Chino Hills, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- CHMC § 13.20.330
- Permit exception
- Conditional use permit only
- Criminal exposure
- Misdemeanor, § 13.20.360
- First-offense fine
- $100 administrative citation
- Enforcement agency
- City Code Enforcement Officers
Summary
Dumping solid or liquid waste anywhere on property within Chino Hills is unlawful under Municipal Code § 13.20.330 unless the dumper first obtains a conditional use permit under the city's zoning laws. A violation is a misdemeanor and can also draw an administrative citation with escalating fines.
It is unlawful for any person to deposit, release, spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, discharge, inject, dump or dispose into the environment, including the abandonment of or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles of solid or liquid waste of any kind whatsoever, any solid or liquid waste upon any property within the City, or to cause, suffer, or permit such solid or liquid waste to come to be located upon any property in the City, without first having obtained a conditional use permit pursuant to the zoning laws of the City, as now or hereinafter amended, or pursuant to any other zoning law that may be hereinafter adopted in the place and stead of such zoning laws of the City.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
330 bars depositing, releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, discharging, injecting, dumping or otherwise disposing of any solid or liquid waste, including abandoning barrels or other closed containers, onto any property in the city, and it also reaches anyone who causes, suffers or permits such waste to come to be located on a property, unless a conditional use permit has first been obtained under the city's zoning laws. 20: $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second, and $500 for a third or subsequent violation.
320 requires anyone transporting waste in the city to clean up or arrange cleanup of any material spilled or dumped during transport. 380 preserves an authorized franchise hauler's right to bring its own civil action against a violator.
Violations & Fines
Unlawful dumping under Section 13.20.330 is punishable both as a misdemeanor under Section 13.20.360 and through Chapter 1.18 administrative citations, with base fines of $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second and $500 for a third or subsequent violation; the city may also pursue civil nuisance abatement and hold repeat violators liable for court action.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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