[CC 1997 Ch. 17; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
It is necessary to regulate litter in order to protect the public
safety and health and to preserve the esthetics and welfare interests,
and to ensure and preserve the residential nature of the neighborhoods,
and to secure a prosperous and progressive community so that the City
can attract other persons to locate here, and further, to maintain
the values of residential property in the City and to prevent unsightliness,
which debases the values of the community.
[CC 1997 §17.1; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
For the purposes of this Chapter and other Chapters relative
to the same subject matter herein, the following words and phrases
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
An enclosed building or any other waterproof, closed receptacle
capable of holding litter.
Any uncontainerized manmade or man-used waste, which, if
deposited within the City or otherwise than in a litter receptacle,
tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare, or
which would impair the environment of the people of the City. It may
include, but is not limited to, garbage, trash, refuse, confetti,
debris, newspaper, magazines, glass, metal, construction materials,
concrete, asphalt and other paving materials, tin cans, tree trunks,
tree limbs, grass, bedding, crockery, and similar materials.
Solid waste consisting of both combustibles and non-combustibles
such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, plastic or paper
containers or other construction materials, motor vehicle parts, furniture,
oil, carcasses of dead animals, or nauseous or offensive matter of
any kind, or any object likely to injure any person or create any
hazard.
[CC 1997 §17.2; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
No person can throw or deposit litter, rubbish or any other
material upon any street, sidewalk, or other public place within the
City, except in public receptacles and authorized private receptacles.
[CC 1997 §17.3; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
No person shall throw, deposit, maintain or accumulate litter
or rubbish on any private property within the City unless the said
litter or rubbish is within a container.
[CC 1997 §17.4; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
Persons placing litter or rubbish in public receptacles or in
authorized private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to
prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any
street, sidewalk or other public place, or upon private property.
[CC 1997 §17.5; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter or rubbish; provided
that this Section shall not prohibit the storage of litter or rubbish
in clean, authorized private containers for collection. On days of
collection, any containers shall be removed from the curb line not
later than 9:00 P.M., and shall be placed at the curb line not earlier
than 6:00 P.M. the day prior to collection.
[CC 1997 §17.6; Ord. No. 2386-92, 6-17-1992]
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within
the City limits unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as
to prevent any load, contents, litter or rubbish from being blown
or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place. No person
shall drive or move any vehicle or truck within the City, the wheels
or tires of which carry onto or deposit upon any street, alley or
other public place mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter, rubbish or
foreign matter of any kind.
