§ 98.22. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING LOOSE MATERIALS OR REFUSE.

(A)

It shall be unlawful for a responsible person to operate a vehicle transporting loose materials within the City without a cover that adequately prevents the blowing or dropping of these loose materials. "Responsible person", for the purposes of this Section, shall mean the driver of the vehicle in violation or his employer or the owner of the vehicle or the prime contractor for the construction site.

(B)

Where concrete or any other substance which has the ability to permanently affix itself to the road surface, causing the surface to be uneven, it shall be immediately removed by person or persons responsible. The term "responsible person" used in this Section shall mean the driver of the vehicle which deposited the substance onto the street or his employer or the owner of the real property or prime contractor in charge of a construction site from where the substance originated.

(C)

All collectors of refuse who desire to haul over the streets of the City shall use a watertight vehicle provided with a tight cover and so operated as to prevent offensive odors escaping therefrom and refuse from being dropped, blown or spilled.

(Code 1980, § 12-43; Ord. No. 34-83, passed 5/20/83)

Cross reference

Penalty, § 98.99.