(A) Unauthorized accumulation. Any unauthorized accumulation of refuse on any premises is a nuisance and prohibited.
(B) Refuse in streets and other places. No person shall place any refuse in any street, alley or public place or upon any private property except in proper containers for collection. No person shall throw or deposit refuse in any stream or other body of water.
(C) Scattering of refuse. No person shall deposit anywhere within the city any refuse in a manner so that it may be carried or deposited by the elements upon any public or private premises within the city.
(D) Burying of refuse; composting.
(1) No person shall bury any refuse in the city except in an approved sanitary landfill, but leaves, grass clippings and easily biodegradable, nonpoisonous garbage may be composted on the premises where refuse has been accumulated.
(2) Refuse may be composted only in a rodent-proof structure and in an otherwise sanitary manner and after the Council or Health Officer gives its approval to the composting and it finds that the composting will be done in accordance with these standards.
(E) Scavenging. The city may impose a voluntary administrative penalty under § 10.90 rather than issuing a criminal summons.
(1987 Code, § 605.02) (Am. Ord. 515, passed 5-13-2008)
Penalty, see § 10.99