Hoover, AL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- What's banned
- Dumping or accumulating waste as a nuisance
- Notice period
- 30 days written notice
- Unpaid cleanup cost
- Becomes a lien on property
- Max general fine
- $500 or 6 months jail
Summary
Hoover bans accumulating or dumping solid waste, garbage, or refuse on any property in a way that becomes a nuisance or health hazard, letting the city remove it and bill the owner.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate or to dump on property owned, rented, leased, or controlled by such person or any other person any solid waste, garbage, or refuse in such manner or for such a period of time as to constitute a nuisance or which is injurious to the health or safety of the public.(b)In addition to any penalties herein provided, whenever the city deems it necessary, it may, after thirty (30) days written notice by the city's building official, have such solid waste, which is injurious to the health of the public, removed by its own agents or employees and the cost of removal thereof shall be chargeable to and assessed against the owner of the property upon which the solid waste was allowed to be dumped or accumulated. Every such assessment shall constitute a lien against such property. (Ord. No. 00-1755, § 10, 5-1-00)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23).
Full Breakdown
Hoover Code § 11-100 makes it unlawful to accumulate or dump solid waste, garbage, or refuse on property, whether owned, rented, or merely controlled by the violator, in a manner or for a period that creates a nuisance or endangers public health or safety. If the condition isn't fixed, the city can give the owner 30 days' written notice from the building official, then remove the waste itself and bill the property owner for the cost; that bill becomes a lien against the property. Violators are also subject to the Code's general penalty of up to $500 or six months' imprisonment.
Violations & Fines
Dumping or letting solid waste pile up as a nuisance can bring a 30-day correction notice, a city cleanup billed to the owner as a property lien, and a fine up to $500.
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