ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 19-4.
Prohibited disposition of waste—Private dumping ground prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any
person to dispose of any solid waste in any well, spring, reservoir, watercourse or body
of water or upon any sidewalk or public grounds other than grounds designated by the
county for such purpose and then only in the manner provided for by this chapter and by
governmental regulations relating thereto.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any
person to permit any land within the county which is owned or occupied by him or which is
under his charge or supervision, to be used as an open dump; it being the purpose of this
paragraph to make disposal facilities designated by the county for such purpose as the
only authorized places for the disposal of solid waste materials. Nothing in this section
shall prohibit the dumping of solid waste material in a private sanitary landfill licensed
by the Virginia Department of Waste Management and operated in accordance with state and
federal regulations. |