Greene County, MO Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine
- Up to $1,000 per violation
- Repeat violations
- Each day a separate offense
- Covers
- Storm sewers and waterways only
- Scope
- Unincorporated Greene County only
- Citation
- Zoning Regs Art. IV, § 25(C)(6)
Summary
Greene County's zoning code bans dumping refuse, yard waste, or litter into the storm sewer system or any waterway in unincorporated areas; Springfield and other cities enforce their own dumping rules under separate municipal codes.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or dump or to cause or allow the placing, depositing, or dumping any refuse, rubbish, yard waste, paper litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations containing pollutants into the municipal separate storm sewer system or into any waterway.
C. Connection of sanitary sewer prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person to connect a line conveying sewage to the municipal separate storm sewer system or to allow such a connection to continue.
D. Industrial or construction activity discharges: It shall be unlawful for any person subject to an industrial activity or construction NPDES storm water discharge permit to fail to comply with all provisions of such permit. Greene County Zoning Regulations
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
Under Article IV, Section 25(C)(6) of the Greene County Zoning Regulations, it is unlawful to place, deposit, or dump refuse, rubbish, yard waste, paper litter, or other discarded material containing pollutants into the county's storm sewer system or any waterway in unincorporated Greene County. The rule sits inside the county's illicit-discharge ordinance, adopted under Mo. Rev. Stat. sections 64.825-64.907, which also bars illicit connections to the storm drain system. Violations are misdemeanors under Article XXV, Section 5, punishable by a fine up to $1,000, with each day of the violation counted as a separate offense. Springfield, Republic, Willard, Nixa, Strafford, and Ash Grove enforce dumping rules under their own municipal codes, not this one.
Violations & Fines
Dumping refuse, yard waste, or litter into a storm sewer or waterway is a misdemeanor: up to $1,000 per day, plus injunction or abatement action by the County Counselor or Zoning Inspector.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Does this ban all dumping on vacant land?
Sources & Official References
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