§ 26-15. Trash, refuse, etc., upon public property.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or otherwise deposit any solid waste, bottles, cans or other containers of any kind, garbage or any type of waste material or to place or leave or cause to be placed or left temporarily or permanently, any trash, refuse, garbage, bottles, cans or other containers of any kind, any scrapped or abandoned automobile, truck or other motor vehicle or part thereof, on the right-of-way of any street, state highway or public road, public square, public alley or parking lot or other public area in the town, or on that portion of the beach of the Atlantic Ocean lying between the high and low watermark, or upon the shoreline of Currituck Sound or Ginguite Bay between the high and low watermark.

(b)

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to forbid the depositing and placing of household trash and garbage and other solid waste material in proper receptacles provided for the pick up and removal thereof by the town solid waste collection contractor. Material approved for chipping by the town may be placed temporarily on the street right-of-way immediately in front of the owners' own property until chipped by the town. Further, it shall be unlawful to dump, deposit or otherwise cause any trash, landscape debris or other material of any form, type or nature to be placed in any canal, stream, channel, pond or basin which regularly or periodically carries or stores water.

(Code 1988, § 8-15; Ord. of 4-2-2002)