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To amend City Code § 11-102, concerning unlawful dumping, for the purpose of including a prohibition against dumping yard waste on public and private property.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That section 11-102 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 11-102. Unlawful dumping.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or otherwise dispose of trash, garbage, refuse, litter, junk, demolition materials, hazardous wastes, yard waste, or other offensive, unwholesome, unsightly, unsanitary or unhealthy substances on public property, including in any waters within the City, a public highway, drainage ditch, culvert, pipe, storm drain, right-of-way, property adjacent to such highway or right-of-way, or on private property, without the written consent of the owner thereof or the owner's agent.
(b) Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500.00 or confinement in jail for not more than 12 months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
§ 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.