Hollywood, FL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum penalty
- $500 per offense under § 54.33
- Banned items
- Includes derelict vehicles, trailers, boats
- Covered locations
- Any surface area, drain or water body citywide
- Ongoing violations
- Each day counts as a separate offense
- Cost liability
- Violator pays cleanup and enforcement costs
- Governing chapter
- Ch. 54, Stormwater Management subchapter
Summary
Hollywood outright bans dumping litter, debris, dead plants, rubbish or even derelict vehicles, trailers and boats onto any surface area, stormwater system or water body in the city under § 54.29. Violators face a minimum $500 fine per offense plus cleanup costs, with each day of the violation billed separately.
The accumulation, placing, sweeping, scattering, throwing, or dumping of litter, or littering material such as dead plants, yard clippings, stagnant water, rubbish, debris, trash, including any wrecked derelict or partially dismantled motor vehicle, trailer, boats, machinery, appliances, furniture or similar article, or any unsanitary, hazardous or significant material upon any surface area, stormwater management system or water body within the city is hereby prohibited.
Full Breakdown
Section 54.29 of the Hollywood Code, part of Chapter 54's rules on discharges into the municipal separate storm sewer system, flatly prohibits 'the accumulation, placing, sweeping, scattering, throwing, or dumping' of litter or littering material anywhere in the city. The list of banned material is broad by design: dead plants, yard clippings, stagnant water, rubbish, debris and trash, plus any wrecked, derelict or partially dismantled motor vehicle, trailer, boat, machinery, appliance or piece of furniture, and any unsanitary, hazardous or significant material. The ban covers dumping onto any surface area, stormwater management system or water body within the city, so it reaches vacant lots, swales, canals and lake banks, not just storm drains.
Because § 54.29 sits inside the 'Discharges into the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System' subchapter (§§ 54.20 through 54.35), it is enforced through that subchapter's compliance and inspection machinery. Section 54.32 lets the city determine compliance through investigation, surveillance, monitoring and sampling, and § 54.34 authorizes compliance personnel to enter and inspect structures and premises during reasonable hours, provided they show official identification; owners and occupants must give inspectors free access without obstruction. Neighboring bans on landfill runoff (§ 54.22) and on discharging hazardous material from storage tanks (§ 54.27) confirm the same subchapter targets dumping broadly, not just loose litter, reinforcing that § 54.29 functions as the city's general illegal-dumping prohibition for anything that reaches its stormwater or surface-water network.
Violations & Fines
A § 54.29 dumping violation is punished under § 54.33: a minimum penalty of $500 per offense, with the violator also responsible for every dollar of cleanup, remediation and enforcement cost the city incurs. The code treats each day the dumped material remains as a separate violation, so penalties keep accruing until the site is cleared.
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