Petaluma Municipal Code Ch. 8.12 Unlawful Deposit of Materials

It is unlawful for any person to dump any sweepings, yard litter, garbage, weeds, grass, leaves, accumulation of

dirt, or refuse matter of any kind into the gutter of any street, alley or in or on any street, sidewalk, footpath or any

public place or upon any vacant lot or other private premises in the city. (Ord. 235 CS §§7, 12, 14; prior code §13.2.)

1 Editor’s Note: For the purposes of this section, the deNnitions in Section 8.16.010 apply.

It is unlawful for any person to deposit upon any lot or block of land, street, lane, alley or court within the limits of

the city, and sweepings from any shop or store, or any paper, feathers, straw, broken glass or crockery, rubbish,

garbage or manure, or any other debris of any kind, character or description; provided, however, that nothing in

the provisions of this chapter shall be so construed as to prohibit the depositing upon any lot or block of land

within the limits of the city, after Nrst having obtained the consent of the council to do so, broken rock, brick, sand

or gravel or any dirt clean and clear of any refuse matter or garbage, where the same is so deposited for the

purpose of Nlling in the lot or block of land. (Ord. 22 CS §3; prior code §16.2.)

It is unlawful for any person to throw or cause or permit to be thrown, placed or deposited into the Petaluma River

or any tributary thereof, or any channel leading into such river in the city, any rubbish or indissoluble matter

whatsoever.

It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to discharge or cause or allow or permit to be discharged into

the Petaluma River, within or upstream from the boundaries of the city, any sewage, slops, urine, dung, excrement

or other feculent matter, or any feathers, Oesh or dead animals, or any kind of industrial or other wastes or waste

matter, whether soluble or insoluble. (Ord. 465 NCS §1; Ord. 140 NCS §2; prior code §16.18.)