(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, spill, place, or deposit in or upon any street, highway, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public place any dirt, filth, shells, garbage, vegetables, dead carcasses, sewage-slops, excrement, compost, ashes, soot, tin cans, glass, bottles, nails, tacks, wires, rags, waste paper, leaves, brush, weeds, grass, hay, excelsior, shavings, barrels, crates, boxes, litter, loose combustible material, materials subject to be carried by the wind, oils, greases, or other liquids or substances likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle or unwholesome, noisome, or putrescible matter of any kind.
(B) It shall be unlawful for the owner or any contractor engaged in construction or improvement of any property abutting upon streets and sidewalks of the town to allow the deposit of any mud, dirt, construction material, or other debris upon such streets and sidewalks. If the person responsible for depositing mud, dirt, construction material, or debris on streets or sidewalks, after due notice, fails to remove such obstruction, dirt, mud, construction material, or other debris, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to effect the removal thereof, and in addition to all other remedies, the town may assess costs incurred by it which shall be a lien against the property from which any obstruction, dirt, mud, construction material, or other debris has been removed and deposited upon the streets and sidewalks of the town. In addition to and separate and apart from the other remedies set forth in this section, a violator of any of the provisions of this section may be assessed a civil penalty, as set forth in § 151.99(B), and each and every day during which a violation occurs shall be a separate and distinct offense.
(Prior Code, § 22-2) (Ord. 3-89, passed 6-1-1989; Ord. 05-22, passed 4-14-2022) Penalty, see § 151.99