(a) No person shall, without lawful authority, place, dispose of in any manner, or maintain, upon any public property or upon the private property 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. No person, without authority to do so, shall maintain upon property they own or lease, 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 thirty days after being notified by the Mayor, Service Director, Building Inspector or a Police Officer to remove said substance or material.
(b) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly deposit litter, or cause it to be deposited, in a litter receptacle located on any public property or on any private property not owned by the person unless one of the following applies:
(1) The litter was generated or located on the property on which the litter receptacle is located;
(2) The person is directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive;
(3) The person is directed to do so by a person whom the person reasonably believes to have the privilege to use the litter receptacle;
(4) The litter consists of any of the following:
A. The contents of a litter bag or container of a type and size customarily carried and used in a motor vehicle;
B. The contents of an ash tray of a type customarily installed or carried and used in a motor vehicle;
C. Beverage containers and food sacks, wrappings, and containers of a type and in an amount that reasonably may be expected to be generated during routine commuting or business or recreational travel by a motor vehicle;
D. Beverage containers, food sacks, wrappings, containers, and other materials of a type and in an amount that reasonably may be expected to be generated during a routine day by a person and deposited in a litter receptacle by a casual passerby.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense shall be deemed to have been committed on each day the junk, refuse or other noxious substance remains on the property after the initial charge is brought under this section.
(d) Any person, corporation or other entity providing information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person for a violation of this section shall receive a reward from the City in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00); excluding any employee, officer or official of the City.
(e) As used in this ordinance "junk" means any personal property which is or may be salvaged for reuse, resale, reduction or similar disposition, or which is possessed, transported, owned, collected, accumulated, dismantled, or assorted for any of the aforesaid purposes. Without limiting the aforesaid definition, used furniture, used wearing apparel, used household appliances, used brick, used lumber, used tile, used plumbing fixtures, used electrical fixtures, used tools and used bicycles shall be included in the term "junk" as used in this ordinance. The term also includes used or salvaged iron, brass, lead, copper and other base metal or metals, salvaged rope, bags, paper, rags, glass, rubber, tires and similar articles or property. The term also includes used motor vehicles which are used, owned or possessed for the purpose of wrecking or salvaging parts therefrom.
(Ord. 17-16. Passed 4-12-16.)