Bellflower, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Bans dumping
- into storm drains
- Covers
- tires, batteries, chemicals, debris
- Misdemeanor penalty
- up to $1,000/6 months
- Infraction penalty
- $100-$500 per offense
- Continuing violation
- each day separate offense
Summary
The City of Bellflower, Los Angeles County makes it unlawful to place, discharge, or dump pollutants or debris -- including tires, batteries, and chemicals -- into the municipal storm drain system, enforced as a misdemeanor or infraction.
No person shall intentionally place, litter, accumulate, maintain, discharge or cause to enter into the MS4 any pollutant or any foreign object such as batteries, tires, waste receptacles, yard debris, refuse, rubbish, food waste, chemicals, animal waste or oil cans.
Full Breakdown
Bellflower's stormwater code flatly bars intentionally placing, littering, accumulating, maintaining, discharging, or causing to enter the City's storm drain system any pollutant or foreign object -- batteries, tires, waste receptacles, yard debris, refuse, rubbish, food waste, chemicals, animal waste, or oil cans. The ban applies City-wide within Bellflower and is administered under the Community Development Director's stormwater program, distinct from any Los Angeles County dumping rule.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping is a violation per BMC Chapter 1.08: a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and/or six months in jail, or, if charged as an infraction, $100 for a first offense rising to $500 for later offenses in a 12-month period; each day counts as a separate offense.
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