Inglewood, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing ordinance
- Stormwater Mgmt & Discharge Control, Ord. 23-09
- Prohibited locations
- Streets, storm drains, private land, waterways
- Container exemption
- Approved receptacles at pickup locations
- Misdemeanor penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine and/or 6 months jail
- Infraction alternative
- $100/$250/$500 tiered fines
- Repeat offense
- Each day/discharge is a separate violation
Summary
Inglewood's Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance bans dumping refuse, rubbish, garbage or animal feces on any street, alley, storm drain or private lot under Municipal Code Sec. 10-204(B). Illegal dumping is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail, or a tiered infraction, and each day of an uncorrected violation is a separate offense.
B. Littering. No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, keep or permit to be thrown, deposited, placed, left, or maintained or kept, any refuse, rubbish, garbage, or any other discarded or abandoned objects, articles or accumulations, or any animal feces, in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, parkway, storm drain, inlet, catch basin, conduit or drainage structure, business place, or upon any private plot of land in the City, so that the same might be or become a pollutant. No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond, lake, stream, or other body of water within the City. This subsection shall not apply to refuse, rubbish or garbage deposited in containers or other appropriate receptacles which are placed in designated locations for regular solid waste pick up and disposal.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 10-204(B), part of the 2023 Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Ordinance (Ord. 23-09), prohibits throwing, depositing, leaving or keeping refuse, rubbish, garbage, other discarded objects, or animal feces on any street, alley, sidewalk, parkway, storm drain, catch basin, drainage structure, business place, or private plot of land so that it might become a pollutant, and separately bars littering any fountain, pond, lake or stream. The only exception is refuse placed in approved containers at designated locations for regular solid waste pickup. Enforcement runs through Sec.
10-211: a violation is declared a public nuisance the City Attorney can abate by civil action, with cleanup and abatement costs invoiced to the property owner. Sec. 10-211(G) makes negligent or knowing violation a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment up to six months, or both; Sec. 10-211(H) lets the prosecuting attorney instead charge an infraction, punishable by up to $100 for a first violation, $250 for a second, and $500 for each additional violation. Sec. 10-211(J) makes each separate discharge, and each day a violation continues uncorrected, a new and separate offense, and Sec. 10-211(I) allows the court to order restitution to the City or an injured party on top of any fine.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping under Sec. 10-204(B) is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail (Sec. 10-211(G)), or, at the prosecutor's discretion, an infraction with fines of $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second, and $500 for each additional offense (Sec. 10-211(H)). Each day of an uncorrected violation counts as a new offense.
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