§ 154.005 STREET NUISANCES.
   (A)   Prohibition. The acts prohibited by this section are declared to be public nuisances and may be abated by the city as such.
   (B)   Dirt and filth. It is unlawful to throw, spill, place or deposit or leave, or cause to be thrown, spilled, placed, deposited or left, or permit any person, agent or employee to throw, spill, place, deposit or leave in or upon any street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park or other public place in the city, any dirt, sweepings, filth, shells, garbage, vegetables, dead carcasses, sewage, slops, excrement, compost, stable manure, ashes, soot, tin cans, rags, waste paper, leaves, brush, weeds, grass, hay, wood shavings, barrels, crates, boxes, litter or loose combustible materials; materials subject to being carried by the wind or unwholesome, noisome or putrescible material of any kind.
   (C)   Offensive liquids. It is unlawful to allow slops, or malodorous, noxious liquids to run, drip or fall into or upon any street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park, stream or other public place.
   (D)   Accumulation of ice and snow. It is unlawful to deposit accumulation of ice and snow in or upon any street or other public place or way.
   (E)   Glass, china or other substances. It is unlawful to place or cause to be placed or cause or allow to remain in or upon the surface of any street, highway, sidewalk, alley or other public place any glass, china, nails, tacks or other sharp or penetrating substance.
   (F)   Fruit skins. It is unlawful to throw or deposit on any sidewalk or in any street or public place any part or portion of any fruit or vegetable or other substance, which when stepped upon by a person is liable to cause or does cause that person to slip or fall.
   (G)   Littering. It is unlawful to scatter, drop or spill or permit to be scattered, dropped or spilled any dirt, sand, gravel, clay, loam, stone or building rubbish, or hay, straw, sawdust, shavings or other light materials of any sort or manufacturing, trade or household wastes, refuse, rubbish of any sort or ashes or manure, garbage or other organic refuse or other offensive matter therefrom, or permit the same to be blown off therefrom by the wind in or upon any street, sidewalk, alley or other public place.
   (H)   Obstruction of sewers and drains. It is unlawful to throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited into any drain, catch basin, sewer or gutter any substance which may cause obstruction or injury thereto or nuisance therein or to divert or stop the flow of any drain or sewer.
   (I)   Violation. It is unlawful to perform any of the acts prohibited by this section.
(Prior Code, § 800.11) Penalty, see § 10.99