Apex, NC Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited acts
- Throwing, placing, or depositing garbage
- Where banned
- Any street, alley, public or private property
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor under G.S. 14-4
- Last amended
- Ord. No. 2021-1123-40, Nov. 23, 2021
- Codified in
- Apex Town Code Chapter 12
Summary
Apex Town Code bans depositing garbage in any street, alley, public place, or private property outside a permitted container; violators face a misdemeanor charge under North Carolina G.S. 14-4.
No person shall throw, place or deposit any garbage in any street, alley, public place or private property within the town, except in garbage containers as provided in this article. A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor as provided by G.S. 14-4.
(Ord. of 11-10-87, § 1; Ord. No. 2021-1109-36, § 2, 11-9-2021; Ord. No. 2021-1123-40, § 44, 11-23-2021)
Editor's note— See editor's note to article IV of this chapter.
Cross reference— Premises to be kept free of nuisances, § 10-1.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
Under Apex Town Code § 12-122, no one is allowed to throw, place, or deposit garbage in any street, alley, public place, or on private property anywhere in the Wake County town, unless it goes into a garbage container as required elsewhere in Chapter 12's solid-waste article. The rule sits alongside companion sections on container specifications, prompt removal of decayed garbage, and wet-garbage wrapping. Enforcement is a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-4, the same penalty the town applies across its whole solid-waste article, and the section was last reenacted by Ord. No. 2021-1123-40 on November 23, 2021.
Violations & Fines
Violating the dumping ban is a misdemeanor under G.S. 14-4, the standard penalty Apex attaches to every section in its solid-waste article, including this one.
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