I need some help finding which city ordinances cover broken glass on boulevards, front lawns and public spaces.
For some reason, tossing bottles is the "in" party trick this last 9-10 months. I thought it was my evil-neighborhood-witch imagination, but the facilities people at Tuttle School echoed my observation. They came back to work in September and had never had so much glass to pick up either. Now that the snow has melted, lots of glass is appearing, tossed over the winter. In addition, anyone's front yard is a target, apparently. If your car gets dinged in the process, tough. To state what worries me, in the boulevards broken glass is a hazard to my feet in sandals and to my dog's footpads, and ditto for passers-by. In the front lawn and boulevards, we have a potentially lethal missle if glass isn't picked up before the lawn mower spews it out (at how many MPH?), plus I like to go barefoot and so does the dog. On the playground, it WILL be found--hopefully not in some kid's chin, hand or knee, but that's where I expect it to end up. My NRP office (SECIA) will do the publicity work but I'd like ideas on what to do in which order, and which city ordinances cover your suggestions. What IS the ordinance number of the litter laws in public places? What is the ordinance number of litter or hazardous conditions on home boulevards and front lawns? How can we cite, fine or otherwise get homeowner and tenant and landlords to pick this stuff up? So far I have found the following but want more: 225.590. Storing of solid waste. No person shall throw, place or deposit solid waste in any street, alley or other public place or on any public or private property, except in containers as described in this article and in accordance with the requirements of section 244.700 of this Code. Containers shall be placed on the property served in the location prescribed by the rules and regulations of the city engineer, except that grass and leaves may be placed in plastic bags or other suitable containers. I don't see anything like a fine or whatever attached to that. If someone gets hurt, as by lawn mower thrown flying glass, I expect the civil court would or could impose damages, but I'd like to have a tool to get people to pick up before anyone needs that to happen. I really don't have any hope that the 3 AM bottle tossers are going to get tagged for littering. I suppose that ordinance would be nice to know about though. Emilie Quast SE Como REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
