The Solid Waste Warden along with any other county employee that the County Manager designates shall be empowered to enforce this chapter. The designated Solid Waste Warden shall be responsible to organize all county enforcement efforts against littering and other activities which violate this chapter.
(A) When litter is placed, thrown or deposited into, upon or along any public or private property, the owner, occupant, tenant, lessee, proprietor or other person in charge thereof shall upon notice be responsible to remove the material and dispose of such in accordance with this chapter.
(B) When litter is released from a vehicle, the operator thereof shall be presumed to have committed the offense.
(C) If any solid waste disposed of in violation of this chapter can be identified as having belonged to, been in the possession of, sent to or received by or to have been the property of any person prior to being disposed of, the identification shall be prima facie evidence that the person disposed of or caused to be disposed of the solid waste in violation of this chapter.
(D) Photographs or videotapes of an illegal dump, litter or of a person in the process of committing the offense may be used as evidence to identify the person responsible.
(Ord. passed 12-6-1993)