[Ord. No. 626, § 1, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
Section 40-34.01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code authorizes and directs cities to maintain in sanitary conditions the road or highway leading to the grounds maintained by cities for disposal of garbage collected in the city. The statute creates an obligation of the city to keep the road free from refuse and garbage resulting in the transportation of the same, by the city maintaining said grounds. The City of Williston is also obligated to prohibit the deposit of garbage, refuse and other waste materials on streets, alleys or other public areas within the city, and to keep such streets, alleys or other public areas free of the same.
[Ord. No. 626, § 2, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
Any garbage or refuse transported by any person to the city grounds maintained for the disposal of garbage, more commonly known as the city landfill, shall be transported in a covered vehicle or container. "A covered vehicle or container" shall be construed as meaning that such vehicle or container shall be covered with a canvas or tarpaulin, secured with tie-downs or ropes, or otherwise secured in such a manner as to eliminate any possibility of refuse, rubbish or garbage falling from such vehicle or container in transit; it shall also be construed as meaning that such vehicle or container may be entirely enclosed, or one equipped with an end gate in a closed position and covered by a tarp or other similar means as to not cause, allow, or permit any materials being transported to the city landfill to seep, spill, leak, blow, drop off, fall or escape from the vehicle onto the road leading to the city landfill, or onto any abutting property while in transit. These restrictions shall apply regardless of whether the transporting is within or without of the city limits of the City of Williston.
[Ord. No. 626, § 3, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate or cause or permit to be operated a vehicle which is not a covered vehicle or container as described above, while transporting any garbage or refuse to or from the city landfill where such garbage or refuse may or does seep, spill, leak, blow off, drop off, fall or escape from such vehicle onto the roadway or abutting property while in transit.
[Ord. No. 626, § 4, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or cause or permit to be operated a vehicle from which garbage, refuse or waste materials such as trash, glass, liquids, vegetation or other extraneous or deleterious matter being hauled by such vehicle does or is likely to fall onto, or be blown by the wind onto any street, alley or other public areas such as sidewalks, drains, ditches or other public services while in transit, within the city limits, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to vehicles being used for applying abrasives or other material for ice control to streets or sidewalks, or when such vehicle is being used for depositing construction material on any street or sidewalk for repair at the point of such construction, or to vehicles hauling agricultural products or crops.
[Ord. No. 521, § 9-28, 7-27-1976; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
(a) 
No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle, or throw or deposit rubbish of any kind upon the highway.
(b) 
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.
(c) 
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
[Ord. No. 626, § 5, 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 845, 4-10-2001]
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of violating this article shall, upon first conviction, be given a warning. A second conviction under this article shall be punishable by a fine in an amount not less than $25 nor more than $100. A third conviction under this article shall be punishable by a fine of up $500 and a jail sentence of up to 30 days, or both such fine and jail sentence, and all subsequent violations of this article shall carry a similar penalty; provided, however that each operation of a vehicle in violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.