[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Topsham as Ch. 13-A of the Topsham Code, as amended through 1990. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste — See Ch. 179.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate certain unsecured loads within the Town of Topsham.
A. 
No person shall operate or cause to be operated upon any public way within the town any vehicle with a load of gravel, sand, crushed stone, ledge, rock or by-products thereof unless the load is covered and either secured or confined to prevent any portion of the load from falling or spilling out of the vehicle.
B. 
A load shall be considered to be covered when a tarpaulin, canvas or other suitable similar device is employed to prevent the spillage of the transported material.
C. 
Should there be mud, water or other liquid combined with any transported material, it shall be prevented from leaking, spilling or otherwise falling from the vehicle transporting the material through any means necessary, such as drying or cleaning prior to loading and transporting.
D. 
Any material that has fallen or spilled from a vehicle shall be removed or cleaned up immediately. All costs of removal or cleanup shall be borne by the individual or business causing the spillage.
The Topsham Police Department shall have enforcement authority pertaining to this chapter.
Any person or business who operates or causes to be operated a vehicle without the load covered and either secured or confined to prevent the spillage of the transported material shall be subject to the following penalties:
A. 
First offense: a written warning and cleanup of any spilled material.
B. 
Second offense: a fifty-dollar fine and cleanup of any spilled material.
C. 
Third offense and any continuing offenses: a one-hundred-dollar fine and cleanup of any spilled material.
This chapter shall become effective sixty (60) days after its enactment.