§ 21-76. Prohibited acts.  


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  • (a)

    With the exception of construction and demolition debris, no person shall place, deposit or dispose of any solid waste, other than at the solid waste disposal facility. If any solid waste is found on public or private property or roadways and its origin is traced to improved property by identification such as mail, statements, checks, receipts, etc., and such occupant or owner of such property is not receiving collection service by a collector, it shall be presumed that such solid waste was generated from that improved property.

    (b)

    No person shall place or deposit for temporary storage any domestic solid waste or special solid waste anywhere in the county in such a manner that it may be carried or deposited by the uncontrolled physical elements upon any public property or upon the land of another person.

    (c)

    No person may provide collection services unless certified pursuant to the provisions of section 21-72 and pursuant to a collection agreement.

    (d)

    No person may collect or transport special solid waste without being certified under the provisions of section 21-72, unless exempted from those provisions.

    (e)

    It shall be unlawful to scatter or spread about or cause to scatter or spread about any domestic solid waste or special solid waste that has been set out for removal by a collector or specialty hauler.

    (f)

    No owner or occupant shall maintain or permit on any improved property an unsanitary nuisance.

    (g)

    No person shall place any special solid waste in any garbage receptacle or commercial container or in any location intended for the collection and disposal of domestic solid waste.

(Code 1979, § 8-86; Ord. No. 33-1989, § 11; Ord. No. 35-2000, § 6; Ord. No. 019-2012, § 12 )