Leander, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

05 of the Leander Code of Ordinances, Littering and Dumping, targets dumping on and near the Williamson County city's public rights-of-way. Sec. " Sec. 003 widens the no-dump zone to within 300 yards of any public road or street, and it applies even if the material or the land it's dumped on belongs to the person doing the dumping. That section also separately criminalizes encouraging or soliciting someone else to dump there, including by posting a sign inviting it. Sec. 004 adds a parallel 300-yard ban on rocks or dirt specifically, unless the city council has given written permission.

Human waste faces its own rule: Sec. 005 requires it be handled so as not to create a nuisance and bars depositing it within 300 yards of a highway unless buried or treated per local or state health officer instructions. The article carves out two exemptions in Sec. 006: spreading dirt or fertilizer on a lawn to promote growth, and dumping rocks or dirt to build or repair a public or private road. Anyone wanting to dump fill dirt or rock to level land for a permitted building project must first get written permission from the city or its designated permitting officer under Sec.

007. The definitions in Sec. 001 sweep broadly: "junk" covers worn-out or discarded odds and ends, old metal, glass, paper and cordage, and "refuse" covers garbage and rubbish together with all decayable and nondecayable waste from any residence or establishment.