Grand Prairie, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Chapter 13, Article VI, Abatement of Hazardous Conditions, governs discarded hazardous or regulated waste in Grand Prairie. Section 13-107 defines 'hazardous' as any matter that is or may reasonably be expected to be dangerous to human health, the environment, or property, including substances defined as hazardous waste by federal or state agencies. Section 13-108 makes it unlawful to discharge, deposit, dump, or permit to be discharged, deposited, or dumped upon any sidewalk, alley, street, bridge, public passageway, drain, gutter, waterbody, or other public or private property any hazardous or other regulated liquid, semiliquid, or solid waste, and requires such materials be disposed of at a state- or federally-approved disposal site.

Section 13-109 separately bars an owner from allowing discarded hazardous or regulated waste to accumulate or remain present beyond any time frame set by state or federal regulation. If an owner fails to comply, Section 13-110 lets the environmental services director notify the owner by letter or, if the owner cannot be found, by two newspaper publications within ten consecutive days; after ten days the city may enter the property and abate the condition itself, then bill the owner for the cost, due within thirty days.

Where an emergency condition threatens health, safety, or the environment, the fire chief or environmental services director may enter and abate immediately without waiting out the notice period. Section 13-111 gives the environmental services director a standing right of entry to inspect, sample, and monitor compliance. Section 13-112 makes the person who deposited the waste responsible for all cleanup and removal costs, including manpower, equipment, analytical costs, and street or utility repairs, which the city attorney may pursue by lawsuit or lien.