(a) Illegal dumping. No person shall throw, drop or deposit, or cause to be thrown, dropped or deposited, on any street, avenue, alley, highway, greenway, footway, sidewalk, park or other public place or on any land in the town not owned by the person in question (vacant or occupied), any waste, including, but not limited to, refuse, yard or leaf waste, land clearing debris, building debris including material used in building, construction, repair, remodeling, demolition and excavating operations, dead animals, putrescible matter, paper, drinking cups, broken glass, and anything injurious to health.
(b) Cleanup and removal. If any person, while transporting or hauling, or causing to be transported or hauled such rubbish or solid waste material, or earth excavation, coal or other material, shall throw, drop or deposit or cause to be thrown, dropped or deposited, such rubbish or material from the body of the vehicle, in violation of the provisions of this subsection, such person must clean up and remove such rubbish or material in a manner and within a time satisfactory to the public works code enforcement officer. Should any owner or person refuse or fail to comply with such notice, the department of public works may clean up and remove such rubbish and material and the town shall collect the cost of such cleaning up and removal from such person.
(Code 1982, § 16.5-5; Ord. No. 92-37, § 1, 6-11-1992; Ord. No. 2019-Code-04, 10-10-2019)