§ 15-703. Littering.

(a)

Littering prohibited. No person shall throw or abandon litter upon any public property or private property.

(b)

Presumption of identity of violator. The discovery of two (2) or more items which have been deposited, discarded, placed or thrown at one location and bear a common commercial or company name and/or a common address in a form which tends to identify the latest owner of the items shall create a rebuttable presumption that the business owner, manager, or resident at said location committed the unlawful act of disposal.

(c)

Refuse and rubbish prohibited.

(1)

No person shall place or cause to be placed in or upon any public ground any refuse or rubbish, unless it is in suitable receptacles and disposed of in a regular and proper manner by the Division of Sanitation of the City of Norman in accordance with its rules and regulations.

(2)

No person doing work or making excavations in any parking area shall place, or cause to be placed, any dirt or refuse therefrom onto any paved street or sidewalk.

(d)

Deposits of dirt or rubbish on public property. No owner, occupant or agent of any land abutting upon any public property shall allow the earth, or any rubbish from the land, to fall, or wash, upon any part of the public property.

(e)

Depositing materials which are likely to blow around. No person shall sweep, throw, or abandon in any manner, or case to be swept, thrown, or abandoned, into or upon any lot or piece of ground, whether the lot or ground shall belong to himself or another, any litter of any kind whatever, which can be, or is likely to be, blown by the wind along the streets or walks.

(f)

Businesses are to provide facilities for disposal of materials. Business establishments which deliver their products to customers for consumption or use on or off premises are to provide suitable containers adequate in number and location for the disposal of any wrappings of the products abandoned on said premises; and further, are to maintain the outside premises housing such business establishment clear of abandoned wrappings or other items of litter associated with the conduct of said business.

(g)

Manure and dirt hauling. No person shall draw or haul over the streets any refuse or rubbish of any kind, except in a vehicle with a tight box thereon, so constructed as to prevent the spilling or scattering of any of the substances upon the streets.

(h)

Removal of spilled materials, fine for failure to remove.

(1)

All material or dirt deposited or spilled on public property shall be immediately removed by either the driver or the person by whom he is employed.

(2)

The failure to immediately remove all the material or earth so deposited or spilled shall render both the driver and the person by whom he is employed subject to a fine as provided in this chapter.

(3)

Each day that such material or dirt so wasted [deposited] or spilled remains on the public property shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 0-7273-56; Ord. No. 0-8182-74; Ord. No. 0-0304-10; Ord. No. O-0809-30, § 1)