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17.43.080 Disposing of Rubbish.

Label: City Code Section
  1. A. No person may place any garbage, or other rubbish, or refuse or debris, nor may any person deposit or leave birdseed, breadcrumbs or other food particles or food waste, in or upon any pedestrian plaza. Nothing in this Section prohibits any person from eating food in any pedestrian plaza, nor do the prohibitions of this Section apply to the incidental loss of food particles that cannot reasonably be collected and properly disposed of.
  2. B. No person may enter any pedestrian plaza with garbage, or other rubbish or refuse or debris that has originated from outside the pedestrian plaza, for the purpose of disposing of any of the rubbish, refuse, or debris in the pedestrian plaza.
  3. C. The prohibitions of this Section do not apply to the disposal, in receptacles provided for that purpose, of garbage or refuse that results from the normal use of the pedestrian plaza for recreational or other lawful purposes.
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