Davie, FL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- $500 per violation
- Continuing violation
- each day a separate offense
- Enforcement
- code enforcement board
- Governing law
- Davie Code § 9-3
Summary
Dumping garbage, trash, or industrial waste on private property anywhere in the Town of Davie is unlawful, carrying a $500 fine per violation, with each day the waste remains counted as a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or place any waste material of any kind, including, but not limited to, garbage, household trash, commercial trash, industrial waste, or landscape trimmings, upon private property.(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to dump or place any waste material of any kind, including, but not limited to, garbage, household trash, commercial trash, industrial waste or landscape trimmings, in or around any trash receptacle not owned or leased by said person, unless said person has written authorization by the owner or lessee of said receptacle. (Ord. No. 87-8, § 1, 1-7-87)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Davie Code § 9-3 bars dumping or placing garbage, household trash, commercial trash, industrial waste, or landscape trimmings on private property, and separately bars dumping into someone else's trash receptacle without written permission from the owner or lessee. Section 9-5 sets the penalty: a $500 noncriminal fine per violation, with each continuing day treated as a new offense, prosecuted through the town's code enforcement board and abatable as a public nuisance.
Violations & Fines
Noncriminal violation, $500 fine per offense; each day the dumped material remains is a separate violation, prosecuted by the Davie Code Enforcement Board.
Frequently Asked Questions
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