The following definitions shall apply to this article:
Waste Material.
Shall include all worn-out, worthless and discarded material including odds and ends, and old iron or other metal; and all garbage, rubbish, paper, and other decayable and non-decayable waste including vegetables matter and animal and carcasses; all of which from public or private establishments or residents. The term "waste material" shall not include sewage when disposed of through the city's sewage system.
Authorized Waste Container.
Shall include metal, wooden or rigidly constructed plastic containers having lids or other covers, in which waste material can be temporarily stored, and of a construction that the waste material cannot escape, spill, or blow out. The dumpsters placed throughout the city for pick up by city trucks or crews shall be considered to be authorized waste containers.
Person.
Shall include all natural persons, partnerships, corporations and non-profit corporations, and unincorporated associations.
(Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 1)
A person commits an offense if that person:
(1) 
Disposes of waste material on a public road, highway or street, on any right-of-way, or on any other public or private road; or
(2) 
Allows waste material to accumulate or remain on any public property, street, road, highway or right-of-way, or on any private property.
(Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 2; Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 3)
It shall be a defense to prosecution under this article if:
(1) 
Disposal of the waste material is in an authorized container, except that if the authorized container is one other than a dumpster picked up by the city's trucks or crews, and the contents are not deposited in a city dumpster or taken to the city's landfill within one week, the exception shall not apply; and
(2) 
Waste material of a type normally stored in "junk yards" or salvage yards or operations may be so stored or accumulated on such premises if such premises are maintained in properly zoned locations, and in accordance with other laws, regulations or ordinances or the State of Texas or this city. Garbage, rubbish, paper, vegetable, animal, or fish carcasses or material, and any other decayable or non-decayable or odor-emitting waste material shall not be subject to this exception.
(Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 4)
(a) 
A person who commits an offense under this article, on conviction, is subject to a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code. Each day of the offense is a separate offense.
(b) 
Prosecution of any person for an offense under this article shall not preclude or prevent action against that person under any other law, regulation or ordinance of the State of Texas, The City of Levelland, or of the United States, or the maintenance by any aggrieved person of any action at law or in equity.
(Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 5; Ordinance 714, adopted 5/6/86, Section 6)