(A) No person, owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any property may deposit, store or permit to accumulate any solid waste on property owned or occupied by the person, owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee that is not stored or disposed of as required by this chapter.
(B) The owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any property shall remove or cause to be removed all solid waste from his property at such reasonable intervals as will prevent a nuisance from arising which causes or creates the likelihood of injury to the health, safety, or welfare of another person or the likelihood of injury to adjoining property.
(C) Garbage and refuse shall be stored and/or sorted in a manner that will resist harborage to rodents and vermin and will not create a fire hazard.
(D) No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any building or dwelling may place or leave, or cause to be placed or left, outside the building or dwelling any bulky waste for longer than 30 days.
(E) No owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee of any building or dwelling may leave outside the building or dwelling, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or unattended icebox, refrigerator, freezer, or other item or piece of equipment that has a door or cover that cannot be opened from the inside, without first removing the door.
(F) No person or property shall have access to any solid waste services, including the drop off of solid waste at the Town Convenience Center without a billable utility account or contracted special service account in compliance with the appropriate fee schedule.
(G) No person may discard, dispose of, leave, or dump any solid waste on or along any street or highway or on public or private property unless such solid waste is placed in a receptacle or at locations properly permitted for the deposit of solid waste.
(H) No person shall throw, scatter, spill, place, cause, or allow to be blown, scattered, spilled, thrown or placed, or otherwise dispose of any litter upon any public property or private property not owned by said violator within the town or into the waters of the town including, but not limited to, upon any public highway, public park, lake, river, stream, campground, forest land, recreational area, highway, road, street or alley; the occurrence of any of the foregoing acts resulting from transporting solid waste in a vehicle shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(I) No person shall intentionally and willfully dump or deposit any solid waste material on the property owned by the violator or the property of another with or without the written consent of the property owner which is inconsistent with proper and lawful solid waste management and disposal practices.
(J) No person shall burn solid waste. Refer to § 90.03 for regulations regarding burning.
(K) Nothing in this chapter is intended to authorize the disposal of solid waste in any manner prohibited by federal or state laws or regulations.
(L) No contractor shall deposit solid waste at any town facility.
(M) Construction and demolition waste as defined herein will not be accepted at the Town Convenience Center; such debris may be accepted at the Watauga County Landfill or Avery County Landfill in accordance with their rules and regulations. Construction and demolition waste must be removed in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 94 of this Code of Ordinances. Limited collection of homeowner construction debris may be made available at the town’s discretion.
(N) Regulated medical, hazardous, and radioactive waste will not be accepted at the Town Convenience Center; such debris may be accepted at the Watauga County Landfill or Avery County Landfill in accordance with their rules and regulations.
(O) All sharps shall be placed in a sealed, puncture-proof container prior to disposal.
(P) No person shall bury solid waste in earth or submerge solid waste in water unless expressly permitted by this chapter or applicable federal and state law and regulations.
(Q) Pursuant to G.S.§ 160A-3, no person shall dispose of hazardous waste within the Town Convenience Center.
(Ord. 2020-04, passed 6-9-2020; Ord. 2021-01, passed 5-11-2021)