(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit upon any street or sidewalk, or upon any private property, except with written permission of the owner or occupant of the private property, any trash, refuse, garbage, building material, cans, bottles, broken glass, paper, or any type of litter.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person while a driver or a passenger in a vehicle to throw or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the city, or upon private property.
(C) Every owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any commercial establishment or premises which maintains any paved or unpaved areas for the use of the public, either for parking or as access areas and incident to the carrying on of the principal business of any commercial establishment or premises and which parking or access areas abut or lie within ten feet of any public street or other public way, shall keep and maintain the areas clean and free from trash, litter, rubbish and any materials liable to be blown, deposited or cast upon the street or other public way.
(D) Suitable receptacles may be provided in parking or access areas within the meaning of division (C) of this section. The receptacles shall be plainly marked and shall be constructed to prevent scattering of any trash, litter, rubbish or other materials deposited therein.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride any OFF-ROAD VEHICLE, which for the purposes of this section shall include, but not be limited to the following: quad, trike. four-wheeler, gator, scooter, dirt bike, mower, tractor, or golf cart; upon the sidewalks, greenways, boardwalks, pedestrian bridges or walking paths within the city.
(1) Municipal vehicles, utility maintenance vehicles, emergency vehicles or other vehicles conducting official city business are exempt from this restriction.
(2) This restriction shall not apply to electric personal assistive mobility devices, less than 1,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, designed to transport one person, with a propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to 15 miles per hour or less.
(F) Violation of this section may constitute an infraction in accordance with § 10.99 of this Code and G.S. § 14-4.
(`84 Code, §§ 6-2021 - 6-2025) (Ord. passed 10-25-66; Am. Ord. passed 10-28-69; Am. Ord. 2018-O-02, passed 2-20-18; Am. Ord. 2020-O-07, passed 5-11-20; Am. Ord. 2020-O-14, passed 8-11-20; Am. Ord. 2022-O-01, passed 3-1-22) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate consumption on public property, see G.S. § 18B-300(c)