§ 49-32. Prohibited acts.

(a)

No person shall place, deposit or dispose of any residential solid waste or exempt waste, except at a sanitary landfill. No person shall place, deposit or dispose of any construction waste or yard trash, except at a sanitary landfill. If any residential solid waste or exempt 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, such information shall be prima facie evidence that such residential solid waste or exempt solid waste is from that improved property and such occupant or owner is in violation of this subsection.

(b)

No person shall place or deposit for temporary storage any residential solid waste or exempt 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 collect or transport residential solid waste without being certified under the provisions of section 49-23 and having a contract with the county to provide such service, unless exempted from those provisions.

(d)

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

(e)

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

(f)

No person shall place any hazardous waste or biohazardous waste in any garbage container or commercial container or in any location intended for the collection and disposal of residential solid waste.

(g)

No person shall commingle grass or yard trash with other residential solid waste or exempt solid waste that has been or will be set out for removal by a collector or specialty hauler.

(h)

A violation of any provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 49-33.

(Ord. No. 98-06, § 32, 8-13-98)