521.08 LITTERING AND DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, JUNK, ETC.
(a) No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or deposit or in any manner to affix or cause to be placed or deposited or affixed to any automobile or other vehicle or other automotive, vehicle, any handbill, sign, poster, advertisement, or notice of any kind whatsoever, unless he be the owner thereof, or without first having secured in writing the consent of the owner thereof.
(b) No person shall cause or allow trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive materials or substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public, or unlawfully obstruct, impede, divert, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure, any natural watercourse.
(Ord. 61-20. Passed 5-16-61; Ord. 2019-10. Passed 3-12-19.)
(c) No person, being the owner, occupant or any person having the care of any building or lot of land within the City, shall cause or allow trash, junk, or any scrap materials such as automobile, trailer or vehicle chassis, parts or sections, or scrap iron, old metal, rope, bottles, lead pipe, paper, rags, stoves, furniture or other waste materials to remain or accumulate on, in or about such building or lot.
(Ord. 69-22. Passed 4-29-69; Ord. 80-51. Passed 9-30-80.)
(d) For the purpose of this section and all other ordinances relating to junk motor vehicles, the following definition of "junk motor vehicle" shall apply: Any motor vehicle meeting the following requirement:
(1) Left on private property for more than twenty-four hours without the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property, on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for twenty-four hours or longer; Plus one of the following two requirements:
(2) Extensively damaged or partially or totally dismantled, which shall be defined as meeting any two or more of the following criteria: broken or missing windows; broken or missing windshield; broken or missing tail or head light; no current license plate; no muffler or tail pipe;
(3) Apparently inoperable, which, for the purpose of this section, includes, any one of the following criteria: two or more missing wheels; two or more deflated tires; no operable engine; no operable transmission.
(Ord. 86-13. Passed 3-25-86.)
(e) No person, being the general contractor, or other supervisor in charge of a construction site or other location where earth-moving procedures are being utilized, which involve the transportation of dirt by any vehicle, shall allow the accumulation of dirt and mud upon the public right of way in the 500 feet nearest the site without removing such dirt or mud in the same business day that the dirt or mud is accumulated.
(f) No person, being the general contractor or other supervisor in charge of a construction site, shall allow any motor vehicle or construction equipment to exit the construction site if such motor vehicle or construction equipment is tracking or dropping mud or dirt or other substances onto the public right of way.
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 87-36. Passed 6-30-87.)