No person shall deposit or permit to be deposited any garbage, refuse matter, offal, animal carcass, paper or any flammable material which may become offensive, noxious or dangerous to the public health, on any premises within the City or in any pond, lake, spring, well, cistern, stream or watercourse, or in any gutter or drain, or deposit such garbage or refuse matter in any back lot, public ground, vacant lot, park, street or areaway, or in any other place within the City except at a public dumping ground or sanitary landfill, or as otherwise may be provided by law. It shall be the responsibility of any violator of this section to remove such matter immediately. (1975 Code Sec. 8-1)