Sec. 7-3. - Disposition of rubbish, garbage, etc.

(a)

Generally. No person shall throw, place, deposit or permit any person under his control or employment to throw, place or deposit any putrid substance, filth of any kind, garbage, rubbish, refuse, piles, old lumber or other rat harborage or any unwholesome material in or upon any vacant lot, alley, lane, sidewalk, street, canal, lake, river or upon any private lot or public ground within the city. Refuse, as stated in this subsection, shall be defined to include discarded materials such as pallets in commercial form generated by residential, institutional, commercial, industrial and agricultural sources.

(b)

Disposal of decomposable organic matter, discarded receptacles and combustible matter. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to throw or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown or deposited any decomposable organic matter which might create a nuisance or act as a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes or other insects or as a food for rats or other rodents, any discarded receptacle capable of holding water or any other liquid which might serve as a breeding place for flies, mosquitoes or other insects or any combustible matter which might serve to increase the fire hazard of neighboring property in or upon any vacant lot or land located within the city, except at such places as may from time to time be designated or provided by the city council.

(c)

Depositing trash, ashes, etc., in places other than landfill areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit upon, cause to be deposited upon or permit to be accumulated upon any premises other than those designated as landfill areas any trash, paper, dirt, mud, ashes, sand, glass, leaves, debris, grass, weeds, or other materials or allow the overgrowth of grass, noxious weeds and other vegetation, provided that it shall not be unlawful to sprinkle sand, cinders and the like upon icy sidewalks and crosswalks.

(d)

Discharge of polluted, contaminated waste on streets, etc. It shall be unlawful to discharge any commercial or industrial water or any polluted or contaminated waste upon the sidewalks, streets, alleys or gutters within the city.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, §§ 7-4, 10-2—10-4)