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CHAPTER 648
Littering and Handbills
648.01   Definitions.
648.02   Deposits on public property.      vehicles.
648.03   Litter on or adjacent to business premises.
648.04   Litter on occupied private property.
648.05   Litter on vacant lots.
648.06   Litter from aircraft.
648.07   Litter thrown by persons in vehicles.
648.08   Truck loads causing litter; tracking mud.
648.09   Distributing handbills.
648.10   Billposting.
 
648.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Commercial and heavy vehicle loads dropping or leaking - see TRAF. 410.03(UTC Sec. 5.100); S.U. & P.S. 1060.21, 1060.22
   Garbage and rubbish at drive-in restaurants - see B.R. & T. 816.03
   Garbage and rubbish collection and disposal - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1060
   Advertising in parks - see S.U. & P.S. 1062.14
   Littering in cemeteries - see S.U. & P.S. 1066.28
648.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   "Aircraft" means any contrivance now or hereafter invented, used or designated for navigation or for flight in the air. "Aircraft" includes helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
   (b)   "Authorized private receptacles for litter" means storage and collection receptacles as required and authorized in Chapter 1060 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code.
   (c)   "Commercial handbill" means any sample, device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or other printed, written or otherwise reproduced original or copy of any literature that:
      (1)   Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing;
      (2)   Directs attention to a business, mercantile or commercial establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales;
      (3)   Directs attention to or advertises a meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit, but excluding those cases where an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up for the purpose of defraying expenses sustained by such meeting, performance, exhibition or event when the same is held, given or takes place in connection with the dissemination of information that is not restricted under the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public peace, safety and good order, provided that nothing contained in this subsection shall be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of a meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind without a license, where such license is or may be required by any State law or ordinance of this City; or
      (4)   While containing reading matter other than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement, and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes, or for the private benefit and gain of any person engaged as advertiser or distributor.
   (d)   "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
   (e)   "Litter" means garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
   (f)   "Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation, as defined by general law, a newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States in accordance with Federal statutes or regulations and a newspaper filed and recorded with a recording officer as provided by general law. "Newspaper" also means and includes a periodical or current magazine regularly published, with not less than four issues per year, and sold to the public.
   (g)   "Noncommercial handbill" means any sample, device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper booklet or other printed, written or otherwise reproduced original or copy of literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of a commercial handbill or newspaper.
   (h)   "Park" means a park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center or other public area in the City, owned or used by the City and devoted to active or passive recreation.
   (i)   "Private premises" means a dwelling, house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, including a yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
   (j)   "Public place" means any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
   (k)   "Refuse" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
   (l)   "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
   (m)   "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Ord. 14. Passed 8-18-64.)
648.02 DEPOSITS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   (a)   Litter in Public Places. No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon a street, sidewalk or other public place in the City except in public receptacles, in authorized private receptacles for collection or in official City dumps.
   (b)   Sweeping Litter into Gutters. No person shall sweep into or deposit in a gutter, street or other public place in the City the accumulation of litter from a building or lot or from a public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
   (c)   Litter in Parks. No person shall throw or deposit litter in a park in the City except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will not be carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided in this chapter.
   (d)   Litter in Bodies of Water. No person shall throw or deposit litter in a fountain, pond, lake, stream, pool or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere in the City.
   (e)   Placement of Litter in Receptacles. Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner that it will not be carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
(Ord. 14. Passed 8-18-64.)
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