Clarksville, TN Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

1, bars anyone from throwing, placing, or scattering, or allowing to be thrown, placed, or scattered, any objects on property owned or operated by the city or on any privately owned or occupied property, so long as the act is done with intent to dispose of or throw away the objects and results in the property being cluttered or its beauty or attractiveness lessened. The clutter-and-appearance standard means the offense reaches more than construction debris or trash bags; any object left with intent to discard it qualifies if it visibly degrades the property.

The section carries a cross-reference to § 8-202, Clarksville's separate refuse-disposal rule, so a dumping complaint can be charged under either provision depending on what was dumped and where. Because § 10-214 sits in Title 10, Chapter 2 (Enumerated offenses), it is enforced alongside the city's other public-order offenses rather than through the sanitation department's civil process. Clarksville police officers and city-employed security officers hold authority under § 10-102 to issue civil citations for any Title 10 violation committed on city-owned property, which reaches dumping cases on city land directly; dumping on private property is charged under § 10-214 itself without that city-property limitation.