§ 8.08.110. Illegal dumping.

It is unlawful for any person to dump any solid waste or hazardous waste, as described in Section 8.08.040 of this chapter, upon, or to permit the same to fall upon any property, public or private, or upon any road or highway, or any place, yard, lane, alley, field, body of water, ravine, or any location not specifically designated for disposal of those materials. It shall also be unlawful for any person to dump, or permit to fall, any unpermitted material or materials into or upon any waste disposal or transfer facility. It shall also be unlawful for any person to discharge septic tank sediment or effluent (i.e., septage) into or onto any area other than an impoundment or tank specifically constructed for such disposal, or to discharge any solid waste other than septage into such impoundment or tank. Persons found guilty of illegal dumping shall be subject to a fine of not less than five thousand dollars, plus the cost to clean up and abate the nuisance so created. The first person providing information leading to the conviction of a party or parties guilty of illegal dumping as defined in this section shall receive ten percent of the fine collected as a reward.

(Ord. 1237 §1 (part), 2000; Ord. 1196 (part), 1995)