(a) Limitation on Disposal of Garbage, Rubbish and Junk. No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of, in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, or into any storm sewer and/or creek and/or other body of water, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, grass clippings, noxious weeds, motor oil, anti-freeze, noxious or deleterious materials, or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety.
(Ord. 90-37. Passed 7-3-90.)
(b) Storage, Maintenance or Keeping of Certain Material and Property Declared a Nuisance. No person shall openly store, keep or permit to be kept thereon, place or allow to remain, refuse, rubbish, used building materials, automobiles in an inoperative condition, motor vehicles unfit for further use, automobile parts, used bicycles or parts, garbage abandoned or scrap metal on any lot, lots, parts of lots, or parcels of land within the corporate limits of the Municipality.
(c) Order for Removal; Violation.
(1) In the event of a violation of this section, the Manager or the Chief of Police shall give notice to the owner, occupant or person having charge of the premises upon which the violation occurs to cease such violation. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be served upon the owner, occupant or person having charge of the premises either personally or at the usual place of residence of such owner, occupant or person having charge of such premises or by registered or certified mail addressed to such person's last known place of residence.
(2) If the person served with the notice as provided in paragraph (c)(1) hereof fails to cause such violation to cease within ten days of the date upon which the notice was issued, he or she shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1080.99 and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which the violation occurs or continues beyond such ten day period.
(d) Exceptions; Building Materials for Own Use. It shall not be unlawful for any person to purchase used building materials and place or store them on any lot, lots, parts of lots or parcel of land when such materials are to be used by the purchaser or owner in later construction on the same lot or any lot owned or controlled by such person, provided that such materials shall not remain on such lot, lots, parts of lots or parcel of land for a period of more than thirty days, unless the construction or erection planned for the use of such materials has commenced, and provided, further, that such materials are used or consumed in the construction or removed from the premises within a period of four months from the time such materials are first placed on the lot, lots, parts of lots or parcel of land. No person shall move any material so stored or placed to another location within the Municipality for the purpose of avoiding the intent of this section, except that any such materials may be moved to another lot, lots, parts of lots or parcel of land when the same has been sold to a bona fide purchaser for value for such purchaser's own use.
(Ord. 81-10. Passed 3-17-81.)