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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

17.08.010 DIRT OR RUBBISH.

No person shall throw into, or deposit upon, any street, or in the bed, or on the banks of any creek, lagoon, storm drain, or any other part of any public grounds, within this City, except in such places as may be designated for that purpose by the Council, by ordinance or otherwise, any glass, broken ware, empty cans, dirt, rubbish, garbage, filth, oil, gasoline, solvent or other petroleum distillates or any other flammable, poisonous or noxious matter, nor shall such material be deposited in private premises where such deposits would become a public nuisance. No person shall empty, or throw, or deposit, in any manhole, catch basin, sump or flushing hole of any sewer or storm drain any glass, broken ware, hay, straw, dirt, rubbish, garbage, filth, butcher's offal, or any animal or vegetable matter, or oil, gasoline, solvent or other petroleum distillates or any other flammable, poisonous or noxious matter.