(a) No person shall place or deposit any refuse in or upon any public property, public beach, public alley, street, or highway, sidewalk, park or other public place in the City except as herein expressly authorized. No person shall place any refuse on land of another without the owner’s consent.

(b) Dumpsters or trash receptacles located on public property may only be used for depositing small quantities of refuse generated in connection with public activities such as picnicking, camping, touring, pleasure boating, fishing, or other outdoor recreation. No fish, fish carcasses, fish parts or offal may be deposited in dumpsters or receptacles unless marked specifically to allow for fish or fish parts. No person shall deposit refuse generated by residential, commercial, or industrial uses in or near any dumpster or trash receptacle located on public property. No person shall deposit refuse in or near any dumpster or trash receptacle located on public property contrary to any instructions posted on or near the dumpster or trash receptacle.

(c) Fish carcasses, fish parts and offal of fish harvested from a sport, subsistence or personal use fishery may be deposited back into the water source from which the fish was originally taken. This code provision specifically does not permit commercial fish processing operations to deposit fish carcasses, fish waste or offal into waters within the City of Kenai without an applicable State or Federal permit.

(d) No person shall deposit refuse in a private dumpster without the owner’s consent. Owners of dumpsters may post signage on or near privately owned dumpsters stating that unauthorized use is a violation of the City Code.

(e) Violation of this section is subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense except that the fine for depositing fish carcasses, fish parts or offal harvested from a sport, subsistence or personal use fishery on public beaches is subject to a fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each offense.

(f) The term “refuse” as used in this section means any garbage, trash, waste or discarded material including, but not limited to, discarded food, animal and vegetable matter, fish or animal carcasses, fish parts, offal, waste paper, newspaper or magazines, bottles or cans, containers or wrappers, boxes, paper or plastic cartons, motor vehicle parts, oil, or discarded building/construction material.