Littering from vehicles prohibited.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 27-3
in effect§ 27-3. - Littering from vehicles prohibited.
(a) No driver or operator of a vehicle shall throw, permit to be thrown or abandon any litter upon public or private property.
(b) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any roadway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, shifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(c) No person shall operate on any roadway any vehicle with any load unless said load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent said covering or load from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the roadway. Any vehicle loaded with sand, cinders or other loose material susceptible to blowing or escaping by reason of wind shall have such load covered or dampened so as to prevent the blowing or escaping of said load from the vehicle.
(d) No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, a vehicle, any part of which is covered or laden with dirt, mud, clay or other material from any construction, excavation, parking or other site, in such a manner or condition that the material will become tracked or shall fall upon the roadway; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who must enter upon improved or paved roadways from unimproved or nonpaved roadways or residential driveways.
(e) There shall be prima facie presumption the registered owner of a vehicle committed a violation. In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was used for the purpose of unlawfully throwing or abandoning litter as prohibited therein together with proof that the individual named in the complaint was at the time of the violation the registered owner of said vehicle shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of said vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
(f) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class "a" offense against the City. For any second or subsequent offense and upon proof of conviction, said person shall be guilty of a Class "b" offense.
(Code 1970, § 21-69.1; Code 1980, § 27-3; Ord. No. 19357, § 1, 2-13-90; Ord. No. 21384, § 3, 12-14-99; Ord. No. 22771, § 1, 7-19-05)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH27LI_S27-3LIVEPRFetched: 10/28/2026