(a) It shall be unlawful for anyone to dispose of solid waste in an open dump except on their property.
(b) It shall be unlawful to leave solid waste at a recycling and convenience center or landfill unless there is a county employee on duty to direct and supervise the disposing of the solid waste at the site.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to litter at recycling and convenience centers. Littering shall include dumping solid waste in a solid waste container and causing the container to overflow. It shall be unlawful for any person to dump solid waste at a landfill except in areas designated by the landfill operators on duty. All costs incurred by the county in the collection and removal of litter at a recycling and convenience center or landfill, or in the collection and proper disposition of unauthorized dumping at a landfill shall be recoverable from the person who littered or dumped in violation of this article and from the person who generated such litter or unauthorized dumped material.
(d) If any solid waste disposed of in violation of this article can be identified as having last 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, such identification shall be presumed to be prima facie evidence that such person disposed of or caused to be disposed of such solid waste in violation of this article.
(e) A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
(Ord. of 10-4-1999, art. XIII; Amend. of 12-6-2021)