(a) No person shall throw, deposit or dump, or permit to be thrown or deposited or dumped, any rubbish, garbage, dirt, paper, filth, filthy water, pesticide, sweepings, ashes, shavings, offal, stones, wood, trash, straw, earth or refuse material of any kind, or place signs into or upon any park, public grounds, sidewalk, tree lawn, utility pole, street or highway or upon any property belonging to another person, without the owner's consent.
(Ord. 473-47. Passed 10-20-47; Ord. 231-01. Passed 10-1-01.)
(b) Every owner, occupant or person having charge or control of any tenement, building, lot or land fronting upon any street, lane, alley or public ground or place used as a street, lane, alley or public ground shall remove from the entire width of the sidewalk in front of such premises, from curb to lot line, any dirt, paper, filth, ashes, shavings, straw, wood, refuse matter or rubbish of any kind which, from any cause whatever, has accumulated or may accumulate upon such sidewalk, within forty-eight hours after receiving notice thereof from the Division of Police.
(Ord. 53-60. Passed 4-4-60.)
(c) No waste shall be placed for collection by the City or its agent before 12:00 p.m. on the day prior to the publicly scheduled day for the collection of waste for that street. If a hardship occurs that requires the deposit of waste at an earlier time, a permit therefor shall first be obtained from the Director of Public Safety. After the collection of waste, property owners or occupants shall remove waste containers from the tree lawn area and return them to their regular storage area not later than 8:00 p.m. on the day that the waste is collected.
(Ord. 95-82. Passed 7-6-82; Ord. 240-88. Passed 9-19-88.)
(d) No person shall deposit or dump refuse, garbage, leaves, yard waste, or any other material upon sloped property when the refuse, garbage, leaves, yard waste and other material may fall to the lower property and result in the creation of a nuisance or damage to the lower property.
(Ord. 142-94. Passed 9-6-94.)
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(f) Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to any other method of enforcement, a violation of subsection (c) may be enforced by the issuance of a citation in compliance with Rule 4.1 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure. Whoever violates subsection (c) as a fourth and subsequent offense is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 229-93. Passed 10-4-93.)
(g) The Court may require the violator to rectify the violation at his or her own expense.
(Ord. 229-93. Passed 10-4-93; Ord. 248-06. Passed 10-1-07; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)