CHAPTER 92: GARBAGE, RUBBISH, ASHES, AND FILTH
Section
Filth on Grounds and Streets
92.01 Cleaning Sidewalks in Front of Buildings
92.02 Depositing Certain Substances on Ground
92.03 Removal of Waste Materials from Houses and Structures of Every Kind
92.99 Penalty
FILTH ON GROUNDS AND STREETS
'92.01 CLEANING SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF BUILDINGS
Every occupant, lessee, or owner of any house or other building, person entitled to the possession of any vacant lot, or any person in charge of any church, jail, public hall, or other building in the City, shall at all times keep the sidewalks clear from any dirt or filth to allow citizens to use the sidewalks in an easy and convenient manner.
[Ord. 36, passed 2-2-16]
'92.02 DEPOSITING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES ON GROUND
It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, cause to be thrown or deposited, or permit any child, servant, member of the family, or any other person under his control to throw or deposit any manure, rubbish, garbage, refuse, bottles, broken glass, glassware, broken dishes, crockery, bricks, rocks, old building material, grass clippings, dead trees or parts thereof, slops, putrid or unsound animal or vegetable matter, or any filthy, noisome, or unwholesome liquid or slops, or substances that are liable to become unwholesome, in, into, or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, gutter, crossing, lot, cellar, premises, parcel of real estate, or common within the limits of the City.
[Ord. G-19-72, passed 11-14-72; Ord. G-1-74, passed 2-19-74)]
'92.03 REMOVAL OF WASTE MATERIALS FROM HOUSES
AND STRUCTURES OF EVERY KIND
It shall be the duty of every owner or occupant of any dwelling house, building, or structure of any kind or description whatsoever and of any lot or parcel of real estate within the limits of the City to remove or cause to be removed from the dwelling house, building, structure, lot, or parcel of real estate all ashes, waste, refuse, unwholesome materials, and impure substances of every kind and description.
[Ord. G-1-74, passed 2-19-74]
'92.99 PENALTY
(A) Any person violating the provisions of '92.01 shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding $50.
(B) Any person violating any provisions of ''92.02 or 92.03 shall, upon conviction, be fined in an amount not less than $100 or more than $500 and each day that a violation of any part of this Ordinance shall exist shall constitute a separate violation.
[Ord. 36, passed 2-2-16; Ord. 625, passed 5-3-54;Ord. G-19-72, passed 11-14-72;
Ord. G-1-74, passed 2-19-74]
