Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009, and each day’s continuance of any violation described in this article shall constitute and be deemed a separate offense.
(1970 Code, sec. 14-5; Ordinance 85-048, sec. 1, adopted 8/12/85; Ordinance 87-044, sec. 5, adopted 8/19/87; Ordinance 87-049, sec. 1, adopted 9/14/87; 1988 Code, sec. 16-5; Ordinance adopting 2021 Code)
(a) 
For the purposes of this section, the word “litter” shall mean any filth, garbage, ashes, paper, boxes, tacks, glass, wire, bottles, trash, or refuse.
(b) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, willfully, negligently, or carelessly throw, deposit, place, cast, scatter, dump, pile, leave or lay any litter upon any public street, public street right-of-way, sidewalk, other public property, or upon any premises belonging to another person, or to permit any litter to blow from any vehicle on any public street, public street right-of-way, sidewalk, other public property, or upon any premises belonging to another person.
(1970 Code, sec. 14-1; Ordinance 88-017, sec. 1, adopted 5/9/88; 1988 Code, sec. 16-1)
(a) 
When property is deposited in or near a donation receptacle on private, semi-public or public property, the donation becomes the property of the agency whose receptacle it is in or near.
(b) 
Any person pilfering through a donation receptacle or property deposited near a donation receptacle is presumed to be doing so for the purpose of attempting to convert such to their own use.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to scatter, dump, pile, leave or lay any litter upon any public street, public street right-of-way, sidewalk, other public property, or upon any premises belonging to another person.
(Ordinance 88-049, sec. 1, adopted 11/14/88; 1988 Code, sec. 16-1.1)
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling property within the Central Area District as defined in the zoning ordinance of the city to allow trash, rubbish, wastepaper, empty boxes or cans, or any dry waste of any kind, character or description to accumulate in or upon the premises owned or controlled by him, or to be stored thereon for a longer time than twenty-four (24) hours.
(1970 Code, sec. 14-2; 1988 Code, sec. 16-2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to haul or transport uncovered trash, rubbish, wastepaper, empty boxes or cans, or any dry waste of any kind, character or description, upon the public streets, without having the same securely tied or covered in such a manner to prevent such waste from blowing or falling from the transporting vehicle.
(1970 Code, sec. 14-3; Ordinance 2321, sec. 1, adopted 3/14/77; 1988 Code, sec. 16-3)
(a) 
In this section, “illegal dumping” means the disposal of trash, refuse, waste, litter, or any other material in violation of a law of the state or an ordinance of the city.
(b) 
It is unlawful to illegally dump from a vehicle within the corporate limits of the city.
(c) 
It is an exception to the application of this section that the person has a valid license with or contract from the state, a political subdivision of the state, or the city to dispose of the material in the manner and at the place in which it was disposed.
(1970 Code, sec. 14-4; Ordinance 87-049, sec. 2, adopted 9/14/87; 1988 Code, sec. 16-4)