Chico Municipal Code Ch. 9.22 Depositing Foreign Matter in Public Ways 2

It shall be unlawful for any person in the city, to throw into or deposit upon any public street, highway or grounds or any private premises, any garbage or filth; also to empty or throw or deposit in any cesspool or manhole or flushing hole of any sewer within the city, any glass, broken wares, hay, straw, dirt, rubbish, garbage, waste matter, filth, butcher's offal, or branches of trees; or to contract or obstruct the channel of any creek in the city, except by permit of the city council.

(Prior code §23.12 (Ord. 224 §208, Ord. 297 §208, Ord. 1704, Ord. 1875 §5))

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished by a fine in the amount set forth by resolution of the city council pursuant to Section 1.15.050 of this code. The administrative procedures for the imposition, enforcement, collection, and administrative review of civil fines for violations of this chapter are established pursuant to Chapter 1.15 of this code.

(Ord. 2479 §§7, 8)