Who can enforce trash and dumping rules and how

(a) Any inspector is authorized to: (1) Issue a written citation pursuant to § 42-5.1 if such enforcement officer witnesses a violation, receives a report from a private citizen witnessing a violation or has probable cause to believe that a person has violated this chapter; (2) Investigate any refuse and bulky wastes found thrown, deposited, or dumped on a street, roadside, alley, highway, or public place to find any personal identification contained therein; (3) Issue a written citation pursuant to § 42-5.1 for violations of this chapter; and (4) Issue a written citation pursuant to § 42-5.1 (f) for violations of § 42-1.10 . When a vehicle is used in violation of § 42-1.10 (b), the inspector is authorized to issue a written citation to the registered owner of the vehicle. The registered owner may be determined by the identification of the vehicle’s license plates. If the registered owner is the lessor of a rental or U-drive motor vehicle and if the vehicle is leased at the time of the violation, the lessee at the time of the violation shall be cited and notified of the citation in the same manner as the registered owner and shall be responsible for responding to the citation. (b) Any person who witnesses the throwing, dropping, placing, dumping, or depositing of refuse or bulky wastes in violation of this chapter, including the throwing of refuse or bulky wastes from a vehicle, may report the date, time of day, location and license number of the vehicle, to any enforcement officer. It shall not be necessary that an act of illegal dumping or other violation of this article shall have occurred in the presence of or have been witnessed by an employee of the department for the director to determine that a violation has occurred. (c) All complaints of alleged violations shall be investigated by the city. Inspectors shall, wherever practicable, inspect any refuse found on any street, highway, alley or public place, and any traceable ownership shall be subject to this chapter. Reasonable evidence may be considered by the department in investigating complaints of illegal dumping or related violations, including photographs and video recordings, in determining whether a violation has occurred. (d) A written citation for a violation of § 42-1.10 shall contain information identifying or describing the location of the violation, the date and time the violation occurred or was discovered, a copy of any photograph or digitized image of the violation, provided that the inspector uses such photograph or image in issuing the citation, and the license plate number of any vehicle used. The inspector shall cause the written citation to be sent by certified mail or registered mail that is postmarked within five days of the occurrence or discovery of the violation, to the individual identified as having committed the violation, or where a vehicle was involved, to the registered owner at the registered owner’s address on record with the department of customer services or appropriate motor vehicle registration agency, or, in the case of a rental or U-Drive motor vehicle, to the lessee of the vehicle at the time of the violation. If the end of the five-day period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, then the period shall run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. Upon receipt of the citation, the individual or the registered owner or lessee shall be given fourteen days to respond to the citation by: (1) Paying a fine by mail; or (2) Requesting that a hearing be set on the matter. A mail receipt signed by the individual, registered owner, or lessee is prima facie evidence of notification. A rebuttable presumption exists that the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle used in committing a violation of § 42-1.10 (a) is the person who operated or used the vehicle in violation of § 42-1.10 (b). The registered owner of the vehicle shall not be presumed to be the operator or user of the vehicle for violations § 42-1.10 (b) when the vehicle or license plates have been reported stolen before the violation occurs. (e) ln any proceeding for a violation of § 42-1.10 (b), the information contained in the citation issued in accordance with subsection (d) shall be deemed evidence that the vehicle was observed as being involved with the unlawful throwing, dropping, placing, dumping, or depositing of refuse or bulky wastes, on a street, roadside, alley, highway, or other public place. (f) The director may adopt rules to administer and enforce this chapter.