Eagle Mountain, UT Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited act
- dumping/discarding solid waste on public or private property
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, fine per consolidated fee schedule
- Continuing violation
- each day counted as separate violation
- Notice
- written notice required before court complaint
- Appeal window
- 10 calendar days to request council hearing
Summary
Dumping, discarding, or sweeping solid waste or litter onto any public place, street, alley, ditch, or private property in Eagle Mountain is unlawful under EMMC 8.05.150. A violation is a Class B misdemeanor under EMMC 8.05.630, with fines set in the city's consolidated fee schedule and each day of continuing violation counted separately.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate, throw, discard, deposit, place, sweep, dump, conduct or allow any person to accumulate, throw, discard, deposit, place, sweep, dump or conduct any solid waste or litter into or upon any public place, private premises, street, road, alley, property abutting any alley, stream, well, spring, canal, ditch, gutter, lot or any other property or place, above or below ground level. ... Any person who is found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this chapter, either by failing to do those acts required herein, or by doing a prohibited act, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Utah Code, and subject to fines in the consolidated fee schedule as adopted by the city council.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance O-34-2026, passed August 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
150 makes it unlawful to accumulate, throw, discard, deposit, sweep, or dump solid waste or litter into or upon any public place, private premises, street, road, alley, property abutting an alley, stream, well, spring, canal, ditch, gutter, lot, or other property, above or below ground level. The prohibition applies citywide and is not limited to routes served by the city's contracted waste hauler. 170, and licensed junk or scrap-metal accumulation on a properly licensed business site. 580 require a written notice describing the property, the cause, the remedial action required, and a reasonable compliance deadline, served in person, by certified mail, or by newspaper publication.
620. 640 treats each day the dumped material remains as a separate violation. 660 additionally makes a convicted violator liable for the city's costs of removing or abating the dumped waste.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping is a Class B misdemeanor under EMMC 8.05.630, punishable by fines set in the city's consolidated fee schedule, and EMMC 8.05.640 makes each day the waste remains a separate offense. A convicted violator is also liable for the city's cleanup costs under EMMC 8.05.660. The city must first serve written notice describing the violation and required remedial action, and the recipient has 10 days to request a city council hearing under EMMC 8.05.620.
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