§ 130-8. Transporting garbage, trash, solid waste, or other material in open motor vehicles; spills from motor vehicles.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated upon any public street in the city any open truck, wagon or other motor vehicle in and upon which garbage, trash, manure, solid waste material, other debris, or other materials are transported, unless the vehicle shall be equipped with a cover or other securing device that will prevent the garbage, trash, waste material, other debris or other material from falling from the truck onto the streets of the city.

(b)

In the event that spillage does occur in spite of the appropriate use of said devices, the person responsible for the operation of the vehicle shall take immediate action to remove the material from the street or sidewalk. Shoveling, sweeping, or vacuuming the material and removing it from the roadway is an appropriate response. Failure to properly remove spilled material from a public street or sidewalk, or washing spilled material into any storm sewer, sanitary sewer, catch-basin, manholes, or other drainage-way is not an acceptable response, and is a violation of City Code.

(Ord. No. 2004-06, § 1, 1-12-04; Ord. No. 2016-24(16-O-1382) , § 1, 7-27-16)