§ 8-152. Garbage and waste disposal.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of garbage, papers, bottles, cans, refuse, petroleum products, solvents or other inflammable liquids, or other debris into the waterways. All watercraft moored or docked in the waterways within the city limits other than at the municipal docks shall provide garbage cans of sufficient capacity (not larger than thirty (30) gallons with tight-fitting tops) to hold garbage or refuse to be collected by the city.

    (b)

    The city shall furnish and provide sufficient garbage cans near the municipal docks to service all vessels moored at such docks, and the city shall make collections as established by ordinance for residential service. The storage of equipment, boxes, bicycles, dinghies, skiffs, grills, accessories or materials of any sort on the grass areas, fixtures, walkways and finger piers or docks on or adjacent to the municipal docks is prohibited. The operators of all vessels docked at all docks within the city shall at all times keep the docks, walls, parkways, and premises adjacent to such dock space, free from stale fish, garbage, trash, rubbish, fish bait, and debris of all kinds.

(Code 1953, § 11-16; Ord. No. C-68-23, § 2, 6-4-68; Ord. No. C-91-69, § 10, 10-15-91)

State law reference

Littering, F.S. § 403.413.

Cross reference

Solid waste, Ch. 24.