A. Regulations:
1. A person may not throw, deposit, or discard, or permit to be dropped, thrown, deposited, or discarded on any public road or highway in the State, whether under State, County, Municipal, or Federal ownership, any plastic container, glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, barbed wire, boards, trash or garbage, paper or paper products, or any other substance which would or could:
a. Create a safety or health hazard on the public road or highway; or
b. Mar or impair the scenic aspect or beauty of the public road or highway.
2. A person who drops, throws, deposits, or discards, or permits to be dropped, thrown, deposited, or discarded, on any public road or highway any destructive, injurious, or unsightly material shall:
a. Immediately remove the material or cause it to be removed; and
b. Deposit the material in a receptacle designed to receive the material.
3. A person distributing commercial handbills, leaflets, or other advertising shall take whatever measures are reasonably necessary to keep the material from littering public roadways or highways.
4. A person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a public road or highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped from the vehicle on the road or highway.
5. A person may not throw any lighted material from a moving vehicle.
6. Except as provided under Utah Code Annotated, section 72-7-409, any person transporting loose cargo by truck, trailer, or other motor vehicle shall secure the cargo in a reasonable manner to prevent the cargo from littering or spilling on both public and private property or public roadways.
7. A law enforcement officer as defined under Utah Code Annotated, section 53-13-103, within the officer's jurisdictional authority in Daggett County:
a. Shall enforce the provisions of this section;
b. May issue citations to a person who violates any of the provisions of this section; and
c. May serve and execute all warrants, citations, and other process issued by any court in enforcing this section.
8. Under Utah Code Annotated, section 41-6a-1712(8), Daggett County may enact local ordinances to carry out the provisions of this section.
9. As used in this section:
HIGHWAY: Means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel.
MOTOR VEHICLE: Means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
a. "Motor vehicle" does not include:
(1) Vehicles moved solely by human power;
(2) Motorized wheelchairs;
(3) An electric personal assistive mobility device;
(4) An electric assisted bicycle;
(5) A motor assisted scooter;
(6) A personal delivery device, as defined in Utah Code Annotated, section 41-6a-1119; or
(7) A mobile carrier, as defined in Utah Code Annotated, section 41-6a-1120.
TRAILER: Means a vehicle with or without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and constructed so that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
a. "Trailer" does not include a pole trailer.
TRUCK: Means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
VEHICLE: Means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Utah Code Annotated, section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
a. "Vehicle" includes a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, off-highway vehicle, camper, park model recreational vehicle, manufactured home, and mobile home.
10. A person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an infraction and shall be fined:
a. Not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a violation; or
b. Not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second or subsequent violation within three (3) years of a previous violation of this section.
11. The sentencing Judge may require that the offender devote at least eight (8) hours in cleaning up:
a. Litter caused by the offender; and
b. Existing litter from a safe area designated by the sentencing Judge. (Ord. 19-12, 7-30-2019)