<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 62-28. - Duties and responsibilities of property owners and occupants.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Residential and other noncommercial property.</span> The duties and responsibilities for residential and other noncommercial property
               are as follows:
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               (1)
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               Each owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any property within the unincorporated areas
               of the county shall maintain such property in a clean, sanitary and orderly appearance
               and shall not permit any solid waste to accumulate upon such property that is not
               stored as provided in<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62SOWAMA_ARTIICOTRDI_DIV1GE_S62-30STCOTRDI" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> section 62-30</a>. Further, it shall be the duty of each owner, occupant, tenant, or lessee to provide
               approved receptacles as specified in subsection<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62SOWAMA_ARTIICOTRDI_DIV1GE_S62-30STCOTRDI" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> 62-30</a>(a).
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               (2)
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               No person shall permit on any land owned, occupied, or leased by him, any open dump,
               any unsanitary or unsightly accumulation of solid wastes, or any hazardous accumulation
               of solid waste whatsoever.
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               (3)
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               It shall be the duty of any owner, occupant, tenant or lessee of any property to remove
               or properly dispose of any of the conditions described in subsection (a)(2) of this
               section. This section shall also apply to refuse and other solid waste deposited on
               any property through the action of streams, creeks, rivers, lakes or other waterways
               or through the flooding of any such waterways. In removing such conditions, persons
               may seek the guidance of the director of solid waste and shall follow the procedures
               set forth in subsection (d) of this section.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Vacant lots and premises.</span> No owner, tenant, agent or other person in control of any vacant lot shall permit
               to remain thereon any empty bottles, cans, abandoned automobile bodies or parts, trash,
               garbage or other refuse of any kind whatsoever, and it shall be the duty of such person
               in control of the vacant lot or premises to keep the same in a clean, safe, and sanitary
               condition at all times.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Commercial, small business, industrial, and institutional property.</span> Duties and responsibilities for commercial, small business, industrial and institutional
               property are as follows:
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               (1)
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               The owner, proprietor, or person in charge of any commercial, small business, industrial,
               or institutional building, parking lot or other site, shall be obligated, both jointly
               and severally, to keep driveways, yards, parking lots, and areas adjacent thereto
               and under his control clean at all times; and to place sweepings, litter, refuse,
               and other debris in an approved receptacle to prevent dispersal by wind, rain, animals
               and other causes. Further, no crate, box, or similar container, liable to deterioration
               by sun, wind, rain, animals or other causes, shall be kept on any street or sidewalk,
               parking lot or other area, except that such containers may be placed out for collection
               on the day of such collection.
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               (2)
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               The owner, proprietor, or person in charge of any commercial, small business, industrial,
               or institutional building, parking lot, or other site shall be obligated, jointly
               and severally, to provide solid waste receptacles of sufficient size and quantity
               as specified in subsection<a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62SOWAMA_ARTIICOTRDI_DIV1GE_S62-30STCOTRDI" class="section-link" data-product-id="12776"> 62-30</a>(a). Specifically, but not exclusively, the requirement for such containers shall
               apply to shopping centers, supermarkets, convenience stores, fast food and other restaurants,
               service stations, and other similar establishments; and shall likewise apply to industries,
               commercial establishments, schools, churches and other institutions. Spillage and
               overflow from such containers shall be cleaned up by the establishment immediately
               and as it occurs.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Construction and demolition sites.</span> All property owners and construction and demolition contractors, both jointly and
               severally, shall be required to provide onsite refuse receptacles, bulk containers
               or detachable containers for loose debris, paper, waste building materials, scrap
               building materials and other solid waste produced by those working on the site. All
               such sites shall be kept in a reasonably clean and litter-free condition. Dirt, mud,
               construction materials or other debris deposited upon any property outside the construction
               or demolition site shall be removed by the contractor as soon as practically possible,
               but no later than the end of the workday.
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               (Ord. No. 09-09-03, Â§ 1, Exh. A, 9-1-09)
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