Daytona Beach, FL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 78-4
- Covers
- Streets, waterways, private property, right-of-way
- Cross-property dumping
- Also barred, § 78-4(c)
- Enforcement bodies
- Code enforcement board, special magistrates
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine / 60 days jail, § 1-14
Summary
Daytona Beach bans depositing refuse on streets, in waterways, on someone else's private property, or anywhere in the city outside authorized collection under Sec. 78-4, backed by the citywide penalty for Code violations.
(a)No person will litter, throw, or deposit any refuse:(1)On the sidewalk or upon any street, lane, alley, or other public property, including any gutter, catch basin, storm sewer, storm drain, or drainage ditch.(2)In or on any fresh water lake, river, stream, fountain, pond, tidal, or coastal water of the state or other body of water.(b)No person will deposit any refuse or other solid waste on the private property of another.(c)No person will deposit refuse for collection which originated from property other than the property from which the refuse is being collected.(d)No person will deposit refuse in any place within the city limits except as specifically authorized by this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 78 | Land Development Code: Supplement 36).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 78-4 lists the specific dumping conduct the city prohibits. Subsection (a) bars littering or depositing refuse on any sidewalk, street, lane, alley or other public property, including gutters, catch basins, storm sewers, storm drains or drainage ditches, and separately bars dumping into any fresh water lake, river, stream, fountain, pond, or tidal or coastal water of the state. Subsection (b) independently bars depositing refuse or other solid waste on another person's private property, so dumping on a neighbor's vacant lot is its own violation apart from the public-property rule.
Subsection (c) targets refuse tourism: no one may put out refuse for city collection that actually originated from a different property than the one it's set out at. Subsection (d) is a catch-all that bars depositing refuse anywhere in the city except as chapter 78 specifically authorizes. Subsections (e) and (f) cover transport: refuse hauled over any public road must be securely tied, covered, or contained to prevent leakage or spillage, in full compliance with applicable federal, state and local law, and no one may let refuse spill, blow, or drop from a vehicle onto a road.
Sec. 78-5(2) adds a companion duty: property owners cannot let scattered refuse remain near the curbside or fail to retrieve solid waste that has blown from their property onto the right-of-way or other public property.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 78-3 makes any violation of chapter 78, including the Sec. 78-4 dumping prohibitions, punishable under the citywide general penalty in Sec. 1-14 (up to $500.00 fine and/or 60 days imprisonment, each day a separate offense), and separately gives the code enforcement board and special magistrates jurisdiction under F.S. ch. 162 to impose all penalties and remedies available by law.
Frequently Asked Questions
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