Appleton, WI Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

04(3) and enacted as part of the Miscellaneous Offenses chapter, prohibits dumping or leaving used building material or fill material on any lot in the city where that material cannot be leveled; wherever the material can be leveled, the ordinance affirmatively requires that it be leveled rather than left in place. The section places the compliance duty squarely on the property owner: the owner of any such lot is responsible for removing or leveling such material regardless of who actually dumped it there, which lets the City pursue the person who benefits from or controls the land even when the original dumper cannot be identified.

The rule sits among other Chapter 10 miscellaneous offenses, including the adjacent snowmobile and motor-scooter trespass rule in § 10-25, and like most of that chapter it carries no penalty of its own, so enforcement runs through the Code's general citation and forfeiture structure rather than a dumping-specific fine schedule. Officers cite violations under § 1-17's citation procedure, which requires the citation to identify the section violated and the factual basis for the alleged violation, and the accused may resolve a first citation by posting a cash deposit under the schedule kept on file with the City Clerk under § 1-18 instead of appearing in court.