§ 52.26. Litter receptacles

(A) Every owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee using or occupying any public place shall provide adequate litter receptacles of sizes, numbers, and types as required to contain all litter generated by those persons frequenting that public place.

(1) All parking lots shall be equipped with litter receptacles by the owner of the property.

(2) The owner, occupant, and person in control of private premises shall maintain litter receptacles for collection of litter as necessary to comply with this chapter.

(3) Litter receptacles shall comply with the regulations made pursuant to § 52.02.

(4) All litter shall be removed periodically from litter receptacles in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to § 52.02.

(5) Litter receptacles which conform to the requirements of this chapter may be placed on city property by any civic group or merchants' association after consent by the board of public works and safety.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person, in person or by his agent, employee, or servant, to do the following.

(1) Place litter receptacles, or any container containing litter, or allow the container to remain in any alley or at any other pick-up point on any day which is not the designated pick-up day for that location, as designated by the city sanitary district. Allowing litter receptacles owned by a permittee under § 52.36 to remain at pick-up points shall not be a violation hereunder.

(2) Overturn, remove, mutilate, deface, or tamper with litter receptacles or cause the contents thereof to be spilled or strewn in or on any public place or private premises.

(Ord. No. 578-80, 6-2-80)

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Penalty, see § 52.99.