(A) A person shall not throw or deposit upon a highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, trash, garbage, rubbish, litter, offal, grass, leaves, lawn clippings or any other debris. A person shall not throw or deposit upon a highway a substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon the highway.
(2013 Code, § 20-392)
(B) Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material and other material, as defined in division (A) above, shall immediately remove the material or cause it to be removed.
(2013 Code, § 20-393)
(C) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle. Any owners or operators of motor vehicles involved in an accident in which the investigating officer determines the operator to be at fault, or to share fault, and which requires a response by the city’s Fire Department to control a fire, extract individuals from the wreckage, remove hazardous materials or restore the road way to a safe condition, shall be liable to the city for the cost of the materials and services provided in amounts established by resolution of the City Council.
(2013 Code, § 20-394)
(Ord. 68, passed 8-14-1950; Ord. 14893, passed 12-19-2011; Ord. 14934, passed 9-8-2014) Penalty, see § 71.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see I.C.A. §§ 321.369, 321.370, 321.371