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• • Conservation Commission. SECTION 11 DEPOSIT ON STREETS.SIDEWALKS_ OR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit upon any street, highway, right-of-way, easement, or other public property, garbage, trash, or any other substance. Additionally, placement for collection of garbage and trash prohibited elsewhere in this ordinance, including but not limited to commercial trash, shall constitute a violation of this section. SECTION 12. REMOVAL OF INJURIOUS MATERIAL FROM STREETS. (a) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any street, highway, right-of-way, easement, or other public property, any destructive or injurious material, or other material such as dirt, shell, oil, etc., which would be detrimental to the use or appearance of such street, highway, right-of-way, easement, or other public property, shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed. (b) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street or highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the street or highway from such vehicle. SECTION 13. CONTAINER SERVICE WHEN REQUIRED. (a) Public, business and commercial institutions and establishments shall use the City's or the city-authorized contractor's solid waste container service for the removal of garbage and trash when weekly average volumes exceed two (2) cubic yards per week. (b) Multi-family projects containing four (4) or more units, including Manufactured Housing or Mobile Homes, whether or not said Manufactured Housing or Mobile Homes are located within a Manufactured Housing or Mobile Home park or subdivision approved by the City of La Porte pursuant to City of La Porte Ordinances 1501 and 811, or amendments thereto; and multiple residences receiving water service through a common water meter(s) shall use the City's or the city-authorized contractor's solid waste container system service for the removal of garbage and trash. SECTION 14. CITY TO FURNISH CONTAINERS. Under the city's solid waste container system, the city, or the city's authorized contractor, will furnish a container, or containers, to be used in the collection and removal of garbage and trash. Public, business, and commercial institutions and establishments using the City's or the city-authorized container system for the removal of garbage and trash shall provide a readily accessible site for placement of container(s) on the institution or establishment's property. Locating containers in streets, rights-of way, the traveled portion of alleys, and sight triangles as defined in Ordinance 1501 is 5