§ 21-21. Illegal waste disposal on public and private lands and waterways.

(a)

No person shall place, cast, sweep, or deposit anywhere within the county any refuse in such a manner that the same may be carried, spread, or deposited by the elements upon any street, alley, parkway, or other public place or into any occupied or unoccupied property or waterway.

(b)

No person shall throw, place or deposit or cause to be thrown, placed or deposited, any solid waste, special waste, sludge, trash, junk, abandoned vehicle, abandoned vessel, garbage or filth of any kind into or on any of the public streets, roads, highways, bridges, alleys, lanes, thoroughfares, waters, canals or vacant lots, or upon the premises of any other person within the limits of the county.

(c)

No person shall discard, abandon, or permit any white goods to be kept or placed on private property or placed curbside for collection without first removing or securing the doors on such units.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit any used or unused cigarette butt onto any public way, including but not limited to any beach, park, sidewalk, or right-of-way. This prohibition shall not apply to the proper disposal of cigarette butts in properly marked receptacles intended for such purpose.

(Code 1979, § 8-18; Ord. No. 001-2005, § 4; Ord. No. 016-2016 , § 3)