(A) No person shall dump, deposit, drop, throw, discard, leave, cause, or permit the dumping, depositing, dropping, throwing, discarding, or leaving of refuse upon any public or private property in the county, or upon or into any river, lake, pond, or other stream or body of water in the county, unless:
(1) The property has been designated waste disposal site by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) The refuse is placed into a receptacle or other container, as prescribed in § 52.05 intended by the owner or tenant in lawful possession of that property for the depositing of refuse;
(3) The person is acting under the direction of proper public officials during special cleanup days; or
(4) The person is lawfully acting in or reacting to an emergency situation where health and safety is threatened, and removes and properly disposes of such refuse when the emergency situation no longer exists.
(B) No person shall transport refuse from any dwelling, residence, place, or business, farm, or other site to deposit such material in, around, or on top of refuse containers on any other property, public or private.
(Prior Code, § 4-5-3) (Ord. passed 4-16-1985; Ord. passed 4-21-1992; Ord. passed 3-21-1995; Ord. passed 12-22-1998; Ord. passed 8-19-2003) Penalty, see § 52.99