No person shall operate on any street, public property or private property a vehicle with mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter on its wheels or other parts if the operation results in the depositing or tracking of mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter onto any street or public property or private property. No person being owner of real property or a prime contractor in charge of construction site shall maintain the property or construction site so that vehicles upon the property or construction site pick up mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter and deposit or track the mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter onto any street or public property or private property. Where mud, dirt, concrete, sticky and other substances, litter or foreign matter have been tracked or deposited on any street, public property or private property in violation of this section, it shall be immediately removed by the person responsible. The term RESPONSIBLE PERSON, as used in this section, shall mean the driver of the vehicle which deposited or tracked the mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter or foreign matter onto the street or the driver’s employer or the owner of the real property or prime contractor in charge of a construction site from where it originated. In addition to any other remedy, the Police Department is hereby empowered to issue a citation to violators and assess a civil penalty based on costs of cleanup as provided by G.S. § 160A-175(c).
(Prior Code, § 8-18) Penalty, see § 97.99