§ 14-47. Anti-littering.

(a)

The definitions contained in A.R.S. 13-1601 are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this article. The term "litter generator" means any person who causes or claims to have caused the transportation of litter from real property.

(b)

Any litter located on the property of another without that person's consent, regardless of who deposited the litter, shall be the responsibility of the litter generator to remove the litter.

(c)

It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for the litter generator to fail to remove such litter from the property of another within five days after being notified of the location of such litter by any law enforcement officer, public health officer or the owner of the property on which the litter is located.

(d)

Notice required under subsection (c) shall be actual notice or shall be deemed given five days after mailing notice by first class mail to the last known address of the person or the posting of the notice on the last known residence of the person.

(e)

An owner of rental property shall provide trash collection service, at least once weekly, to tenants occupying the rental property. Failure to do so will constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. This service may be provided either by a commercial waste collection business or by the property owner or agent and shall be documented by either a contract or receipt from a commercial waste collection business, or receipts from a landfill.

( Ord. No. 2002-03 , 12-2-2002; Amend. of 4-3-2017 )

State law reference

Littering, A.R.S. § 13-1601.