Lynwood Municipal Code Section 3-28 makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to dump trash, debris, bulky items, or hazardous waste on streets, alleys, channels, public property, or private property. Violators face criminal, civil, and administrative penalties plus cleanup costs.
LMC Section 3-28.3 makes it unlawful and a public nuisance for any person to place, throw, deposit, dump, or leave any rubbish, refuse, debris, garbage, bulky item, waste matter, hazardous waste, or solid waste on any public street, sidewalk, alley, right-of-way, park, flood channel, other public property, or private property, except in city-designated containers. It is also unlawful to hire or cause another to illegally dump, and those who do are jointly and severally liable. Anyone whose identifying information is found in dumped waste is subject to enforcement, and each act at the same site is a separate violation. Under Section 3-28.3(e) the responsible person must clean up and reimburse city costs; Section 3-28.3(f) allows criminal, civil, or administrative-citation enforcement.
Dumping any waste on public or private property outside designated containers violates Section 3-28.3 and is enforceable by criminal prosecution, civil action, administrative citation, or civil penalties, with cleanup and city cost reimbursement; each act is a separate violation.
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