(A) No person may establish, operate, cause, or maintain a junkyard, motor vehicle graveyard, or scrap metal processing facility, or store, or allow accumulation of, junk on any real estate which is visible or deemed a public health nuisance, except for the following:
(1) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible;
(2) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under the authority of law of a municipal zoning ordinance; and
(3) Those located within non-zoned industrial areas, as determined by the State Planning Agency, and approved by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
(B) It shall be a violation of this chapter for the owner, or anyone having a substantial property interest in real property, including open or vacant property within the county, to deposit, or allow to remain, on that real property any trash or junk, which items might provide food or harborage for insects, rodents, pests, or pose a fire safety hazard.
(C) No person shall permit junk or trash to be situated on his or her property so that the material can be carried by wind, water, or natural forces to any highway, right-of-way, easement, or to the property of any other person.
(D) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to county-owned or operated recycling, or state-licensed salvage, operations.
(E) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to established compost and composting.
(F) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to the use of standard containers, or dumpsters, for the temporary containment of trash or junk awaiting scheduled disposal. Trash that attracts animals or rodents must be placed in a vermin-proof and waterproof container with a tight-fitting lid. Such containers shall be constructed, handled, and placed in a way that will not promote a safety or health issue.
(G) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally places, or leaves, junk on a highway, road, right-of-way, or on the property of another person, commits littering. Evidence that littering was committed from a moving vehicle, other than a public conveyance, constitutes prima facie evidence that it was committed by the operator of the vehicle.
(Ord. 2019-01, passed 3-18-2019) Penalty, see § 92.99