§ 9-37. Spilling vehicle loads.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to drive, operate, or permit to be operated, any vehicle upon the public streets or other public ways of the city or its police jurisdiction, when such vehicle is so constructed, maintained, or loaded, that gravel, cement, liquid, asphalt, petroleum products, tar, trash, paper, debris, or litter of any kind is permitted to blow, spill or waste from such vehicle upon the public streets or other public ways.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to haul garbage, paper, or litter, as defined hereinabove, unless the truck or vehicle is covered, secured, or sealed to the extent that there will be no loss or spillage during haulage to cause littering of streets or highways or cause a nuisance of hazard to the public health.

(c)

Neither subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall apply to the deposit of sand or other substances on the streets of the city for the purpose of increasing traction, street repair or maintenance of utilities or to the use of water or other substances in cleaning or maintaining public streets or public ways, when such acts are performed by the city or contractor conducting such actions pursuant to a valid contract with the city.

(d)

Any person, firm or corporation operating, or permitting to be operated, a vehicle in violation of subsection (a) or (b) shall immediately cause the public street or way to be cleared of such objects and shall bear the costs thereof.

(Ord. No. A-104, § 106, 5-10-93)

Cross reference

Similar provisions, § 9-15.