2015 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 17. REFUSE AND GARBAGE
§ 1709 Trash containers on highways; penalty.

(a) A person, by agent or otherwise, may not cause a trash container having a capacity of 2 cubic yards or greater to be placed in this State anywhere upon a highway, which means the entire width between the boundary lines, including parking spaces, berms, and shoulders, of any way or place of whatever nature open to the use of the public as a matter of right for purposes of vehicular travel, but not including a road or driveway upon grounds owned by private persons, colleges, universities, or other private institutions, unless:

(1) The container, at a minimum, has a strip of 4-inch, red and white, high-intensity, reflective conspicuity adhesive tape wrapped fully around it at its midpoint, between the bottom of the container and the opening at the top; and

(2) The container clearly displays in letters and numbers at least 3 inches high the name and phone number of the owner of the container, or the owner's agent.

(b) A violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500. Justice of the Peace Court has jurisdiction over violations of this section.

74 Del. Laws, c. 286, § 1.;