Fayetteville prohibits dumping household trash, tires, appliances, construction debris, and yard waste on any property without the owner's consent. Violators face a $500 civil penalty plus the city's cost of removal. Owners must keep property free of health and safety nuisances.
Fayetteville Code Sec. 22-16 requires every owner and occupant to keep property free of enumerated public-health and safety nuisances and bars illegally dumping mixed waste, tires and auto parts, hazardous materials, furniture, mattresses, carpet, building materials, household garbage, and yard debris on their own or another's property. Anyone who dumps on another's property without consent, or whose items are found there, faces a $500 civil penalty plus removal cost. Statewide, junked/abandoned vehicles are handled under NCGS 160D-1200 and 20-137.7. Cumberland County enforces anti-dumping and junk rules on unincorporated land.
$500.00 civil penalty plus the city's cost of removal for dumping on another's property. General Chapter 22 violations are a misdemeanor (fine $50-$500, N.C.G.S. 14-4) with each day a separate offense.
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