§ 16-5. Unlawful activities, scavenging, littering.

(a)

Designated recyclable materials and compostable materials placed at curbside in accordance with this ordinance shall become the exclusive property of the city or the city's authorized agent. There shall be a presumption that the occupier or owner of the premises intended to recycle or compost the material under this ordinance if the material is placed at curbside. It shall be unlawful for any person not duly authorized by the city, to collect, remove, pick up, or cause to be collected, removed, or picked up, any such material.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate, cause to be violated, or assist in the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person to place or to cause to be placed any material other than compostable or designated recyclable material in or near any recycling drop off or city designated disposal facility.

(d)

The term "litter" as used in this section means all solid waste, compost material, paper, glass, cans, bottles, trash, debris or other foreign substances of every kind and description.

It is unlawful for a person knowingly, without the consent of the public authority having supervision of public property or the owner of private property, to dump, deposit, place, throw, or leave, or cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing, or leaving of, litter on public or private property or water other than property designated and set aside for such purposes. The phrase "public or private property or water" includes, but is not limited to, the right-of-way of a road or highway, a body of water or watercourse or the shore or beach thereof, including the ice above the water; a park, playground, building, refuge, or conservation or recreation area; and residential or farm properties or timberlands. It is unlawful for a person who removes a vehicle, wrecked or damaged in an accident on a highway, road, or street, to fail to remove all glass and other injurious substances dropped on the highway, road, or street as a result of the accident.

(Ord. No. 80-449, § 1, 2-22-94)