As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise,
the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings:
LITTER
All rubbish, waste material, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead
animals or other discarded materials of every kind and description.
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY
The right-of-way of any road, street or highway; any body of water
or watercourse or the shore or beaches thereof; any park, parking facility,
playground, building, refuge or conservation or recreation area; any residential,
commercial or farming properties, timberlands or forests.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dump, deposit, throw
or leave or to cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing
or leaving of litter on any public or private property within the corporate
limits of the Town of Snow Hill unless:
A. Such property is designated by the state, county or town
or any of their respective agencies for the disposal of such litter, and such
person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property.
B. Such litter is placed into a litter receptacle or container
installed on such property.
C. Such person is the owner or tenant in lawful possession
of such property or has first obtained consent of the owner or tenant in lawful
possession or unless the act is done under the personal direction of said
owner or tenant, all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation of §
109-2 of this chapter and if the vehicle, boat or other conveyance has two (2) or more occupants and it cannot be determined which occupant is the violator, the owner of the vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance, if present, shall be presumed to be responsible for the violations; in the absence of the owner of the vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance, the operator shall be presumed to be responsible for the violations.