A.    No person shall throw, place or deposit solid waste in any street or other place or on any public or private property except in proper waste containers, and no person shall remove the lid from any waste container without replacing it.

    B.    No person shall deposit solid waste in any container or on any public or private property without the consent of the property owner. In the event any solid waste is disposed of improperly the responsible party causing such a condition to exist shall receive notice of a clean-up fee in accordance with subsection F of this section.

    C.    No person shall turn over or upset the contents of any waste container on any street, sidewalk or public place.

    D.    When waste or recyclables have been set out in containers near a public street, sidewalk or alley for collection, no person shall remove any part of this material from such container. When waste or recyclables have been set out in containers on private premises, no person shall remove any materials therefrom except with the consent of the owner or lessee of the premises.

    E.    Solid waste shall be covered and secured during hauling such that there is no leakage or loss of waste.

    F.    In the event any solid waste is disposed of improperly, as above set forth, the property owner or if responsible party can be determined as in subsections A, C, D and E of this section, permitting or causing such a condition to exist shall first receive a five-day written notice from the city services manager to resolve the situation. All notices for such violations will be sent to both the property owner and the responsible party. If at the end of the five-day period the condition continues to exist, the sanitation department shall have the right to rectify such condition and the property owner and responsible party shall receive notice of clean-up fee. The clean-up fee shall consist of a reimbursement of costs of manpower and equipment used as certified by the city services manager, but shall in no case be less than fifty dollars. Failure to pay this fee within thirty days to the clerk-treasurer will result in the filing of an ordinance violation by the city attorney in a court of competent jurisdiction. The fine levied for such a violation shall be fifty dollars plus the cost of clean-up. For each subsequent violation of this section by the property owner or responsible party within a twelve-month period, the fine shall be one hundred dollars, plus costs of clean-up. (Amended during 1994 codification; Ord. 93-9 § 28, 1993)