(a) Household Litter. No person shall throw or sweep any paper, lawn cuttings, raking, leaves, weeds, ashes or other refuse material into any street, gutter intake, alley, vacant lot, park, greenbelt or other property, whether public or private. Every tenant, lessee, owner or occupant of any property, at all times, shall maintain such premises in a clean and orderly condition, permitting no deposit or accumulation of materials thereon, other than those ordinarily attendant upon the day to day use for which such premises are legally intended. No person shall bury any animal or vegetable wastes anywhere in the City, and no person shall deposit, throw or leave refuse on the premises of any other person.
(b) Transient or Casual Littering. No person shall litter or permit littering upon any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks or other public places in the City by throwing, depositing, tracking, dropping, dumping or spilling any trash, paper, dirt, mud, ashes, sand, glass, leaves, garbage, debris or other materials, or deposit or cause the same to be deposited upon, or permit the same to be accumulated upon, any premises, other than premises designated as official City dumps.
(c) Commercial Wastes. No person shall discharge any commercial or industrial water or any polluted or contaminated waste upon the sidewalks, streets, alleys or gutters in the City at any time.
(d) Enforcement. The Police Department, the Director of Inspections and subordinates, the Director of Public Services and his or her subordinates, the Code Enforcement Officer and all other employees of the City charged with the enforcement of these Codified Ordinances are hereby charged with the enforcement of this section and are authorized to issue violation tickets for a violation of any of the provisions of this section.
(e) Reward. The City will pay a reward of fifty dollars ($50.00) to any person who gives information which leads to the arrest and conviction of any person for a violation of this section. However, no police officer or other employee of the City shall be eligible for a reward under this section. Any person who claims a reward pursuant to this section shall file a claim, in writing, with the City Clerk, in which claim he or she shall state the title of the court, the names of the parties, the court number of the case in which a person was convicted of a violation of this section and the information he or she gave which led to the arrest and conviction of such person. The City Clerk may also require an appropriate certificate from the City Attorney or other prosecuting attorney to the effect that the information given by the plaintiff led to the arrest and conviction of such person.
(1974 Code Sec. 2.8; Ord. 212. Passed 6-12-74.)