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It is illegal to pour salt on a highway.


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9.12. 040 Spilling products on certain pavements.

It is unlawful for any person to spill, pour, drop or place, or to permit the spilling, pouring, dropping or placing upon any asphalt or bituminous pavement laid upon any public street, court, alley or place within the city, and oil, petroleum, kerosene, benzine or other similar oil, or oily substance, or liquid, or any salt, rock salt, common salt, salt brine, acid, chemical, broken glass, or any injurious or destructive material which might damage such pavement.

(Prior code § 21-11)

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3 Responses to “It is illegal to pour salt on a highway.”

Comment from ozzy
Time June 24, 2010 at 2:27 am

totally i bring 40 pounds of salt every time im on a highway. oh darn that was my hobby :-( (

Comment from larry
Time January 30, 2011 at 3:58 am

i feel ya ozzy

Comment from Nick
Time November 25, 2011 at 7:10 am

Homless people are gonna eat our tires

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