It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, place or deposit or leave or cause to be thrown, placed, deposited or left in or upon any of the sidewalks, public streets, gutters, highways, alleys, thoroughfares or other public grounds in the City, or any private property without the consent of the owner or occupant of such property, any dirt, filth, sewerage, sweepings, rags, excrement, compost, wastepaper, paper containers, excelsior, straw, hay, leaves, brush, weeds, grass cuttings, shavings, barrels, boxes, wooden crates, lumber, stable manure, ashes, vegetables, slops or litter of any kind or any loose combustible material of any kind. (Code 1981 § 19-18. Code 1995 § 122-36.)