A.    No occupant of any private or commercial premises shall create, or permit to exist, any of the following conditions, which shall be declared and considered public nuisances.

    1.    Placing bags near an alley or curbside more than twenty-four hours before scheduled collection;

    2.    Keeping open containers. (Lids must be kept on at all times);

    3.    Placing trash for collection in cardboard boxes or paper sacks;

    4.    No solid waste shall be permitted to ferment, putrefy or become odoriferous in containers on private premises.

    B.    Occupants who violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall receive a written warning from the city services manager notifying said person(s) of the nature of the violation, the action necessary to correct said violation and the time within which said violation must be corrected. The notification shall also contain a statement that failure to correct said condition within the prescribed time, or the occurrence of a second violation of this chapter at said location shall result in a fine of five dollars. Once the occupant has been fined for a violation of this chapter, subsequent violations by the occupant shall result in fines which shall increase in increments of five dollars, but shall not exceed one thousand dollars. (Amended during 1994 codification; Ord. 93-9 § 27, 1993)