§ 66-1. Debris carried or dropped onto public streets by vehicles.  


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  • (a)

    No person shall operate or cause to be operated upon any public street in the city any truck, wagon, or other vehicle in and upon which sand, dirt, rocks, cement, garbage, trash, waste materials, or other debris or materials is transported unless such vehicle shall be equipped with a cover or other device that will prevent such sand, dirt, rocks, cement, garbage, trash, waste materials, or other debris or materials from falling from the vehicle onto the streets of the city.

    (b)

    Any person performing work on private property which requires movement of vehicles from the public streets onto such private property shall be responsible for cleanup of all dirt, mud, gravel, or other debris tracked from the private property onto the public streets by such vehicles. Cleanup of streets shall be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. of each day.

    (c)

    No person conducting a business adjacent to a public street shall maintain a yard or lot, pavement or covering of gravel, or other substances in such a manner that the gravel or other substances are movable upon being walked upon or driven over by vehicles going to and from the place of business unless such materials are so placed and maintained that the gravel or other substances will not get into or upon the adjacent public street.

(Code 1976, § 17-6)