No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, keep, or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, or maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris, food wastes, or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles or accumulations, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin conduit or drainage structure, business place, or upon any public or private plot of land in the city, so that the same might be or become a pollutant as defined in § 12.36.040 of this code. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or other body of water within the city. This section shall not apply to refuse, rubbish or garbage deposited in containers, bags or other appropriate receptacles which are placed in designated locations for regular solid waste pick up and disposal.
(`83 Code, § 8.16.050) (Ord. 97-04, § 4, 1997)