(1) No person shall deposit, dump or cause to be placed any litter, trash, garbage, municipal waste, recyclable materials, or debris on or at:
(a) any road, street, highway, alley, public park or plaza, other public place, railroad right-of-way or into the waters of the City, except in a clearly defined public trash receptacle;
(b) the private property of another person without the prior written consent of the owner of such location and all required licenses and permits;
(c) the person's own property without all required licenses and permits.
(2) A violation of subsection (1) that is also a violation of subsection (3) may be prosecuted as a violation of subsection (3).
(3) No owner or operator of a trash, garbage or debris collection vehicle, including private automobiles and small trucks, or any other type of vehicles used to collect or transport trash, garbage or debris, or an agent of any such owner or operator, shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited the vehicle's load or any part thereof in a manner that violates subsection (1) of this Section.
(4) The depositing or dumping of any single large item of debris, such as a tire, auto part, mattress, appliance or bag of debris or trash with a capacity of more than five (5) gallons shall be a separate offense under this Section.
\ (5) A person, including any business or agent of a business, who engages, through a contract, employment or other manner, another person to remove waste who causes or permits a violation of this Section 10-710 shall be liable for such violations of this section and shall be subject to all penalties applicable to such violation.
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