5-4-2: APPLICATION OF CHAPTER:
The provisions of this Chapter shall extend and be applicable to all places and premises within the corporate limits of the City where garbage accumulates. Nothing in this Section, nor in this Chapter contained, shall be construed to afford or grant immunity to any owner, operator or occupant of any premises within the corporate limits of the City, without regard to the purpose for which used, from the duty to keep the same free from unsanitary, unsafe, or unsightly accumulations of "garbage", as defined in Section 5-4-1 of this Chapter, or which is offensive to the neighborhood as a nuisance, nor to disregard or violate any other provision of this Chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter for the protection and the safety of the life, property, and health of the citizens of the City; nor shall any such other chapter be considered or regarded as repealed or modified by anything in this Chapter contained unless clearly inconsistent herewith and unless herein expressly so provided; but all other such chapters shall be and are continued in full force and effect and shall be read and construed, harmonized therewith if it be possible; nor shall any provision of this Chapter be construed as granting immunity or exemption from prosecution for violation of its provision of this Chapter for its observance and enforcement and to make it effective as a police regulation of the City. (1977 Code § 7.08.020)