559.03 LITTERING AND DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, JUNK, ETC.
   (a)   No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety.
   (b)   No person shall knowingly or unknowingly permit trash or other waste material to escape from the property or structure owned or occupied by the person so as to litter the streets, sidewalks or property of another person within the Municipality.
   (c)   No person shall knowingly or unknowingly fail to confine trash and other waste material in a container or enclosure, which shall be thoroughly enclosed in its entire area and shall be so constructed that such trash or waste material is unable to escape therefrom.
   (d)   No person shall litter, or permit to be littered, any public street of the City by knowingly or unknowingly throwing or disposing of any paper, trash or any other items upon the streets or permit paper, trash or other items to escape from any moving vehicle, whether such vehicle is propelled by motor, animal or human power.
(Ord. 1972-12. Passed 5-8-72.)
   (e)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 597.02.
(Ord. 1991-21. Passed 5-13-91.)