(A) No person shall discard any litter onto or in any water or land of the city; except that, nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authorized collection and discarding of such litter in or on areas or receptacles provided for such purpose.
(B) LITTER shall be defined to include, but not be limited to, any refuse or discarded item, including cans, bottles, trash or abandoned household items (e.g., used furniture, appliances, toys, implements, bicycles or the like).
(C) To enforce this provision, any police officer, the Public Housing Director or other city official designated by the Public Housing Director or the City Council, who shall find litter placed or stored in the open upon public property within the city, may cause such litter to be removed and shall issue written notice to the adjacent property owner at the address as reflected by the tax records of the County Auditor, by both regular and certified mail, that unless the litter is removed and all costs of removal and disposal incurred by the city are paid within 14 days of the date of mailing, the litter shall be disposed of and the cost of removal and disposal will be imposed against the property owner by civil complaint.
(D) The written notice prescribed under division (C) above shall contain provisions that the person may appeal the imposition of the costs of removal and disposal by filing a written appeal with the City Clerk within ten days of the date the notice is mailed, which appeal shall then be scheduled for hearing and a decision rendered by the City Administrator or a designee of the City Administrator prior to the filing of a civil complaint.
(2013 Code, § 21-60) (Ord. 14642, passed 2-14-2000; Ord. 14894, passed 12-19-2011) Penalty, see § 130.999