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9.12. 010 Injury to signs.

It is unlawful for any person wilfully or intentionally to injure, deface, mar, disfigure or remove any sign or signboard within the city, and a violation of this section shall be an infraction. (Prior code § 3-2)

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9.12. 020 Shopping carts.

A. Removal Prohibited--Notice Posted on Shopping Carts. Without the prior written consent of the owner, it is unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, any shopping cart which is the property of the business establishment furnishing such carts for its customers' use from the parking lot or other premises of said business establishment if such cart has prominently and permanently affixed thereto a notice in substantially the following form:

Property of (owner's name). Removal of this cart from these premises without written permission of the owner is prohibited by law (HBMC Sec. 21-29).

B. Notice Posted on Premises. There shall be posted by the business establishment furnishing a parking lot and shopping carts for its customers' use prominently and conspicuously on the premises and the parking lot, a notice in substantially the following form:

REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CARTS FROM THESE PREMISES PROHIBITED BY LAW. (HBMC SEC. 21-29).

C. Applicability of Section. The provisions of this section do not apply to employees of the business establishment furnishing shopping carts for its customer's use while such employees are acting within the course and scope of their employment. (Prior code § 21-29)

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9.12. 030 Oily substances--Disposing of.

It is unlawful for any person to deposit, place, throw or in any manner dispose of, or cause or permit to be deposited, placed, thrown, diverted, or in any manner disposed of, within the city, any crude petroleum, engine oil, oil sludge, tar or any substance containing tar, oil sludge, or any other matter containing oil or crude petroleum, or any oily substance, upon any lot of land or any portion thereof within the city. (Prior code § 21-9)

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9.12. 040 Spilling products on certain pavements.

It is unlawful for any person to spill, pour, drop or place, or to permit the spilling, pouring, dropping or placing upon any asphalt or bituminous pavement laid upon any public street, court, alley or place within the city, and oil, petroleum, kerosene, benzine or other similar oil, or oily substance, or liquid, or any salt, rock salt, common salt, salt brine, acid, chemical, broken glass, or any injurious or destructive material which might damage such pavement. (Prior code § 21-11)

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9.12. 050 Oily substances--Vehicles transporting oil products.

All oil delivery wagons or tanks shall have securely fastened under taps or faucets thereto attached an absolutely oil or watertight zinc-lined box or tray; and in filling any measure or other vessel from such taps or faucets such measure or other vessel must be held so that drip or overflow shall follow into the box or tray, and in carrying or removing such vessel or measure over or across any asphalt or bituminous pavement no drip or overflow from such measure or vessel shall be permitted to fall upon such pavement. No measure or other receptacle or vessel for holding oil shall be placed upon any asphalt or bituminous pavement. (Prior code § 21-12)

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9.12. 060 Loitering on commercial or private property.

No person shall linger, loiter, sit, stand or otherwise use for business or social purposes any parking or open space serving area on any commercial or private property in such a manner as unreasonably to violate the expressed wish of the owner, legal tenant or manager of such commercial or private property. (Prior code § 20-10)

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9.12. 070 Loitering in buildings or on property owned, leased or operated by the city.

It is unlawful for any person to loaf or loiter in any waiting room, lobby or other portion of any building or property owned, leased or operated by the city, or to remain in or on any such building or property owned, leased or operated by the city for a period of time longer than reasonably necessary to transact such business as such person may have to transact with any city officer, employee or department using or occupying such building or property owned, leased or operated by the city. (Prior code § 20-11)

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9.12. 080 Loitering in public ways.

No person shall loiter or stand in or upon any public highway, alley, sidewalk or crosswalk or other public way open for pedestrian travel or otherwise occupy any portion thereof in such a manner as unreasonably to annoy or molest any pedestrian thereon or as to obstruct or unreasonably interfere with the free passage of pedestrians. (Prior code § 20-12)

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9.12. 090 Other remedies.

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the city council from ordering the city attorney to commence a civil action to abate a nuisance as an alternative to or in conjunction with the proceedings herein set forth or to initiate a criminal action against the responsible party for the maintenance of a nuisance. (Ord. 96-1150 § 6 (part), 1996: prior code § 20-13 (part))

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