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place and maintain receptacles at the person's own expense in
accordance with this chapter.

 
2.__Required placement.__Litter receptacles as defined in
section 2263 must be placed at all public places or
establishments that serve the public, including, but not limited
to: campgrounds, trailer parks, drive-in restaurants, gasoline
service stations, parking lots, shopping centers, grocery store
parking lots, parking lots of major industrial firms, marinas,
boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations, beaches
and bathing areas, school grounds and business district
sidewalks.__The number of receptacles required is as follows:

 
A.__For a campground or trailer park for transient
habitation,__one receptacle at each public rest room
facility;

 
B.__For a drive-in restaurant, parking lot, shopping center,
grocery store parking lot or parking lot of a major
industrial firm, one receptacle, plus one additional
receptacle for each 200 parking spaces in excess of 50
spaces;

 
C.__For a gasoline service station, one receptacle per
gasoline pump island;

 
D.__For a marina, boat launching area or boat moorage and
fueling station, one receptacle at each location;

 
E.__For a beach or bathing area, one receptacle at each
public rest room facility;

 
F.__For school grounds, one receptacle at each playground
area and one at each school bus loading zone; and

 
G.__For business district sidewalks, one receptacle per
1,000 feet of sidewalk curbing.

 
3.__Exception; remote forest campsites.__Remote forest
campsites operated by the Department of Conservation pursuant to
Title 12, chapter 220, subchapter 2, are not considered public
places or establishments that serve the public if they are
designated as "carry-in and carry-out" sites from which users are
expected to remove litter and other material upon their
departure.

 
4.__Penalties.__A person who operates a business of a type
described in this section commits a civil violation for which a
fine of $10 for each violation may be adjudged if that person:


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