No person shall throw or deposit litter in or
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City except
in public receptacles or in authorized private receptacles for collection.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles
or in authorized private receptacles shall do so in 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.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any
gutter, street or other public place within the City the accumulation
of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk
or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying places of business
or residences within the City shall keep the sidewalk in front of
their premises free of litter.
No person, while a driver or passenger in a
vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public
place within the City or upon private property.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
park within the City except in public receptacles and in a manner
that the litter will be prevented from being 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 herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
fountain, pond, lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a
park or elsewhere within the City.
A.
Deposit in public places. No person shall throw or
deposit any handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public
place within the City.
B.
Placement on vehicles. No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 157 of this Code.
C.
Uninhabited or vacant premises. No person shall throw
or deposit any handbill in or upon any private premises which are
temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
D.
Posted premises. No person shall throw, deposit or
distribute any handbill upon any private premises if requested by
anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed on the premises
in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof a sign bearing
the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement"
or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants
of the premises do not desire to have their right of privacy disturbed
or to have any handbills left upon the premises.
E.
Inhabited private premises.
(1)
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill
in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by handing
or transmitting any handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other
person then present in or upon such private premises; provided, however,
that in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, as
provided in this article, that person, unless requested by anyone
upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit any handbill
in or upon the inhabited private premises if the handbill is so placed
or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill from being blown
or drifted about those premises or sidewalks, streets or other public
places.
(2)
Exemption for mail and newspapers. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the
United States Postal Service or to newspapers, except that newspapers
shall be placed on private property in a manner so as to prevent their
being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon private property.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop
or deposit within the City any litter, handbill or any other object.
No person shall post or affix to any lamppost,
public utility pole or tree or upon any public structure or building
any notice, poster or other paper or device calculated to attract
the attention of the public, except as may be authorized or required
by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any
private property within the City.
The owner or person in control of any private
property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter.
The owner or person in control of private property may maintain authorized
private receptacles for collection in a manner so that litter will
be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon
any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property.
