For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
“Container”
means any vessel, tank or receptacle for holding refuse constructed of metal or plastic or other suitable material approved by the City Manager for the disposal and storage of solid waste.
“Commercial handbill”
means any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copy of any matter of literature which:
1. 
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity, or thing;
2. 
Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting the interests thereof by sales;
3. 
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition, or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit; 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 so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
“Litter”
means garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, debris, or junk in the form of paper, metal, plastic, glass or miscellaneous solid waste which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
“Newspaper”
means any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with federal statutes or regulations, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law, and, in addition thereto, means and includes any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the public.
“Public property”
means any and all streets, street meridians, roads, road meridians, catch basins, sidewalks, boulevards, lane alleys, public rights-of-way, public parking lot, school grounds, municipal vacant lots, parks, beaches, playgrounds, squares, spaces, grounds, malls and buildings, and other publicly owned recreation facilities.
“Private property”
means any 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 and shall include but not be limited to yards, grounds, walks, driveways, porches, steps, vestibules or mailboxes belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building, or other structure, yards, grounds, driveways, entranceways, passageways, parking areas, working areas, storage areas, vacant lots and recreation facilities thereof.
“Refuse”
means all putrescible solid waste (except body waste), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and solid market and industrial wastes.
“Rubbish”
means nonputrescible solid waste 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.
“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.
(Prior code § 132.15)
No person shall throw, discard, place or deposit litter in any manner or amount upon any public or private property within the City except in public containers, or in authorized private containers for collection, or in official City dumps.
(Prior code § 132.16)
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any street, mall 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 property shall keep the sidewalks and strips in front of their premises free from litter.
(Prior code § 132.18)
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep into or deposit in any street, mall 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 within the City shall keep the sidewalks and strips in front of their business premises free of litter.
(Prior code § 132.19)
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the City except in public containers and in such 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, mall or other public property. Where public containers 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.
(Prior code § 132.20)
No person, while a driver or a passenger in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public way within the City, or upon private property. If there is evidence that litter was thrown or deposited upon any street or other public place within the City, or upon private property by any person in an identified vehicle, the registered owner of the vehicle will be charged with violating this article.
(Prior code § 132.21)
No person shall drive, move, own, or operate, any truck or other vehicle that transports loose cargo within the City without providing a cover over the loose cargo, in order to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any public property, or private property. If a cover over loose cargo is not provided, or such cover is inadequate, the owner of the truck or other vehicle, the operator, or the person from whose residence or establishment the cargo originated shall be charged with violating this article.
(Prior code § 132.22)
Any owner or occupant of any establishment or institution at which litter is attendant to the packing, unpacking, loading and unloading of materials at exterior locations shall provide containers for the disposal and storage of such litter, and shall make appropriate arrangements for the collection thereof. At the end of each working day any litter not in a container shall be removed from the premises by the owner or occupant of the establishment or institution.
(Prior code § 132.23)
No owner, agent or contractor in charge of any construction or demolition site shall cause, maintain, permit or allow the maintenance or accumulation of any litter on the site before or during the construction or demolition project. After completion of the construction or demolition project, the owner, agent or contractor shall remove any litter from the site.
(Prior code § 132.24)
A. 
Throwing or Distributing Commercial Handbills in Public Places. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial handbills, leaflets, fliers or any other advertising and informational materials upon any sidewalk, street, mall, or doorknob of any public property or private property within the City. Any person distributing any of these materials shall take appropriate measures to keep them from littering public or private property.
B. 
Placing Commercial Handbills on Vehicles. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial handbills, leaflets, fliers or any other advertising and informational materials in or upon any vehicle.
C. 
Placing Commercial Handbills on Uninhabited or Vacant Premises. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial handbills in or upon any public property or private property that is temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
D. 
Distributing Commercial Handbills at Inhabited Private Property. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial handbills, leaflets, fliers or any other advertising and informational materials in or upon private property which is inhabited, except for mail and newspapers. Newspapers shall be placed on private property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public property or upon private property.
(Prior code § 132.25)
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter, provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private containers for collection.
(Prior code § 132.26)
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the City whether owned by such person or not. Every nonresident owner of a vacant lot or other vacant property shall appoint a resident agent who shall keep the property free of litter.
(Prior code § 132.27)
Any person operating a publicly patronized establishment or institution as designated by the Director of Public Works shall provide regularly, empty containers in good condition so that patrons are allowed to properly dispose of litter. Such establishments include, but are not limited to, fast-food outlets, shopping centers, convenience stores, supermarkets, service stations, commercial parking lots, mobile canteens, motels, hospitals, schools and colleges.
(Prior code § 132.28)
Enforcement of this article shall be the responsibility of regular and reserve police officers and municipal Code Enforcement Officers; provided, however, that municipal Code Enforcement Officers are not authorized to stop vehicles to enforce the provisions of this article.
(Prior code § 132.29)