(A) Responsibility for loose material on property.
(1) To help prevent and reduce litter in areas where fast food outlets, shopping centers, convenience stores, supermarkets, service stations, commercial parking lots, motels, hospitals, and educational institutions or any other commercial establishments are located, owners and operators are responsible for the loose materials that are produced on the establishment's property by the patronizers or by the establishment itself. The materials are subject to spreading into areas nearby and it is not the responsibility of the property owners to clean up litter which was produced elsewhere. Thus it is the responsibility of the owners and operators of publicly patronized establishments to maintain their surrounding areas.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, institution, or organization to transport any loose materials by truck or other motor vehicle within the corporate limits of the town unless the material is covered and secured in such a manner as to prevent litter on public and private property.
(3) Lack of adequate covering and securing of material while the loaded truck or other motor vehicle is in motion shall in itself constitute a violation of this section.
(B) Driver to be held liable. The driver of any vehicle, shall be held to be in violation of this subchapter in the event it cannot be determined which vehicle occupant committed any acts in violation of this section.
(C) Request of adequate receptacles by certain establishments.
(1) Litter receptacles. To help prevent or reduce litter by pedestrians and motorists, the Anderson County Health Department requests that the owners of publicly patronized establishments provide and maintain on their premises litter receptacles. This requirement shall be applicable, but not limited to, fast food outlets, shopping centers, convenience stores, supermarkets, service stations, commercial parking lots, motels, hospitals, schools, colleges, and universities.
(2) Placement of large receptacles. Litter receptacles such as dumpsters, must be situated at a reasonable distance from public thoroughfares to prevent blockage of view from state or county right- of-ways.
(D) Unlawful disposal. It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager, employee, agent, or independent contractor, who works for a retail, commercial, or institutional establishment (such persons include solicitors, vendors, and the like) to deposit litter from that business in any receptacle other than a litter receptacle maintained on premises, except after having received permission from the Anderson County Litter Officer for disposal or transport to a state or county permitted land field.
(Ord. 93-04, passed 4-13-93; Am. Ord. 02-03, passed 4-1-02) Penalty, see § 130.99