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DEBRIS FALLING FROM VEHICLES.
No person in charge of or having control of any vehicle, while it is standing or being propelled upon any street, shall permit any filth, dirt, garbage, manure, mortar, lime, rubbish or other debris of any kind to drop or fall from the vehicle upon the surface of any street, without immediately and permanently removing the debris. Any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of this section, in addition to being a misdemeanor, shall be deemed a public nuisance. (Code 1972 §19-7)
State law references: Dumping, throwing or depositing materials on highways, Vehicle Code, §23112; removal of material from highway, Vehicle Code, §23113; spilling loads on highways, Vehicle Code, §23114; rubbish vehicles, Vehicle Code, §23115; littering highways, Penal Code, §3746.