(a) As used in this section, the words “garbage,” “refuse” and “ashes” have the following meanings:
(1) “Garbage” means wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce,
(2) “Refuse” means combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral wastes, street rubbish, including but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles.
(3) “Ashes” means residue from fires used for cooking and for heating buildings.
(b) No person shall transport from a household or place of business and place anywhere in the Municipality any garbage or refuse in a public receptacle not specifically owned by the individual so placing, any garbage, refuse or ashes, which has been created by ordinary household activities, business activities or commercial activities.
(c) The public is encouraged to use public waste disposal receptacles on the public streets and sidewalks in the Municipality for immediate disposal of small items normally discarded by pedestrians and passing motorists while they are in transit, and this section shall not prohibit this type of disposal.
(Ord. 3-76. Passed 2-3-76.)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.