§ 82-4. Prohibited acts generally.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on the business of collecting, removing and/or disposing of garbage and waste in any unincorporated area of the county without first obtaining a franchise authorized by this chapter.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person, whether franchised or not, to collect or dispose of garbage in violation of this chapter.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person, whether franchised or not, who is in the business of collecting, removing or disposing of garbage, waste or trash to throw, place, deposit, or cause to be thrown, placed or deposited any garbage, waste, trash, junk or other material collected or removed in the course of the business into any sway car or trash receptacle provided by the county. It shall be unlawful for any person, and no person shall remove, or cause, permit, encourage, allow, or authorize to be removed, any item, object, garbage, trash or any other matter previously deposited into any such sway car or trash receptacle from any such sway car or trash receptacle. For the purposes of this chapter, "entry" and "trespass" shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, the introduction of any portion of the body or any other device or object into a sway car or trash receptacle, for any purpose other than the depositing therein of trash, garbage, or other items to be disposed of.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to, and no person shall, place or deposit into any sway car or other receptacle for trash provided by the county for trash collection any garbage, trash, item, or other object unless such item be wholly contained within a garbage bag, box, or other nonmetallic container no larger than 30 gallons in volume. It shall be unlawful for any person to, and no person shall, deposit, place, insert, or otherwise allow to be deposited or placed into any sway car or other trash receptacle, any material, item, or object other than household garbage, waste, litter or yard trash and garbage, containerized as required in this section. All other materials to be disposed of in the county shall be delivered for appropriate disposal only to the county east or west landfill sites, or as otherwise allowed by this chapter.

(e)

It shall be unlawful and is hereby prohibited for any person to deposit or place any litter, garbage, furniture, appliances, waste, or other materials of any kind adjacent to or inside of any receptacle placed by the county for the collection of recyclable materials, unless such material is limited to the recyclable material for which the receptacle is intended and so labeled by the county, and then only unless the recyclable material is placed within the receptacle and not outside of the receptacle. This prohibition shall apply to all areas within the county.

(Ord. No. 86-9, § 4, 11-25-86; Ord. No. 2018-03, § 1, 3-27-2018)