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(A) Generally. The owner or occupant of any store or other place of business situated within the city shall at all times keep his or her premises clean of wastepaper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste materials thrown or left on the premises by its customers and take reasonable measures to prevent such materials from drifting or blowing to adjoining premises.
(B) Receptacles. Receptacles of sufficient size and number shall be placed on the premises, accessible to the customers of the business, where the articles of waste referred to in division (A) above may be disposed of.
(C) Signs. Each and every business establishment shall place upon its premises in a conspicuous place, in close proximity to the receptacles referred to in division (A) above, signs which shall, in essence, convey to its customers a request that they use the receptacles for the disposal of waste material.
(1998 Code, § 102-57) Penalty, see § 94.999
It shall be unlawful for any customer going upon the premises of another to in any manner dispose of wastepaper, wrapping paper, paper napkins, cartons, package containers and other used or waste materials, except in the proper receptacles.
(1998 Code, § 102-58) Penalty, see § 94.999
(A) This section shall control in any prosecution charging a violation of any provision of this subchapter.
(B) Proof that litter deposited or thrown within the city in violation of any provision of this subchapter, together with proof that the name of the person named in the complaint was endorsed on one or more pieces of the litter so deposited or thrown, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the person named in the complaint was the person who deposited or threw the litter in violation of any provision of this subchapter.
(1998 Code, § 102-59)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of § 94.004 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances. Each day that a violation continues or has not been totally abated shall be deemed a separate offense.
(1998 Code, § 62-6)
(C) The person causing, permitting or suffering any of the conditions listed in § 94.007 of this chapter upon his or her premises, real property or in any building occupied or controlled by him or her or in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or gutter immediately adjacent to such premises shall, upon conviction, be fined as provided in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(1998 Code, § 62-9)
(D) (1) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 94.025 through 94.032 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with § 10.99 of this code of ordinances. Each and every day’s violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(2) If the owner or occupant of any lot or premises under the provisions of §§ 94.025 through 94.032 of this chapter shall be a corporation, and shall violate any provision of §§ 94.025 through 94.032 of this chapter, the president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the corporation, or any manager, agent or employee of the corporation, shall be also severally liable for the penalties provided in this section.
(1998 Code, § 62-111)
(1998 Code, § 62-112)
(1998 Code, § 62-150)
(2) Violation of any provision of §§ 94.045 through 94.051 of this chapter that is not otherwise punishable pursuant to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Art. 2372w, as amended, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $200. Each day any violation continues shall constitute and be punishable as a separate offense.
(1998 Code, § 62-152)
(1998 Code, § 102-60)
(Ord. 98-29, passed 11-25-1998; Ord. 13-12, passed 4-17-2013)