§ 8.12.070. Open dumping and permitted dumping.

A.

Open Dumping. No person shall dump or deposit or permit the open dumping or depositing of any solid waste except rubble at any place other than a sanitary waste disposal project approved by the Executive Director of the State Department of Environmental Quality.

B.

Permitted Dumping. The city of Oskaloosa may establish sites for its citizens to dump brush, limbs, and leaves during daylight hours. No person shall dump any other solid waste, including grass clippings, upon such sites, and no person shall dump any items at the site or deposit approved items at the site in a manner that is not in compliance with the ordinance codified in this section or in compliance with posted signs at the site.

C.

Violations.

1.

Any person or corporation violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor with punishment as set forth in Section 1.20.010, General penalty, of this code.

2.

The city may enforce any provision of this section by use of the ordinance or municipal infraction and nuisance against any owner, lessee, lessor, occupant, or renter. A person or business violating the ordinance codified in this section shall be guilty of a municipal infraction punishable by a civil assessment of five hundred dollars per occurrence, first offense, seven hundred fifty dollars per occurrence for repeat offenses or punishable by any other injunctive remedies the court may impose.

(Ord. 1235 §§1, 2, 2006)