Florissant, MO Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

090, titled 'Maintaining Dumps - Filling Ground,' sits in Chapter 220's Article II alongside Florissant's container and collection rules. Its text is short and absolute: no person may maintain or operate a garbage or rubbish dump, or use garbage or rubbish to fill ground, anywhere in the City. The verb 'maintain' reaches beyond a single dumping incident and covers a property owner who lets a dump site persist on their land, whether they created it or simply allow it to continue. 290 bars throwing yard waste, ashes, cans or other refuse onto a street, sidewalk or public place.

Together the three sections cover illegal dumping whether it happens as an accumulating dump site, a spill from a hauling vehicle, or a one-time act of throwing waste onto public or private property. 090 is not assigned to a specific department in the text itself, but Public Works administers the rest of Chapter 220's collection and container rules and would be the practical first call for a dump complaint. No dollar penalty is written into the Section, so it defaults to the City's general penalty.