Farmersville, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Dumping fine
- Up to $2,000 per offense (§1-3(a)(1))
- Ordinary default fine
- Up to $500 (§1-3(a))
- Hazardous/infectious waste
- Banned anywhere, any consent (§59-29)
- Chaparral Trail dumping
- Separately banned (§50-105)
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense (§1-4)
Summary
Farmersville's general penalty section, Sec. 1-3(a)(1), singles out dumping of refuse, along with vegetation and litter violations, for an enhanced fine of up to $2,000 per offense, four times the city's standard $500 ceiling that otherwise applies to code violations with no stated penalty of their own.
Whenever in this Code or in any city ordinance an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, except for: (1)Violations of municipal ordinances that govern fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, vegetation and litter violations shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00 for each offense.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 00 for each offense instead. That is the operative illegal-dumping penalty citywide. Two narrower dumping bans sit elsewhere in the code and back it up. Sec. 59-29 prohibits depositing infectious or hazardous waste anywhere in the city, regardless of the property owner's consent, and requires that infectious or hazardous household waste be handled under state Department of State Health Services and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rules rather than placed in a polycart or at a curbside pickup point. Sec. 50-105 separately makes it unlawful to dump any matter of any sort on the Chaparral Trail, alongside a ban on defacing trail property.
Sec. 1-4 adds that each day, or portion of a day, that a violation continues counts as a separate offense, so an unabated dump site can generate a new $2,000 exposure daily until it is cleared. Enforcement of dumping complaints typically falls to code enforcement and the police department, with prosecution in Farmersville Municipal Court.
Violations & Fines
A person convicted of dumping refuse, vegetation, or litter in Farmersville faces a fine of up to $2,000.00 per offense under the enhanced tier in Sec. 1-3(a)(1), rather than the city's ordinary $500.00 default. Sec. 1-4 treats each day a violation continues as its own separate offense, so an uncleared dumping site can be charged repeatedly until it is remediated.
Frequently Asked Questions
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