No person shall dump any refuse, rubbish, manure or garbage on any property in the City unless a permit is obtained from the Mayor to do so, in which the conditions controlling such dumping are set forth, except for reasonable fertilization purposes in connection with the immediate planting or landscaping of crops. If planting is delayed, a permit shall be obtained from the Mayor even for fertilization purposes.
(Ord. 1963-150. Passed 9-4-63.)
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 1974-16. Passed 1-16-74.)