§ 14.60.130. Putting glass, injurious substance or trash on highway.

(a) PROHIBITED.

(1)

No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, trash, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.

(2)

It is unlawful for any person to operate on any highway under the jurisdiction of Clark County any vehicle:

(i)

Unless such vehicle is constructed, covered or loaded in such a manner as to prevent its contents or load, other than clear water or other substance that may be sprinkled on the roadway for the purpose of cleaning the same, from dropping, sifting, leaking, blowing, spilling, or otherwise escaping therefrom;

(ii)

That is used to transport any aggregate material, whether the vehicle is loaded or empty at the time, unless:

(1)

Such material is carried in the cargo area of the vehicle, with the tailgate thereof in the closed position, and does not extend above the top-most edge of the cargo area,

(2)

The cargo area is equipped with a tailgate, is completely and securely covered and does not contain any holes, cracks or openings through which such material may escape, regardless of the degree to which the vehicle is loaded, and

(3)

The vehicle is equipped with shed boards;

(iii)

That is loaded with garbage, rubbish or dirt or anything that is being transported to either an approved or unapproved disposal area unless the load is completely covered in a manner that will prevent the load, or any part thereof, from spilling or falling from the vehicle; provided, however, that this paragraph does not prohibit a garbage vehicle from being without a cover while it is in the process of acquiring its load.

(3)

For the purpose of this section, the term:

(i)

"Aggregate material" means rock fragments, pebbles, sand, gravel, cobbles, crushed base, asphalt, and other similar materials.

(ii)

"Garbage," "rubbish" and "dirt" shall have the meanings that are ascribed to them in Section 9.04.010 of the Clark County Code.

(iii)

"Shed boards" means a device that is designed to prevent aggregate material from being deposited on the body of the vehicle during the loading process.

(b)

REMOVAL. Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive injurious material or trash shall immediately remove the same or cause it to be removed.

(c)

WRECKED OR DAMAGED VEHICLE. Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance or debris dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.

(Ord. 1058 § 1, 1987; Ord. 230 § 18(M), 1965)