All persons occupying stores or other premises abutting on any street shall keep the sidewalk immediately abutting thereon clean and clear of rubbish, trash, leaves, wastepaper, filth and debris, and they shall not sweep any such matter into the street, but shall take it up and put it into proper receptacles to be removed as other refuse is lawfully removed. In case of buildings of more than one story the occupant or occupants of the first story shall keep the sidewalk clean and clear.
(1977 Code Sec. 8.05)