[HISTORY: Adopted by the Harford County Council
by Bill No. 76-75.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Environmental control — See Ch. 109.
Hazardous waste — See Ch. 146.
Public health nuisances — See Ch. 179.
[1]
Editor's Note: This legislation was included
as Ch. 14, Art. III, of the 1978 Code.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
Any animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Real property on which have been erected dwellings, buildings
or other structures, whether inhabited or vacant, and all grounds
appurtenant thereto.
Garbage, rubbish and refuse and all other waste material
which creates or tends to create a danger to public health, safety,
welfare and property.
All solid waste consisting of both combustible waste, including
but not limited to paper, cardboard, wood, cloth, bedding material,
yard and lawn clippings not located in an established compost pile
and dead trees and limbs, and noncombustible waste, including but
not limited to metals, glass, crockery, tin cans, junked household
appliances, abandoned or wrecked motor vehicles and any building and
construction wastes.
Real property which is not presently improved, although it
may have been improved at one time.
A.
No person shall throw, place or deposit or cause to
be thrown, placed or deposited litter or any dangerous or offensive
substances in or upon any public place, except in a public receptacle
or in an authorized private receptacle for private collection.
B.
A public receptacle shall not be used for the deposit
of household garbage.
No person shall throw or cause to be thrown
litter or any dangerous or offensive substance at a car, vehicle,
house or fence.
A.
No person shall throw or deposit litter upon a public
or private place from a vehicle.
B.
No person shall drive or move a truck or other vehicle
unless the vehicle is so constructed, loaded or covered as to prevent
any load or contents of litter from being blown or deposited upon
any public or private place.
C.
No person shall drive or move any vehicle or truck
within the county, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit
in any street, alley or other public or private place mud, dirt, sticky
substances or foreign matter of any kind.
A.
No person shall throw, dump or deposit any trash,
junk or other refuse upon the land or property of another without
first obtaining the written consent of the owner or unless under the
personal direction of such owner.
B.
No person shall throw, dump or deposit any trash,
junk or other refuse upon any public highway or public right-of-way
of the county.
No person shall throw, place or deposit or permit
to be thrown, placed or deposited upon any public or private lot litter
of any description.
A person placing litter in public receptacles
or in private receptacles shall do so in a manner so as to prevent
it from being blown, carried or deposited by the elements upon public
places or private property.
No person shall allow litter to be deposited
or to accumulate, either temporarily or permanently, on his property.
This chapter shall not apply to:
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to
violate any provision of this chapter, and, upon conviction thereof,
such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.) or imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days,
or both.