(a) No person shall deposit or leave garbage, waste, putrid substances, junk or other waste material on any public street or any other public property or in any pond or watercourse, nor shall any person who is the owner, occupant or person in possession of any property within the City deposit, permit to remain or permit any other person to deposit, on private property, any of such material. As used in this section:
(1) "Waste material" means any material which has been discarded or abandoned, or any material no longer is use, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes junk, waste boxes, cartons, plastic or wood scraps or shavings, waste paper and paper products and other combustible materials or substances no longer in use or discarded or abandoned, metal or ceramic scraps or pieces of all types, glass and other noncombustible materials or substances no longer in use or discarded or abandoned, and machinery, appliances or equipment, or parts thereof, no longer in use or discarded or abandoned.
(2) "Junk" includes old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, automotive tires, paper and rubber. It also includes abandoned, inoperable, partially dismantled or wrecked vehicles of any kind, whether motor vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, emergency vehicles, public safety vehicles, school buses, bicycles, commercial tractors, agricultural tractors, house trailers, trucks, buses, trailers, semitrailers, railroad trains, railroad cars, watercraft or any other form of device for the transportation of persons or property, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any automobile or other transportation device of any kind the operation of which requires issuance of a license by the Federal government or any agency thereof or by the State or any agency or political subdivision thereof, any such automobile or other transportation device shall be deemed to be junk unless a current valid license has been issued for the operation of such automobile or other transportation device, which license, if required by law, is displayed upon such automobile or other transportation device. "Junk" also includes other automobiles, other transportation devices and other old scrap and ferrous or nonferrous materials which are not held for sale or for remelting purposes by an establishment having facilities for processing such materials.
(b) This section shall be enforced by the Director of Service and the Director of Safety or by either of them.
(Ord. 1966-210. Passed 12-7-66; Ord. 2003-025. Passed 4-2-03.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and misdemeanor of the third degree for any subsequent offense. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1974-16. Passed 1-16-74.)
(d) When the junk is an automotive tire or tires, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 2003-025. Passed 4-2-03.)